diff --git a/lib/helpers.js b/lib/helpers.js
index dd945f2..ecc1d6c 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.js
+++ b/lib/helpers.js
@@ -157,30 +157,34 @@ helpers.__defineGetter__('Element', function() {
   return helpers._element;
 });
 
-// NOTE: Leave these here for now if we
-// want to potentially support node <=v0.6.0.
-
 helpers.isTTY = function(stream) {
-  if (stream.setRawMode || stream.isTTY) {
+  if (stream.isTTY) {
     return true;
   }
-  if (stream === process.stdin) {
-    return true;
+  if (stream.fd != null) {
+    return require('tty').isatty(stream.fd);
   }
-  // if (stream.fd != null) {
-  //   return require('tty').isatty(stream.fd);
-  // }
   return false;
 };
 
+helpers.hasRaw = function(stream, value) {
+  return !!stream.setRawMode
+    || (stream === process.stdin)
+    || !!(stream._handle && stream._handle.setRawMode && stream.readable);
+};
+
 helpers.setRawMode = function(stream, value) {
   if (stream.setRawMode) {
     return stream.setRawMode(value);
   }
   if (stream === process.stdin) {
-    helpers._isRaw = value;
+    stream._blessedRaw = value;
     return require('tty').setRawMode(value);
   }
+  if (stream._handle && stream._handle.setRawMode && stream.readable) {
+    stream._blessedRaw = value;
+    return stream._handle.setRawMode(value);
+  }
   throw new Error('Could not set raw mode.');
 };
 
@@ -188,8 +192,5 @@ helpers.isRaw = function(stream) {
   if (stream.isRaw != null) {
     return stream.isRaw;
   }
-  if (stream === process.stdin) {
-    return !!helpers._isRaw;
-  }
-  throw new Error('Could not check raw mode.');
+  return !!stream._blessedRaw;
 };