diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index c9546ab..6f28f37 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Known issues:
 
 ## bunyan 1.2.1 (not yet released)
 
-(nothing yet)
+- [issue #178, #181] Get at least dtrace-provider 0.3.1 for
+  optionalDependencies to get a fix for install with decoupled npm (e.g. with
+  homebrew's node and npm).
 
 
 ## bunyan 1.2.0
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2839917..edf3a1f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   "// comment1": "'dtrace-provider' required for dtrace features",
   "// comment2": "'mv' required for RotatingFileStream",
   "optionalDependencies": {
-    "dtrace-provider": "0.3.0",
+    "dtrace-provider": "~0.3 >0.3.0",
     "mv": "~2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {