diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0fae1f6b..c4431e12 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
     "lib": "lib",
     "test": "test"
   },
-  "dependencies": {},
+  "dependencies": {
+    "buffer-equal-constant-time": "^1.0.1"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "axios": "^0.17.1",
     "coveralls": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/verify/index.js b/verify/index.js
index 8a9316b9..888a1979 100644
--- a/verify/index.js
+++ b/verify/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 module.exports = verify
 
+const crypto = require('crypto')
 const Buffer = require('buffer').Buffer
 
+const timingSafeEqualPolyfill = require('buffer-equal-constant-time')
+
 const sign = require('../sign')
 
 function verify (secret, eventPayload, signature) {
@@ -9,8 +12,23 @@ function verify (secret, eventPayload, signature) {
     throw new TypeError('secret, eventPayload & signature required')
   }
 
-  return Buffer.compare(
-    Buffer.from(signature),
-    Buffer.from(sign(secret, eventPayload))
-  ) === 0
+  const signatureBuffer = Buffer.from(signature)
+  const verificationBuffer = Buffer.from(sign(secret, eventPayload))
+
+  if (signatureBuffer.length !== verificationBuffer.length) {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  return timingSafeEqual(signatureBuffer, verificationBuffer)
+}
+
+/* istanbul ignore next */
+function timingSafeEqual (signatureBuffer, verificationBuffer) {
+  // crypto.verificationBuffer was added in Node 6.6
+  // https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v6.x/api/crypto.html#crypto_crypto_timingsafeequal_a_b
+  if ('timingSafeEqual' in crypto) {
+    return crypto.timingSafeEqual(signatureBuffer, verificationBuffer)
+  }
+
+  return timingSafeEqualPolyfill(signatureBuffer, verificationBuffer)
 }