diff --git a/AttoBencode.cabal b/AttoBencode.cabal
--- a/AttoBencode.cabal
+++ b/AttoBencode.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                AttoBencode
-Version:             0.3.0.0
+Version:             0.3.1.0
 Synopsis:            Fast Bencode encoding and parsing library
 Homepage:            http://bitbucket.org/FlorianHartwig/attobencode
 License:             BSD3
diff --git a/src/Data/AttoBencode/Types.hs b/src/Data/AttoBencode/Types.hs
--- a/src/Data/AttoBencode/Types.hs
+++ b/src/Data/AttoBencode/Types.hs
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@
     fromBencode (BInt n) = Just n
     fromBencode _        = Nothing
 
+instance FromBencode Int where
+    fromBencode bv = fmap fromInteger $ fromBencode bv
+
 instance FromBencode BValue where
     fromBencode = Just