diff --git a/lib/bson/binary.js b/lib/bson/binary.js
index f3f695da..6d190bca 100644
--- a/lib/bson/binary.js
+++ b/lib/bson/binary.js
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ if (typeof global !== 'undefined') {
   var Buffer = require('buffer').Buffer; // TODO just use global Buffer
 }
 
+var utils = require('./parser/utils');
+
 /**
  * A class representation of the BSON Binary type.
  *
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ function Binary(buffer, subType) {
     if (typeof buffer === 'string') {
       // Different ways of writing the length of the string for the different types
       if (typeof Buffer !== 'undefined') {
-        this.buffer = new Buffer(buffer);
+        this.buffer = utils.toBuffer(buffer);
       } else if (
         typeof Uint8Array !== 'undefined' ||
         Object.prototype.toString.call(buffer) === '[object Array]'
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ function Binary(buffer, subType) {
     this.position = buffer.length;
   } else {
     if (typeof Buffer !== 'undefined') {
-      this.buffer = new Buffer(Binary.BUFFER_SIZE);
+      this.buffer = utils.allocBuffer(Binary.BUFFER_SIZE);
     } else if (typeof Uint8Array !== 'undefined') {
       this.buffer = new Uint8Array(new ArrayBuffer(Binary.BUFFER_SIZE));
     } else {
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ Binary.prototype.put = function put(byte_value) {
   } else {
     if (typeof Buffer !== 'undefined' && Buffer.isBuffer(this.buffer)) {
       // Create additional overflow buffer
-      var buffer = new Buffer(Binary.BUFFER_SIZE + this.buffer.length);
+      var buffer = utils.allocBuffer(Binary.BUFFER_SIZE + this.buffer.length);
       // Combine the two buffers together
       this.buffer.copy(buffer, 0, 0, this.buffer.length);
       this.buffer = buffer;
@@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ Binary.prototype.write = function write(string, offset) {
     var buffer = null;
     // If we are in node.js
     if (typeof Buffer !== 'undefined' && Buffer.isBuffer(this.buffer)) {
-      buffer = new Buffer(this.buffer.length + string.length);
+      buffer = utils.allocBuffer(this.buffer.length + string.length);
       this.buffer.copy(buffer, 0, 0, this.buffer.length);
     } else if (Object.prototype.toString.call(this.buffer) === '[object Uint8Array]') {
       // Create a new buffer
diff --git a/lib/bson/bson.js b/lib/bson/bson.js
index 956f1522..912c5b92 100644
--- a/lib/bson/bson.js
+++ b/lib/bson/bson.js
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ var Map = require('./map'),
 // Parts of the parser
 var deserialize = require('./parser/deserializer'),
   serializer = require('./parser/serializer'),
-  calculateObjectSize = require('./parser/calculate_size');
+  calculateObjectSize = require('./parser/calculate_size'),
+  utils = require('./parser/utils');
 
 /**
  * @ignore
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ var deserialize = require('./parser/deserializer'),
 var MAXSIZE = 1024 * 1024 * 17;
 
 // Current Internal Temporary Serialization Buffer
-var buffer = new Buffer(MAXSIZE);
+var buffer = utils.allocBuffer(MAXSIZE);
 
 var BSON = function() {};
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ BSON.prototype.serialize = function serialize(object, options) {
   
   // Resize the internal serialization buffer if needed
   if (buffer.length < minInternalBufferSize) {
-    buffer = new Buffer(minInternalBufferSize);
+    buffer = utils.allocBuffer(minInternalBufferSize);
   }
 
   // Attempt to serialize
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ BSON.prototype.serialize = function serialize(object, options) {
     []
   );
   // Create the final buffer
-  var finishedBuffer = new Buffer(serializationIndex);
+  var finishedBuffer = utils.allocBuffer(serializationIndex);
   // Copy into the finished buffer
   buffer.copy(finishedBuffer, 0, 0, finishedBuffer.length);
   // Return the buffer
diff --git a/lib/bson/decimal128.js b/lib/bson/decimal128.js
index 1dc2f003..924513f4 100644
--- a/lib/bson/decimal128.js
+++ b/lib/bson/decimal128.js
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ var INF_POSITIVE_BUFFER = [
 
 var EXPONENT_REGEX = /^([-+])?(\d+)?$/;
 
+var utils = require('./parser/utils');
+
 // Detect if the value is a digit
 var isDigit = function(value) {
   return !isNaN(parseInt(value, 10));
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ var lessThan = function(left, right) {
 };
 
 // var longtoHex = function(value) {
-//   var buffer = new Buffer(8);
+//   var buffer = utils.allocBuffer(8);
 //   var index = 0;
 //   // Encode the low 64 bits of the decimal
 //   // Encode low bits
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ var lessThan = function(left, right) {
 // };
 
 // var int32toHex = function(value) {
-//   var buffer = new Buffer(4);
+//   var buffer = utils.allocBuffer(4);
 //   var index = 0;
 //   // Encode the low 64 bits of the decimal
 //   // Encode low bits
@@ -265,9 +267,9 @@ Decimal128.fromString = function(string) {
   // Check if user passed Infinity or NaN
   if (!isDigit(string[index]) && string[index] !== '.') {
     if (string[index] === 'i' || string[index] === 'I') {
-      return new Decimal128(new Buffer(isNegative ? INF_NEGATIVE_BUFFER : INF_POSITIVE_BUFFER));
+      return new Decimal128(utils.toBuffer(isNegative ? INF_NEGATIVE_BUFFER : INF_POSITIVE_BUFFER));
     } else if (string[index] === 'N') {
-      return new Decimal128(new Buffer(NAN_BUFFER));
+      return new Decimal128(utils.toBuffer(NAN_BUFFER));
     }
   }
 
@@ -275,7 +277,7 @@ Decimal128.fromString = function(string) {
   while (isDigit(string[index]) || string[index] === '.') {
     if (string[index] === '.') {
       if (sawRadix) {
-        return new Decimal128(new Buffer(NAN_BUFFER));
+        return new Decimal128(utils.toBuffer(NAN_BUFFER));
       }
 
       sawRadix = true;
@@ -320,7 +322,7 @@ Decimal128.fromString = function(string) {
 
     // No digits read
     if (!match || !match[2]) {
-      return new Decimal128(new Buffer(NAN_BUFFER));
+      return new Decimal128(utils.toBuffer(NAN_BUFFER));
     }
 
     // Get exponent
@@ -332,7 +334,7 @@ Decimal128.fromString = function(string) {
 
   // Return not a number
   if (string[index]) {
-    return new Decimal128(new Buffer(NAN_BUFFER));
+    return new Decimal128(utils.toBuffer(NAN_BUFFER));
   }
 
   // Done reading input
@@ -380,7 +382,7 @@ Decimal128.fromString = function(string) {
         exponent = EXPONENT_MAX;
         break;
       } else {
-        return new Decimal128(new Buffer(isNegative ? INF_NEGATIVE_BUFFER : INF_POSITIVE_BUFFER));
+        return new Decimal128(utils.toBuffer(isNegative ? INF_NEGATIVE_BUFFER : INF_POSITIVE_BUFFER));
       }
     }
 
@@ -412,7 +414,7 @@ Decimal128.fromString = function(string) {
         exponent = EXPONENT_MAX;
         break;
       } else {
-        return new Decimal128(new Buffer(isNegative ? INF_NEGATIVE_BUFFER : INF_POSITIVE_BUFFER));
+        return new Decimal128(utils.toBuffer(isNegative ? INF_NEGATIVE_BUFFER : INF_POSITIVE_BUFFER));
       }
     }
   }
@@ -462,7 +464,7 @@ Decimal128.fromString = function(string) {
               digits[dIdx] = 1;
             } else {
               return new Decimal128(
-                new Buffer(isNegative ? INF_NEGATIVE_BUFFER : INF_POSITIVE_BUFFER)
+                utils.toBuffer(isNegative ? INF_NEGATIVE_BUFFER : INF_POSITIVE_BUFFER)
               );
             }
           }
@@ -547,7 +549,7 @@ Decimal128.fromString = function(string) {
   }
 
   // Encode into a buffer
-  var buffer = new Buffer(16);
+  var buffer = utils.allocBuffer(16);
   index = 0;
 
   // Encode the low 64 bits of the decimal
diff --git a/lib/bson/objectid.js b/lib/bson/objectid.js
index f76ecbb8..79de40d2 100644
--- a/lib/bson/objectid.js
+++ b/lib/bson/objectid.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Custom inspect property name / symbol.
 var inspect = 'inspect';
 
+var utils = require('./parser/utils');
+
 /**
  * Machine id.
  *
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ var ObjectID = function ObjectID(id) {
       'Argument passed in must be a single String of 12 bytes or a string of 24 hex characters'
     );
   } else if (valid && typeof id === 'string' && id.length === 24 && hasBufferType) {
-    return new ObjectID(new Buffer(id, 'hex'));
+    return new ObjectID(utils.toBuffer(id, 'hex'));
   } else if (valid && typeof id === 'string' && id.length === 24) {
     return ObjectID.createFromHexString(id);
   } else if (id != null && id.length === 12) {
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ ObjectID.prototype.generate = function(time) {
       : process.pid) % 0xffff;
   var inc = this.get_inc();
   // Buffer used
-  var buffer = new Buffer(12);
+  var buffer = utils.allocBuffer(12);
   // Encode time
   buffer[3] = time & 0xff;
   buffer[2] = (time >> 8) & 0xff;
@@ -277,7 +279,7 @@ ObjectID.createPk = function createPk() {
 * @return {ObjectID} return the created ObjectID
 */
 ObjectID.createFromTime = function createFromTime(time) {
-  var buffer = new Buffer([0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]);
+  var buffer = utils.toBuffer([0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]);
   // Encode time into first 4 bytes
   buffer[3] = time & 0xff;
   buffer[2] = (time >> 8) & 0xff;
@@ -315,7 +317,7 @@ ObjectID.createFromHexString = function createFromHexString(string) {
   }
 
   // Use Buffer.from method if available
-  if (hasBufferType) return new ObjectID(new Buffer(string, 'hex'));
+  if (hasBufferType) return new ObjectID(utils.toBuffer(string, 'hex'));
 
   // Calculate lengths
   var array = new _Buffer(12);
diff --git a/lib/bson/parser/deserializer.js b/lib/bson/parser/deserializer.js
index b7f45d76..be3c8654 100644
--- a/lib/bson/parser/deserializer.js
+++ b/lib/bson/parser/deserializer.js
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ var Long = require('../long').Long,
   BSONRegExp = require('../regexp').BSONRegExp,
   Binary = require('../binary').Binary;
 
+var utils = require('./utils');
+
 var deserialize = function(buffer, options, isArray) {
   options = options == null ? {} : options;
   var index = options && options.index ? options.index : 0;
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ var deserializeObject = function(buffer, index, options, isArray) {
       object[name] = buffer.toString('utf8', index, index + stringSize - 1);
       index = index + stringSize;
     } else if (elementType === BSON.BSON_DATA_OID) {
-      var oid = new Buffer(12);
+      var oid = utils.allocBuffer(12);
       buffer.copy(oid, 0, index, index + 12);
       object[name] = new ObjectID(oid);
       index = index + 12;
@@ -220,7 +222,7 @@ var deserializeObject = function(buffer, index, options, isArray) {
       }
     } else if (elementType === BSON.BSON_DATA_DECIMAL128) {
       // Buffer to contain the decimal bytes
-      var bytes = new Buffer(16);
+      var bytes = utils.allocBuffer(16);
       // Copy the next 16 bytes into the bytes buffer
       buffer.copy(bytes, 0, index, index + 16);
       // Update index
@@ -520,7 +522,7 @@ var deserializeObject = function(buffer, index, options, isArray) {
       index = index + stringSize;
 
       // Read the oid
-      var oidBuffer = new Buffer(12);
+      var oidBuffer = utils.allocBuffer(12);
       buffer.copy(oidBuffer, 0, index, index + 12);
       oid = new ObjectID(oidBuffer);
 
diff --git a/lib/bson/parser/utils.js b/lib/bson/parser/utils.js
index 6b8395f2..6faa4396 100644
--- a/lib/bson/parser/utils.js
+++ b/lib/bson/parser/utils.js
@@ -8,7 +8,21 @@ function normalizedFunctionString(fn) {
   return fn.toString().replace(/function *\(/, 'function (');
 }
 
+function newBuffer(item, encoding) {
+  return new Buffer(item, encoding);
+}
+
+function allocBuffer() {
+  return Buffer.alloc.apply(Buffer, arguments);
+}
+
+function toBuffer() {
+  return Buffer.from.apply(Buffer, arguments);
+}
+
 module.exports = {
-  normalizedFunctionString: normalizedFunctionString
+  normalizedFunctionString: normalizedFunctionString,
+  allocBuffer: typeof Buffer.alloc === 'function' ? allocBuffer : newBuffer,
+  toBuffer: typeof Buffer.from === 'function' ? toBuffer : newBuffer
 };