diff --git a/lib/nodejs/lib/thrift/xhr_connection.js b/lib/nodejs/lib/thrift/xhr_connection.js
index ea542d1fe58..d6c1f29d22d 100644
--- a/lib/nodejs/lib/thrift/xhr_connection.js
+++ b/lib/nodejs/lib/thrift/xhr_connection.js
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ var util = require("util");
 var EventEmitter = require("events").EventEmitter;
 var thrift = require("./thrift");
 
-var TBufferedTransport = require("./buffered_transport");
-var TJSONProtocol = require("./json_protocol");
-var InputBufferUnderrunError = require("./input_buffer_underrun_error");
+var TBufferedTransport = require('./buffered_transport');
+var TJSONProtocol = require('./json_protocol');
+var TBinaryProtocol = require('./binary_protocol');
+var InputBufferUnderrunError = require('./input_buffer_underrun_error');
 
 var createClient = require("./create_client");
 
@@ -108,13 +109,22 @@ XHRConnection.prototype.flush = function () {
 
   var xreq = this.getXmlHttpRequestObject();
 
+  if (this.protocol == TBinaryProtocol) {
+    xreq.responseType = 'arraybuffer';
+  }
+
   if (xreq.overrideMimeType) {
     xreq.overrideMimeType("application/json");
   }
 
   xreq.onreadystatechange = function () {
     if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
-      self.setRecvBuffer(this.responseText);
+      if(self.protocol == TBinaryProtocol) {
+        self.setRecvBuffer(this.response);
+      }
+      else {
+        self.setRecvBuffer(this.responseText);
+      }
     }
   };