diff --git a/lib/webworker-child.js b/lib/webworker-child.js
index 34b3c9f..4bd2f2a 100644
--- a/lib/webworker-child.js
+++ b/lib/webworker-child.js
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ try {
     );
 }
 
+
+
 var writeError = process.binding('stdio').writeError;
 
 // Catch exceptions
@@ -132,14 +134,25 @@ ws.addListener('open', function() {
 var scriptObj = undefined;
 switch (scriptLoc.protocol) {
 case 'file':
+
+
+    scriptSrc = fs.readFileSync(scriptLoc.pathname)
+
+    // support coffeescript precompilation, if needed.
+    try {
+        if (scriptLoc.pathname.match(/.coffee/)) {
+            scriptSrc = require('coffee-script').compile(scriptSrc.toString())
+        }
+    } catch (e) {}
+
     scriptObj = new script.Script(
-        fs.readFileSync(scriptLoc.pathname),
+        scriptSrc,
         scriptLoc.href
     );
     break;
 
 default:
-    writeError('Cannot load script from unknown protocol \'' + 
+    writeError('Cannot load script from unknown protocol \'' +
         scriptLoc.protocol);
     process.exit(1);
 }