diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2017, Herbert Valerio Riedel
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the name of Herbert Valerio Riedel nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+      from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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+DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/base-feature-macros.cabal b/base-feature-macros.cabal
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+name:                base-feature-macros
+version:             0.1
+synopsis:            Semantic CPP feature macros for base
+license:             BSD3
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Herbert Valerio Riedel
+maintainer:          hvr@gnu.org
+category:            Development
+build-type:          Simple
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+bug-reports:         https://github.com/hvr/base-feature-macros/issues
+
+description:         This provides a set of feature macros describing features of @base@ in a semantic way.
+                     .
+                     See <src/base-feature-macros.h base-feature-macros.h> for set of currently provided macros.
+                     .
+                     In order to use the CPP header provided by this package, add this package as a dependency to your @.cabal@ file, i.e.
+                     .
+                     > build-depends: base-feature-macros: >= 0.1 && < 0.2
+                     .
+                     while making sure that the version specified as lower bound defines the feature-macros your code tests for. This is particularly important as CPP will implicitly treat undefined CPP macros as having the value @0@. See also GNU CPP/CC's @-Wundef@ warning to detect such errors.
+                     .
+                     Then in your code, you can include and use the @\<base-feature-macros.h\>@ header like so
+                     .
+                     > module M where
+                     >
+                     > #include <base-feature-macros.h>
+                     >
+                     > #if !HAVE_FOLDABLE_TRAVERSABLE_IN_PRELUDE
+                     > import Data.Foldable (Foldable (..))
+                     > import Prelude       hiding (foldr, foldr1)
+                     > #endif
+                     > #if !HAVE_MONOID_IN_PRELUDE
+                     > import Data.Monoid hiding ((<>))
+                     > #endif
+                     .
+                     This package is inspired by the blogpost
+                     <https://github.com/quchen/articles/blob/master/haskell-cpp-compatibility.md "Make macros mean something – readable backwards compatibility with CPP">.
+
+source-repository head
+  type: git
+  location: https://github.com/hvr/base-feature-macros.git
+
+library
+  build-depends:     base >=4.3 && <4.11
+  default-language:  Haskell2010
+
+  install-includes:  base-feature-macros.h
diff --git a/base-feature-macros.h b/base-feature-macros.h
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+#if !defined(HS_BASE_FEATURE_MACROS_H)
+#define HS_BASE_FEATURE_MACROS_H
+
+#if !defined(MIN_VERSION_base)
+#error MIN_VERSION_base macro not defined
+#endif
+
+/* @since 0.1 */
+#define HAVE_APPLICATIVE_MONAD                  MIN_VERSION_base(4,8,0)
+
+/* @since 0.1 */
+#define HAVE_FOLDABLE_TRAVERSABLE_IN_PRELUDE    MIN_VERSION_base(4,8,0)
+
+/* @since 0.1 */
+#define HAVE_MONOID_IN_PRELUDE                  MIN_VERSION_base(4,8,0)
+
+/* @since 0.1 */
+#define HAVE_NATURAL_IN_BASE                    MIN_VERSION_base(4,8,0)
+
+/* @since 0.1 */
+#define HAVE_SEMIGROUP_IN_BASE                  MIN_VERSION_base(4,8,0)
+
+/* @since 0.1 */
+#define HAVE_MONAD_FAIL                         MIN_VERSION_base(4,9,0)
+
+#endif