diff --git a/HDBC-mysql.cabal b/HDBC-mysql.cabal
--- a/HDBC-mysql.cabal
+++ b/HDBC-mysql.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Name:             HDBC-mysql
 Category:         Database
 Synopsis:         MySQL driver for HDBC
-Version:          0.6.6.1
+Version:          0.6.6.2
 Stability:        Experimental
 Maintainer:       Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com>
 Author:           Chris Waterson
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 Bug-Reports:      http://github.com/bos/hdbc-mysql/issues
 Build-Type:       Custom
 Tested-with:      GHC
-Cabal-Version:    >= 1.6
+Cabal-Version:    >= 1.8
 Description:
   This package provides a MySQL driver for HDBC, implemented via
   bindings to the C @mysqlclient@ library.
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     time,
     utf8-string
   ghc-options:      -Wall
+  Extra-Libraries: mysqlclient
 
 source-repository head
   type:     git
diff --git a/Setup.lhs b/Setup.lhs
--- a/Setup.lhs
+++ b/Setup.lhs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 import Data.Char (isSpace)
 import Data.List (dropWhile,span)
 
+import Debug.Trace
+
 import Control.Monad
 
 main = defaultMainWithHooks simpleUserHooks {
@@ -27,9 +29,9 @@
 }
 
 mysqlConfigProgram = (simpleProgram "mysql_config") {
-    programFindLocation = \verbosity -> do
-      mysql_config  <- findProgramOnPath "mysql_config"  verbosity
-      mysql_config5 <- findProgramOnPath "mysql_config5" verbosity
+    programFindLocation = \verbosity _ -> do
+      mysql_config  <- findProgramLocation verbosity "mysql_config" 
+      mysql_config5 <- findProgramLocation verbosity "mysql_config5"
       return (mysql_config `mplus` mysql_config5)
   }
 
@@ -55,5 +57,4 @@
               let (run, cs1) = span (`notElem` xs) cs0
                   cs2        = dropWhile (`elem` xs) cs1
               in run:(split' cs2)
-
 \end{code}