diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
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+Copyright (c) 2015-2017 Duncan Coutts,
+              2015-2017 Well-Typed LLP,
+              2015 IRIS Connect Ltd.
+
+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 Duncan Coutts 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
+LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+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
+LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+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/binary-serialise-cbor.cabal b/binary-serialise-cbor.cabal
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+name:                binary-serialise-cbor
+version:             0.1.1.0
+synopsis:            Yet Another Binary Serialisation Library (compatibility shim)
+license:             BSD3
+license-file:        LICENSE.txt
+author:              Duncan Coutts
+maintainer:          duncan@community.haskell.org, ben@smart-cactus.org
+bug-reports:         https://github.com/well-typed/cborg/issues
+copyright:           2015-2017 Duncan Coutts,
+                     2015-2017 Well-Typed LLP,
+                     2015 IRIS Connect Ltd
+category:            Codec
+build-type:          Simple
+cabal-version:       >= 1.21
+tested-with:         GHC == 7.10.3, GHC == 8.0.1
+
+description:
+  This package is a shim around @cborg@, exposing an interface compatible with
+  the previous @binary-serialise-cbor@.
+
+source-repository head
+  type: git
+  location: https://github.com/well-typed/cborg.git
+
+library
+  default-language:  Haskell2010
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  reexported-modules:
+    Codec.Serialise            as Data.Binary.Serialise.CBOR,
+    Codec.Serialise.Class      as Data.Binary.Serialise.CBOR.Class,
+    Codec.Serialise.Decoding   as Data.Binary.Serialise.CBOR.Decoding,
+    Codec.Serialise.Encoding   as Data.Binary.Serialise.CBOR.Encoding,
+    Codec.CBOR.FlatTerm        as Data.Binary.Serialise.CBOR.FlatTerm,
+    Codec.Serialise.IO         as Data.Binary.Serialise.CBOR.IO,
+    Codec.CBOR.Magic           as Data.Binary.Serialise.CBOR.Magic,
+    Codec.CBOR.Pretty          as Data.Binary.Serialise.CBOR.Pretty,
+    Codec.Serialise.Properties as Data.Binary.Serialise.CBOR.Properties,
+    Codec.CBOR.Write           as Data.Binary.Serialise.CBOR.Write,
+    Codec.CBOR.Term            as Data.Binary.Serialise.CBOR.Term,
+    Codec.Serialise.Tutorial   as Data.Binary.Serialise.CBOR.Tutorial
+  exposed-modules: Data.Binary.Serialise.CBOR.Read
+
+  build-depends:
+    base < 5,
+    bytestring < 1.0,
+    cborg     == 0.1.*,
+    serialise == 0.1.*
+
diff --git a/src/Data/Binary/Serialise/CBOR/Read.hs b/src/Data/Binary/Serialise/CBOR/Read.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes #-}
+
+-- |
+-- Module      : Data.Binary.Serialise.CBOR.Read
+-- Copyright   : (c) Duncan Coutts 2015-2017
+-- License     : BSD3-style (see LICENSE.txt)
+--
+-- Maintainer  : duncan@community.haskell.org
+-- Stability   : experimental
+-- Portability : non-portable (GHC extensions)
+--
+-- Tools for reading values in a CBOR-encoded format
+-- back into ordinary values.
+--
+module Data.Binary.Serialise.CBOR.Read
+ ( module X
+ , deserialiseFromBytes
+ ) where
+
+import           Codec.CBOR.Read as X hiding (deserialiseFromBytes)
+import qualified Codec.CBOR.Read as Read
+import           Codec.CBOR.Decoding (Decoder)
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as LBS
+
+deserialiseFromBytes :: (forall s. Decoder s a)
+                     -> LBS.ByteString
+                     -> Either Read.DeserialiseFailure a
+deserialiseFromBytes f = fmap snd . Read.deserialiseFromBytes f