diff --git a/httparty.gemspec b/httparty.gemspec
index 5a326b0..91c4b2e 100644
--- a/httparty.gemspec
+++ b/httparty.gemspec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.summary     = %q{Makes http fun! Also, makes consuming restful web services dead easy.}
   s.description = %q{Makes http fun! Also, makes consuming restful web services dead easy.}
 
-  s.add_dependency 'multi_json', "~> 1.3"
+  s.add_dependency 'multi_json', "~> 1.0"
   s.add_dependency 'multi_xml'
 
   s.post_install_message = "When you HTTParty, you must party hard!"
diff --git a/lib/httparty/parser.rb b/lib/httparty/parser.rb
index dfcf750..8f2d45c 100644
--- a/lib/httparty/parser.rb
+++ b/lib/httparty/parser.rb
@@ -113,7 +113,12 @@ module HTTParty
     end
 
     def json
-      MultiJson.load(body)
+      # https://github.com/sferik/rails/commit/5e62670131dfa1718eaf21ff8dd3371395a5f1cc
+      if MultiJson.respond_to?(:adapter)
+        MultiJson.load(body)
+      else
+        MultiJson.decode(json)
+      end
     end
 
     def yaml