diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6217560ce5..e7ac67a1bb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
     "browserify": "6.1.0",
     "proclaim": "2.0.0",
     "rimraf": "2.2.8",
-    "jshint": "2.5.6"
+    "jshint": "2.5.6",
+    "chai": "^1.9.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/generation.js b/test/generation.js
index 6c99c6ab4a..87cdc965c0 100644
--- a/test/generation.js
+++ b/test/generation.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ var generate = require("../lib/6to5/generator");
 var traverse = require("../lib/6to5/traverse");
 var assert   = require("assert");
 var util     = require("../lib/6to5/util");
+var chai     = require("chai");
 var fs       = require("fs");
 var _        = require("lodash");
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ suite("generation", function () {
 
           var expectedAst = util.parseNoProperties(expectedLoc, expected);
 
-          assert.deepEqual(actualAst, expectedAst);
+          chai.expect(actualAst).to.deep.equal(expectedAst);
         });
       });
     });