diff --git a/crates/neon-runtime/Cargo.toml b/crates/neon-runtime/Cargo.toml
index 22356c0ee..a99f3f79e 100644
--- a/crates/neon-runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/neon-runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ links = "neon"
 build = "build.rs"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-gcc = "0.3.52"
+cc = "1.0"
 regex = "0.2"
diff --git a/crates/neon-runtime/build.rs b/crates/neon-runtime/build.rs
index 4c47d4bb3..0ba4508cf 100644
--- a/crates/neon-runtime/build.rs
+++ b/crates/neon-runtime/build.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-extern crate gcc;
+extern crate cc;
 extern crate regex;
 
 use std::process::Command;
 use std::env;
+use std::path::Path;
 use regex::Regex;
 
 fn main() {
@@ -115,7 +116,8 @@ fn link_library() {
         format!("build\\{}\\obj\\neon\\neon.obj", configuration)
     };
 
-    gcc::Build::new().object(object_path).compile("libneon.a");
+    let object_path = Path::new(&object_path).canonicalize().expect("neon.o was not made");
+    cc::Build::new().object(object_path).compile("libneon.a");
 }
 
 fn debug() -> bool {
diff --git a/crates/neon-runtime/package.json b/crates/neon-runtime/package.json
index 064bd1c77..a53a152df 100644
--- a/crates/neon-runtime/package.json
+++ b/crates/neon-runtime/package.json
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
     "build-release": "node-gyp build",
     "build-debug": "node-gyp build --debug"
   },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "nan": "^2.10.0"
-  },
   "dependencies": {
+    "nan": "^2.10.0",
     "bindings": "1.2.1",
     "node-gyp": "^3.5.0"
   }