diff --git a/CHANGES.markdown b/CHANGES.markdown
--- a/CHANGES.markdown
+++ b/CHANGES.markdown
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-0.5 (3 January 2016)
+0.5.1 (9 February 2017)
+-----------------------
+
+Re-export `System.Random` from `Control.Monad.Random.{Lazy,Strict}`
+and hence also from `Control.Monad.Random`.
+
+0.5 (3 January 2017)
 --------------------
 
   This release has quite a few small additions as well as a big module
diff --git a/Control/Monad/Random/Lazy.hs b/Control/Monad/Random/Lazy.hs
--- a/Control/Monad/Random/Lazy.hs
+++ b/Control/Monad/Random/Lazy.hs
@@ -37,11 +37,14 @@
 
       -- * Some convenience re-exports
 
+      module System.Random,
       module Control.Monad.Random.Class,
       module Control.Monad,
       module Control.Monad.Fix,
       module Control.Monad.Trans,
     ) where
+
+import           System.Random
 
 import           Control.Monad.Random.Class
 
diff --git a/Control/Monad/Random/Strict.hs b/Control/Monad/Random/Strict.hs
--- a/Control/Monad/Random/Strict.hs
+++ b/Control/Monad/Random/Strict.hs
@@ -35,11 +35,14 @@
       evalRandTIO,
       -- * Some convenience re-exports
 
+      module System.Random,
       module Control.Monad.Random.Class,
       module Control.Monad,
       module Control.Monad.Fix,
       module Control.Monad.Trans,
     ) where
+
+import           System.Random
 
 import           Control.Monad.Random.Class
 
diff --git a/MonadRandom.cabal b/MonadRandom.cabal
--- a/MonadRandom.cabal
+++ b/MonadRandom.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                MonadRandom
-version:             0.5
+version:             0.5.1
 synopsis:            Random-number generation monad.
 description:         Support for computations which consume random values.
 license:             BSD3