diff --git a/lib/core.js b/lib/core.js
index 1c1a4d7..0b9d4cd 100644
--- a/lib/core.js
+++ b/lib/core.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 // I'll try to rework this for their 2.0.0 beta as well.
 
+var createReactClass = require('create-react-class');
 var React = require('react');
 var ReactDOM = require('react-dom');
 var Chart = require('chart.js');
@@ -111,6 +112,6 @@ module.exports = {
       extra(methodNames[i]);
     }
 
-    return React.createClass(classData);
+    return createReactClass(classData);
   }
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1b91756..fdcc397 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/jhudson8/react-chartjs",
   "peerDependencies": {
+    "create-react-class": "^15.5.2",
     "react": "*",
     "react-dom": "*"
   },