diff --git a/HStringTemplate.cabal b/HStringTemplate.cabal
--- a/HStringTemplate.cabal
+++ b/HStringTemplate.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                HStringTemplate
-version:             0.8.1
+version:             0.8.2
 synopsis:            StringTemplate implementation in Haskell.
 description:         A port of the Java library by Terrence Parr.
 category:            Text
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 library
 
   build-depends:   syb, base >= 4, base < 5, filepath, parsec < 4, containers, pretty >= 1.1.0.0,
-                   time >= 1.5 && < 1.6, bytestring, directory, array, text, deepseq, blaze-builder,void, template-haskell >= 2.3, mtl
+                   time >= 1.4.2 && < 1.6, bytestring, directory, array, text, deepseq, blaze-builder,void, template-haskell >= 2.3, mtl,
+                   old-locale
 
   exposed-modules:   Text.StringTemplate
                      Text.StringTemplate.Base
diff --git a/Text/StringTemplate/Instances.hs b/Text/StringTemplate/Instances.hs
--- a/Text/StringTemplate/Instances.hs
+++ b/Text/StringTemplate/Instances.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances, OverlappingInstances #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP, FlexibleInstances, OverlappingInstances #-}
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
 {-# OPTIONS_HADDOCK not-home #-}
 
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 import Data.Void
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as LT
+
+#if !MIN_VERSION_time(1,5,0)
+import System.Locale (defaultTimeLocale)
+#endif
 
 
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