diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 519c6e2..9cbe0b8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "mocha": "^3.0.2",
     "node-fetch": "^1.6.3",
     "nodemon": "^1.11.0",
-    "rimraf": "^2.6.0",
+    "rimraf": "^2.6.1",
     "sinon": "^2.2.0",
     "sinon-chai": "^2.8.0",
     "ts-node": "^2.0.0",
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     "ws": "^1.1.1"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "deepmerge": "^1.3.2"
+    "deepmerge": "^1.3.2",
+    "json-stringify-safe": "^5.0.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/wire/Socket.spec.ts b/src/wire/Socket.spec.ts
index fa956f1..18ccd23 100644
--- a/src/wire/Socket.spec.ts
+++ b/src/wire/Socket.spec.ts
@@ -226,6 +226,21 @@ describe('socket', () => {
             });
         });
 
+        it('handles circular references', () => {
+            const params: any  = {
+                foo: 'bar',
+            };
+            params.bar = params;
+            ws.on('message', payload => {
+                assertAndReplyTo(payload);
+            });
+
+            return socket.execute('hello', params)
+            .then(res => {
+                expect(res).to.equal('hi');
+            });
+        });
+
         it('emits a method sent to it', done => {
             ws.send(JSON.stringify(METHOD));
             socket.on('method', (method: Method<any>) => {
diff --git a/src/wire/Socket.ts b/src/wire/Socket.ts
index 78c756e..5aa8acb 100644
--- a/src/wire/Socket.ts
+++ b/src/wire/Socket.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import { resolveOn } from '../util';
 import { Method, Packet, PacketState, Reply } from './packets';
 import { ExponentialReconnectionPolicy, IReconnectionPolicy } from './reconnection';
 
+import stringify = require('json-stringify-safe'); //tslint:disable-line
+
 /**
  * Close codes that are deemed to be recoverable by the reconnection policy
  */
@@ -339,7 +341,8 @@ export class InteractiveSocket extends EventEmitter {
     }
 
     private sendRaw(packet: any) {
-        const data = JSON.stringify(packet);
+        // Replace circular references with nothing.
+        const data = stringify(packet, null, 0, () => {/** */});
         const payload = data;
 
         this.emit('send', payload);
diff --git a/types/json-stringify-safe.d.ts b/types/json-stringify-safe.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ff9e08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/json-stringify-safe.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+declare module 'json-stringify-safe' {
+    function stringify(
+        obj: object,
+        replacer?: (number | string)[] | null,
+        space?: string | number,
+        decycler: (key:string, value: any) => any
+    ): string
+
+    export = stringify;
+}