diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 97bccea..d7183d0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 language: node_js
 node_js:
+  - "4.1"
+  - "4.0"
   - "0.12"
   - "0.11"
   - "0.10"
+  - "0.8"
+  - "0.6"
   - "iojs"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 71e2b42..94bfecd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -94,6 +94,20 @@ Default: `false`
 
 Set to true to log errors & messages to the console. Errors are dispatched via events anyway, so plugins like `gulp-plumber` can handle these for you.
 
+#### options.parallel
+Type: `Boolean`
+Default: `true`
+
+Enables concurrent uploads to the TinyPNG server to speed up total compression time.
+
+<sub>(thanks [HugoHeneault](https://github.com/HugoHeneault) for this feature suggestion)</sub>
+
+#### options.parallelMax
+Type: `Integer`
+Default: `5`
+
+The amount of concurrent uploads allowed at one time, increase if you/your request limits can handle it - very easy to max out your monthly requests, use with caution!
+
 #### options.force
 Type: `Boolean` / `String`
 Default: `false`
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 238255e..29fda36 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 var test = process.env.NODE_ENV == 'test',
     through = require('through2'),
+    throughParallel = require('through2-concurrent'),
     gutil = require('gulp-util'),
     chalk = gutil.colors,
     request = require('request'),
@@ -28,7 +29,9 @@ function TinyPNG(opt, obj) {
             log: false,
             force: false, ignore: false,
             sameDest: false,
-            summarize: false
+            summarize: false,
+            parallel: true,
+            parallelMax: 5
         }
     };
 
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@ function TinyPNG(opt, obj) {
             opt = this.conf.options,
             emitted = false;
 
-        return through.obj(function(file, enc, cb) {
+        return (opt.parallel ? throughParallel : through).obj({maxConcurrency: opt.parallelMax}, function(file, enc, cb) {
             if(self.utils.glob(file, opt.ignore)) return cb();
 
             if(file.isNull()) {
@@ -128,6 +131,7 @@ function TinyPNG(opt, obj) {
         })
         .on('error', function(err) {
             emitted = true; // surely a method in the stream to handle this?
+            self.stats.skipped++;
             self.utils.log(err.message);
         })
         .on('end', function() {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f3e6ff7..e3074ea 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gulp-tinypng-compress",
-  "version": "1.1.8",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "description": "TinyPNG API wrapper for compressing PNG & JPG images",
   "main": "index.js",
   "repository": "stnvh/gulp-tinypng-compress",
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "gulp-util": "~3.0.0",
     "request": "~2.55.0",
-    "through2": "~0.6.0",
+    "through2": "^2.0.0",
+    "through2-concurrent": "^1.1.0",
     "minimatch": "^2.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {