diff --git a/lib/socket.io/listener.js b/lib/socket.io/listener.js
index 56bd2e76..1979ebff 100644
--- a/lib/socket.io/listener.js
+++ b/lib/socket.io/listener.js
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ Listener = this.Listener = Class({
 		this.clients = [];
 		this.clientsIndex = {};
 		
-		if (!(this.server instanceof process.http.Server)){
-			throw new Error('Please pass the result of http.createServer() to the listener');
-		}
-		
 		var listener = (this.server._events['request'] instanceof Array) 
 			? this.server._events['request'][0] 
 			: this.server._events['request'];
diff --git a/patch/0.1.33.patch b/patch/0.1.33.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1eeb7495
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patch/0.1.33.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+diff -rup node-v0.1.32-orig/src/node_http.cc node-v0.1.32/src/node_http.cc
+--- node-v0.1.32-orig/src/node_http.cc	2010-03-13 13:14:00.000000000 -0800
++++ node-v0.1.32/src/node_http.cc	2010-03-13 13:23:48.000000000 -0800
+@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ HTTPConnection::Initialize (Handle<Objec
+   client_constructor_template->InstanceTemplate()->SetInternalFieldCount(1);
+   client_constructor_template->SetClassName(String::NewSymbol("Client"));
+   NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(client_constructor_template, "resetParser", ResetParser);
++	NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(client_constructor_template, "hijack", Hijack);
+   target->Set(String::NewSymbol("Client"), client_constructor_template->GetFunction());
+ 
+   t = FunctionTemplate::New(NewServer);
+@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ HTTPConnection::Initialize (Handle<Objec
+   server_constructor_template->Inherit(Connection::constructor_template);
+   server_constructor_template->InstanceTemplate()->SetInternalFieldCount(1);
+   NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(server_constructor_template, "resetParser", ResetParser);
++	NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(server_constructor_template, "hijack", Hijack);
+   server_constructor_template->SetClassName(String::NewSymbol("ServerSideConnection"));
+ 
+   end_symbol = NODE_PSYMBOL("end");
+@@ -101,6 +103,14 @@ Handle<Value> HTTPConnection::ResetParse
+ }
+ 
+ 
++Handle<Value> HTTPConnection::Hijack(const Arguments& args) {
++  HandleScope scope;
++  HTTPConnection *connection = ObjectWrap::Unwrap<HTTPConnection>(args.Holder());
++  connection->Hijack();
++  return Undefined();
++}
++
++
+ void
+ HTTPConnection::OnReceive (const void *buf, size_t len)
+ {
+@@ -109,6 +119,11 @@ HTTPConnection::OnReceive (const void *b
+   assert(refs_);
+   size_t nparsed;
+ 
++	if (hijacked) {
++		Connection::OnReceive(buf, len);
++		return;
++	}
++
+   nparsed = http_parser_execute(&parser_, static_cast<const char*>(buf), len);
+ 
+   if (nparsed != len) {
+diff -rup node-v0.1.32-orig/src/node_http.h node-v0.1.32/src/node_http.h
+--- node-v0.1.32-orig/src/node_http.h	2010-03-13 13:14:00.000000000 -0800
++++ node-v0.1.32/src/node_http.h	2010-03-13 13:25:05.000000000 -0800
+@@ -12,17 +12,21 @@ public:
+   static void Initialize (v8::Handle<v8::Object> target);
+ 
+   static v8::Persistent<v8::FunctionTemplate> client_constructor_template;
+-  static v8::Persistent<v8::FunctionTemplate> server_constructor_template;
++  static v8::Persistent<v8::FunctionTemplate> server_constructor_template;	
+ 
+ protected:
+   static v8::Handle<v8::Value> NewClient (const v8::Arguments& args);
+   static v8::Handle<v8::Value> NewServer (const v8::Arguments& args);
+   static v8::Handle<v8::Value> ResetParser(const v8::Arguments& args);
++	static v8::Handle<v8::Value> Hijack(const v8::Arguments& args);
++	
++	bool hijacked;
+ 
+   HTTPConnection (enum http_parser_type t)
+     : Connection()
+   {
+     type_ = t;
++		hijacked = false;
+     ResetParser();
+   }
+ 
+@@ -41,6 +45,10 @@ protected:
+     parser_.data = this;
+   }
+ 
++	void Hijack() {
++		hijacked = true;
++	}
++
+   void OnReceive (const void *buf, size_t len);
+   void OnEOF ();
+