diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+0.8.0, 2017-05-27:
+        Added instance IsString Pattern, thanks to Mitsutoshi Aoe.
+
 0.7.14, 2016-12-29:
 	Update dependencies to allow directory-1.3.
 
diff --git a/Glob.cabal b/Glob.cabal
--- a/Glob.cabal
+++ b/Glob.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Cabal-Version: >= 1.9.2
 
 Name:        Glob
-Version:     0.7.14
+Version:     0.8.0
 Homepage:    http://iki.fi/matti.niemenmaa/glob/
 Synopsis:    Globbing library
 Category:    System
diff --git a/System/FilePath/Glob/Base.hs b/System/FilePath/Glob/Base.hs
--- a/System/FilePath/Glob/Base.hs
+++ b/System/FilePath/Glob/Base.hs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import Data.Maybe                        (fromMaybe)
 import Data.Monoid                       (Monoid, mappend, mempty, mconcat)
 import Data.Semigroup                    (Semigroup, (<>), sconcat, stimes)
+import Data.String                       (IsString(fromString))
 import System.FilePath                   ( pathSeparator, extSeparator
                                          , isExtSeparator, isPathSeparator
                                          )
@@ -162,6 +163,9 @@
    mempty  = Pattern []
    mappend = (<>)
    mconcat = optimize . Pattern . concatMap unPattern
+
+instance IsString Pattern where
+    fromString = compile
 
 -- |Options which can be passed to the 'tryCompileWith' or 'compileWith'
 -- functions: with these you can selectively toggle certain features at compile