diff --git a/lib/test.js b/lib/test.js
index 8740301..486bad9 100644
--- a/lib/test.js
+++ b/lib/test.js
@@ -67,10 +67,12 @@ function configure(sinon, config) {
         throw new TypeError("expected sinon object");
     }
 
+    var sandboxFactory = sinon.createSandbox || sinon.sandbox.create;
+
     function callSandboxedFn(context, args, fn, handler) {
         config = getConfig(config);
         config.injectInto = config.injectIntoThis && context || config.injectInto;
-        var sandbox = sinon.sandbox.create(config);
+        var sandbox = sandboxFactory(config);
         var done = args.length && args[args.length - 1];
         var result;
 
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 72d83c7..7f6762b 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -8,12 +8,24 @@
  */
 "use strict";
 
+/**
+ * From version 3.1 Sinon uses factory methods for sandboxes and deprecates
+ * sinon.sandbox. It - and its exports - will in time be removed/internalized, but
+ * we can still support backwards compatibility easily.
+ * See Sinon pull request #1515
+*/
+function isOlderSinonVersion(sinonObj) {
+    return typeof sinonObj.createSandbox === "undefined"
+        && !!sinonObj.sandbox
+        && typeof sinonObj.sandbox === "object"
+        && typeof sinonObj.sandbox.create === "function";
+}
+
 exports.isPromise = function (object) {
     return typeof object === "object" && typeof object.then === "function";
 };
 
 exports.isSinon = function (obj) {
-    return !!obj && typeof obj === "object" &&
-        typeof obj.getConfig === "function" &&
-        !!obj.sandbox && typeof obj.sandbox === "object" && typeof obj.sandbox.create === "function";
+    return !!obj && typeof obj === "object"
+        && (isOlderSinonVersion(obj) || typeof obj.createSandbox === "function");
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0abec6a..309ecc5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@
     "referee": "^1.2.0",
     "rollup": "^0.41.4",
     "rollup-plugin-commonjs": "^8.0.2",
-    "sinon": "2.x.x",
+    "sinon": "3.x.x",
     "uglify-js": "^3.0.7"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "sinon": "^2.0.0"
+    "sinon": "2.x - 3.x"
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/test-test.js b/test/test-test.js
index 7f5ec00..331d96f 100644
--- a/test/test-test.js
+++ b/test/test-test.js
@@ -651,6 +651,28 @@ module.exports = {
             assert.mock(mocked);
         },
 
+        "backwards compatibility": {
+            "uses the new factory methods introduced in 3.1 - if available": function () {
+                var fakeSinon = { createSandbox: sinon.stub() };
+                var testInstance = sinonTest(fakeSinon);
+
+                try { testInstance(function () {})(); }
+                catch (err) { /* ignore */ }
+
+                assert(fakeSinon.createSandbox.called);
+            },
+
+            "falls back to the old 1.x-2.x methods when needed ": function () {
+                var fakeSinon = { sandbox: { create: sinon.stub() } };
+                var testInstance = sinonTest(fakeSinon);
+
+                try { testInstance(function () {})(); }
+                catch (err) { /* ignore */ }
+
+                assert(fakeSinon.sandbox.create.called);
+            }
+        },
+
         "browser options": {
             "yields server when faking xhr": function () {
                 var stubbed, mocked, server;
@@ -772,7 +794,9 @@ module.exports = {
             var config = {
                 injectIntoThis: false,
                 properties: ["clock"],
-                useFakeTimers: ["Date", "setTimeout", "setImmediate"]
+                useFakeTimers: {
+                    toFake: ["Date", "setTimeout", "setImmediate"]
+                }
             };
 
             var testInstance = sinonTest(sinon, config);