diff --git a/CabalHelper/Wrapper.hs b/CabalHelper/Wrapper.hs
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+-- cabal-helper: Simple interface to Cabal's configuration state
+-- Copyright (C) 2015  Daniel Gröber <dxld ÄT darkboxed DOT org>
+--
+-- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+-- it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+-- the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+-- (at your option) any later version.
+--
+-- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+-- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+-- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+-- GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+--
+-- You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+-- along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards, FlexibleContexts #-}
+module Main where
+
+import Control.Applicative
+import Control.Arrow
+import Control.Exception as E
+import Control.Monad
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Maybe
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class
+import Data.Char
+import Data.List
+import Data.Maybe
+import Data.String
+import Data.Version
+import Text.Printf
+import System.Console.GetOpt
+import System.Environment
+import System.Directory
+import System.FilePath
+import System.Process
+import System.Exit
+import System.IO
+
+import Distribution.System (buildPlatform)
+import Distribution.Text (display)
+
+import Paths_cabal_helper (version)
+import CabalHelper.Data
+import CabalHelper.Common
+import CabalHelper.GuessGhc
+
+usage :: IO ()
+usage = do
+  prog <- getProgName
+  hPutStr stderr $ align "(" "|" ("Usage: " ++ prog ++ " " ++ usageMsg)
+ where
+   usageMsg = "\
+\( print-appdatadir\n\
+\| print-build-platform\n\
+\| DIST_DIR ( print-exe | [CABAL_HELPER_ARGS...] ) )\n"
+
+data Options = Options {
+          ghcProgram    :: FilePath
+        , ghcPkgProgram :: FilePath
+        , cabalProgram  :: FilePath
+}
+
+defaultOptions :: Options
+defaultOptions = Options "ghc" "ghc-pkg" "cabal"
+
+globalArgSpec :: [OptDescr (Options -> Options)]
+globalArgSpec =
+      [ option "" ["with-ghc"] "GHC executable to use" $
+              reqArg "PROG" $ \p o -> o { ghcProgram = p }
+
+      , option "" ["with-ghc-pkg"] "ghc-pkg executable to use (only needed when guessing from GHC path fails)" $
+              reqArg "PROG" $ \p o -> o { ghcPkgProgram = p }
+
+      , option "" ["with-cabal"] "cabal-install executable to use" $
+               reqArg "PROG" $ \p o -> o { cabalProgram = p }
+      ]
+ where
+   option :: [Char] -> [String] -> String -> ArgDescr a -> OptDescr a
+   option s l udsc dsc = Option s l dsc udsc
+
+   reqArg :: String -> (String -> a) -> ArgDescr a
+   reqArg udsc dsc = ReqArg dsc udsc
+
+parseCommandArgs :: Options -> [String] -> (Options, [String])
+parseCommandArgs opts argv
+    = case getOpt Permute globalArgSpec argv of
+        (o,r,[])   -> (foldr id opts o, r)
+        (_,_,errs) ->
+            panic $ "Parsing command options failed: " ++ concat errs
+
+guessProgramPaths :: Options -> IO Options
+guessProgramPaths opts = do
+    if not (same ghcProgram opts dopts) && same ghcPkgProgram opts dopts
+       then do
+         mghcPkg <- guessToolFromGhcPath "ghc-pkg" (ghcProgram opts)
+         return opts {
+           ghcPkgProgram = fromMaybe (ghcPkgProgram opts) mghcPkg
+         }
+       else return opts
+ where
+   same f o o'  = f o == f o'
+   dopts = defaultOptions
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = handlePanic $ do
+  (opts', args) <- parseCommandArgs defaultOptions <$> getArgs
+  opts <- guessProgramPaths opts'
+  case args of
+    [] -> usage
+    "--help":[] -> usage
+    "print-appdatadir":[] -> putStrLn =<< appDataDir
+    "print-build-platform":[] -> putStrLn $ display buildPlatform
+    distdir:args' -> do
+      cfgf <- canonicalizePath (distdir </> "setup-config")
+      mhdr <- getCabalConfigHeader cfgf
+      case mhdr of
+        Nothing -> panic $ printf "\
+\Could not read Cabal's persistent setup configuration header\n\
+\- Check first line of: %s\n\
+\- Maybe try: $ cabal configure" cfgf
+
+        Just (hdrCabalVersion, _hdrCompilerVersion) -> do
+          eexe <- compileHelper opts hdrCabalVersion distdir
+          case eexe of
+              Left e -> exitWith e
+              Right exe ->
+                case args' of
+                  "print-exe":_ -> putStrLn exe
+                  _ -> do
+                    (_,_,_,h) <- createProcess $ proc exe args
+                    exitWith =<< waitForProcess h
+
+appDataDir :: IO FilePath
+appDataDir = (</> "cabal-helper") <$> getAppUserDataDirectory "ghc-mod"
+
+compileHelper :: Options -> Version -> FilePath -> IO (Either ExitCode FilePath)
+compileHelper opts cabalVer distdir = withHelperSources $ \chdir -> do
+  run [ Right <$> MaybeT (cachedExe cabalVer)
+      , compileGlobal chdir
+      , cachedCabalPkg chdir
+      , compileCabalSource chdir
+      , MaybeT (Just <$> compileSandbox chdir)
+      ]
+
+ where
+   run actions = fromJust <$> runMaybeT (msum actions)
+
+   -- | Check if this version is globally available
+   compileGlobal :: FilePath -> MaybeT IO (Either ExitCode FilePath)
+   compileGlobal chdir = do
+       _ <- MaybeT $ find (== cabalVer) <$> listCabalVersions opts
+       liftIO $ compileWithPkg chdir Nothing
+
+   -- | Check if we already compiled this version of cabal into a private
+   -- package-db
+   cachedCabalPkg :: FilePath -> MaybeT IO (Either ExitCode FilePath)
+   cachedCabalPkg chdir = do
+       db_exists <- liftIO $ cabalPkgDbExists opts cabalVer
+       case db_exists of
+         False -> mzero
+         True -> liftIO $ do
+             db <- cabalPkgDb opts cabalVer
+             compileWithPkg chdir (Just db)
+
+   -- | See if we're in a cabal source tree
+   compileCabalSource :: FilePath -> MaybeT IO (Either ExitCode FilePath)
+   compileCabalSource chdir = do
+       let couldBeSrcDir = takeDirectory distdir
+           cabalFile = couldBeSrcDir </> "Cabal.cabal"
+       cabal <- liftIO $ doesFileExist cabalFile
+       case cabal of
+         False -> mzero
+         True -> liftIO $ do
+           ver <- cabalFileVersion <$> readFile cabalFile
+           compileWithCabalTree chdir ver couldBeSrcDir
+
+   -- | Compile the requested cabal version into an isolated package-db
+   compileSandbox :: FilePath -> IO (Either ExitCode FilePath)
+   compileSandbox chdir = do
+       db <- installCabal opts cabalVer `E.catch`
+             \(SomeException _) -> errorInstallCabal cabalVer
+       compileWithPkg chdir (Just db)
+
+   compileWithCabalTree chdir ver srcDir =
+       compile opts $ Compile chdir (Just srcDir) Nothing ver []
+
+   compileWithPkg chdir mdb =
+       compile opts $ Compile chdir Nothing mdb cabalVer [cabalPkgId cabalVer]
+
+   cabalPkgId v = "Cabal-" ++ showVersion v
+
+-- errorNoCabal :: Version -> a
+-- errorNoCabal cabalVer = panic $ printf "\
+-- \No appropriate Cabal package found, wanted version %s.\n"
+--  where
+--    sver = showVersion cabalVer
+
+errorInstallCabal :: Version -> a
+errorInstallCabal cabalVer = panic $ printf "\
+\Installing Cabal version %s failed.\n\
+\n\
+\You have two choices now:\n\
+\- Either you install this version of Cabal in your globa/luser package-db\n\
+\  somehow\n\
+\n\
+\- Or you can see if you can update your cabal-install to use a different\n\
+\  version of the Cabal library that we can build with:\n\
+\    $ cabal install cabal-install --constraint 'Cabal > %s'\n\
+\n\
+\To check the version cabal-install is currently using try:\n\
+\    $ cabal --version\n" sver sver
+ where
+   sver = showVersion cabalVer
+
+data Compile = Compile {
+      cabalHelperSourceDir :: FilePath,
+      cabalSourceDir :: Maybe FilePath,
+      packageDb      :: Maybe FilePath,
+      cabalVersion   :: Version,
+      packageDeps    :: [String]
+    }
+
+compile :: Options -> Compile -> IO (Either ExitCode FilePath)
+compile Options {..} Compile {..} = do
+    outdir <- appDataDir
+    createDirectoryIfMissing True outdir
+    exe <- exePath cabalVersion
+
+    let Version (mj:mi:_) _ = cabalVersion
+    let ghc_opts =
+             concat [
+          [ "-outputdir", outdir
+          , "-o", exe
+          , "-optP-DCABAL_HELPER=1"
+          , "-optP-DCABAL_MAJOR=" ++ show mj
+          , "-optP-DCABAL_MINOR=" ++ show mi
+          ],
+          maybeToList $ ("-package-db="++) <$> packageDb,
+          map ("-i"++) $ cabalHelperSourceDir:maybeToList cabalSourceDir,
+          concatMap (\p -> ["-package", p]) packageDeps,
+          [ "--make",  cabalHelperSourceDir </> "CabalHelper/Main.hs" ]
+         ]
+
+    -- TODO: touch exe after, ghc doesn't do that if the input files didn't
+    -- actually change
+    rv <- callProcessStderr' Nothing ghcProgram ghc_opts
+    return $ case rv of
+               ExitSuccess -> Right exe
+               e@(ExitFailure _) -> Left e
+
+exePath :: Version -> IO FilePath
+exePath cabalVersion = do
+    outdir <- appDataDir
+    return $ outdir </> "cabal-helper-" ++ showVersion version -- our ver
+                     ++ "-Cabal-" ++ showVersion cabalVersion
+
+cachedExe :: Version -> IO (Maybe FilePath)
+cachedExe cabalVersion = do
+   exe <- exePath cabalVersion
+   exists <- doesFileExist exe
+   return $ if exists then Just exe else Nothing
+
+callProcessStderr' :: Maybe FilePath -> FilePath -> [String] -> IO ExitCode
+callProcessStderr' mwd exe args = do
+  (_, _, _, h) <- createProcess (proc exe args) { std_out = UseHandle stderr
+                                                , cwd = mwd }
+  waitForProcess h
+
+callProcessStderr :: Maybe FilePath -> FilePath -> [String] -> IO ()
+callProcessStderr mwd exe args = do
+  rv <- callProcessStderr' mwd exe args
+  case rv of
+    ExitSuccess -> return ()
+    ExitFailure v -> processFailedException "callProcessStderr" exe args v
+
+processFailedException :: String -> String -> [String] -> Int -> IO a
+processFailedException fn exe args rv =
+      panic $ concat [fn, ": ", exe, " "
+                     , intercalate " " (map show args)
+                     , " (exit " ++ show rv ++ ")"]
+
+installCabal :: Options -> Version -> IO FilePath
+installCabal opts ver = do
+  appdir <- appDataDir
+  hPutStr stderr $ printf "\
+\cabal-helper-wrapper: Installing a private copy of Cabal, this might take a\n\
+\while but will only happen once per Cabal version.\n\
+\\n\
+\If anything goes horribly wrong just delete this directory and try again:\n\
+\    %s\n\
+\\n\
+\If you want to avoid this automatic installation altogether install version\n\
+\%s of Cabal manually (into your user or global package-db):\n\
+\    $ cabal install Cabal-%s\n\
+\..." appdir (showVersion ver) (showVersion ver)
+
+  db <- createPkgDb opts ver
+  callProcessStderr (Just "/") (cabalProgram opts) $ concat
+      [
+        [ "--package-db=clear"
+        , "--package-db=global"
+        , "--package-db=" ++ db
+        , "--prefix=" ++ db </> "prefix"
+        , "-v0"
+        , "--with-ghc=" ++ ghcProgram opts
+        ]
+        , if ghcPkgProgram opts /= ghcPkgProgram defaultOptions
+            then [ "--with-ghc-pkg=" ++ ghcPkgProgram opts ]
+            else []
+        , [ "install", "Cabal-"++showVersion ver ]
+      ]
+  hPutStrLn stderr "Done"
+  return db
+
+ghcVersion :: Options -> IO Version
+ghcVersion Options {..} = do
+    parseVer . trim <$> readProcess ghcProgram ["--numeric-version"] ""
+
+ghcPkgVersion :: Options -> IO Version
+ghcPkgVersion Options {..} = do
+    parseVer . trim <$> readProcess ghcPkgProgram ["--numeric-version"] ""
+
+trim :: String -> String
+trim = dropWhileEnd isSpace
+
+createPkgDb :: Options -> Version -> IO FilePath
+createPkgDb opts@Options {..} ver = do
+  db <- cabalPkgDb opts ver
+  exists <- doesDirectoryExist db
+  when (not exists) $ callProcessStderr Nothing ghcPkgProgram ["init", db]
+  return db
+
+cabalPkgDb :: Options -> Version -> IO FilePath
+cabalPkgDb opts ver = do
+  appdir <- appDataDir
+  ghcVer <- ghcVersion opts
+  return $ appdir </> "Cabal-" ++ showVersion ver ++ "-db-" ++ showVersion ghcVer
+
+cabalPkgDbExists :: Options -> Version -> IO Bool
+cabalPkgDbExists opts ver = do
+  db <- cabalPkgDb opts ver
+  dexists <- doesDirectoryExist db
+  case dexists of
+    False -> return False
+    True -> do
+      vers <- listCabalVersions' opts (Just db)
+      return $ ver `elem` vers
+
+listCabalVersions :: Options -> IO [Version]
+listCabalVersions opts = listCabalVersions' opts Nothing
+
+-- TODO: Include sandbox? Probably only relevant for build-type:custom projects.
+listCabalVersions' :: Options -> Maybe FilePath -> IO [Version]
+listCabalVersions' Options {..} mdb = do
+  let mdbopt = ("--package-db="++) <$> mdb
+      opts = ["list", "--simple-output", "Cabal"] ++ maybeToList mdbopt
+
+  catMaybes . map (fmap snd . parsePkgId . fromString) . words
+          <$> readProcess ghcPkgProgram opts ""
+
+-- | Find @version: XXX@ delcaration in a cabal file
+cabalFileVersion :: String -> Version
+cabalFileVersion cabalFile = do
+  fromJust $ parseVer . extract <$> find ("version" `isPrefixOf`) ls
+ where
+  ls = map (map toLower) $ lines cabalFile
+  extract = dropWhile (/=':') >>> dropWhile isSpace >>> takeWhile (not . isSpace)
diff --git a/Distribution/Helper.hs b/Distribution/Helper.hs
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+-- ghc-mod: Making Haskell development *more* fun
+-- Copyright (C) 2015  Daniel Gröber <dxld ÄT darkboxed DOT org>
+--
+-- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+-- it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+-- the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+-- (at your option) any later version.
+--
+-- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+-- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+-- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+-- GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+--
+-- You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+-- along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP, FlexibleContexts, ConstraintKinds, DeriveDataTypeable #-}
+module Distribution.Helper (
+    Programs(..)
+
+  -- * Running Queries
+  , Query
+  , runQuery
+  , runKQuery
+  , runKQuery_
+
+  -- * Queries against Cabal\'s on disk state
+
+  , entrypoints
+  , sourceDirs
+  , ghcOptions
+  , ghcSrcOptions
+  , ghcPkgOptions
+
+  -- * Managing @dist/@
+  , reconfigure
+  , writeAutogenFiles
+
+  -- * $libexec related error handling
+  , LibexecNotFoundError(..)
+  , libexecNotFoundError
+  ) where
+
+import Control.Applicative
+import Control.Arrow
+import Control.Monad
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class
+import Control.Monad.State.Strict
+import Control.Monad.Reader
+import Control.Exception as E
+import Data.Monoid
+import Data.List
+import Data.Default
+import Data.Typeable
+import System.Environment
+import System.FilePath
+import System.Directory
+import System.Process
+import Text.Printf
+
+import Paths_cabal_helper (getLibexecDir)
+import CabalHelper.Types
+
+-- | Paths or names of various programs we need.
+data Programs = Programs {
+      cabalProgram  :: FilePath,
+      ghcProgram    :: FilePath,
+      ghcPkgProgram :: FilePath
+    }
+
+instance Default Programs where
+    def = Programs "cabal" "ghc" "ghc-pkg"
+
+data SomeLocalBuildInfo = SomeLocalBuildInfo {
+      slbiEntrypoints   :: [(ChComponentName, ChEntrypoint)],
+      slbiSourceDirs    :: [(ChComponentName, [String])],
+      slbiGhcOptions    :: [(ChComponentName, [String])],
+      slbiGhcSrcOptions :: [(ChComponentName, [String])],
+      slbiGhcPkgOptions :: [(ChComponentName, [String])]
+    } deriving (Eq, Ord, Read, Show)
+
+-- | Caches helper executable result so it doesn't have to be run more than once
+-- as reading in Cabal's @LocalBuildInfo@ datatype from disk is very slow but
+-- running all possible queries against it at once is cheap.
+newtype Query m a = Query { unQuery :: StateT (Maybe SomeLocalBuildInfo)
+                                         (ReaderT (Programs, FilePath) m) a }
+
+type MonadQuery m = ( MonadIO m
+                    , MonadState (Maybe SomeLocalBuildInfo) m
+                    , MonadReader (Programs, FilePath) m)
+
+run r s action = flip runReaderT r (flip evalStateT s (unQuery action))
+
+-- | @runQuery query distdir@. Run a 'Query'. @distdir@ is where Cabal's
+-- @setup-config@ file is located.
+runQuery :: Monad m
+         => Query m a
+         -> FilePath -- ^ Path to @dist/@
+         -> m a
+runQuery action fp = run (def, fp) Nothing action
+
+-- | Run a 'Query' as an Arrow by wrapping it in a 'Kleisli' constructor.
+runKQuery :: Monad m
+          => Kleisli (Query m) a b
+          -> FilePath -- ^ Path to @dist/@
+          -> a
+          -> m b
+runKQuery (Kleisli action) fp a = run (def, fp) Nothing (action a)
+
+-- | Same as 'runKQuery' but pass unit as input to the arrow.
+runKQuery_ :: Monad m
+           => Kleisli (Query m) () b
+           -> FilePath -- ^ Path to @dist/@
+           -> m b
+runKQuery_ (Kleisli action) fp = run (def, fp) Nothing (action ())
+
+getSlbi :: MonadQuery m => m SomeLocalBuildInfo
+getSlbi = do
+  s <- get
+  case s of
+    Nothing -> do
+            slbi <- getSomeConfigState
+            put (Just slbi)
+            return slbi
+    Just slbi -> return slbi
+
+-- | Modules or files Cabal would have the compiler build directly. Can be used
+-- to compute the home module closure for a component.
+entrypoints   :: MonadIO m => Query m [(ChComponentName, ChEntrypoint)]
+
+-- | A component's @source-dirs@ field, beware as if this is empty implicit
+-- behaviour in GHC kicks in.
+sourceDirs    :: MonadIO m => Query m [(ChComponentName, [FilePath])]
+
+-- | All options cabal would pass to GHC.
+ghcOptions    :: MonadIO m => Query m [(ChComponentName, [String])]
+
+-- | Only search path related GHC options.
+ghcSrcOptions :: MonadIO m => Query m [(ChComponentName, [String])]
+
+-- | Only package related GHC options, sufficient for things don't need to
+-- access any home modules.
+ghcPkgOptions :: MonadIO m => Query m [(ChComponentName, [String])]
+
+entrypoints   = Query $ slbiEntrypoints   `liftM` getSlbi
+sourceDirs    = Query $ slbiSourceDirs    `liftM` getSlbi
+ghcOptions    = Query $ slbiGhcOptions    `liftM` getSlbi
+ghcSrcOptions = Query $ slbiGhcSrcOptions `liftM` getSlbi
+ghcPkgOptions = Query $ slbiGhcPkgOptions `liftM` getSlbi
+
+-- | Run @cabal configure@
+reconfigure :: MonadIO m
+            => Programs -- ^ Program paths
+            -> [String] -- ^ Command line arguments to be passed to @cabal@
+            -> m ()
+reconfigure progs cabalOpts = do
+    let progOpts =
+            [ "--with-ghc=" ++ ghcProgram progs ]
+            -- Only pass ghc-pkg if it was actually set otherwise we
+            -- might break cabal's guessing logic
+            ++ if ghcPkgProgram progs /= ghcPkgProgram def
+                 then [ "--with-ghc-pkg=" ++ ghcPkgProgram progs ]
+                 else []
+            ++ cabalOpts
+    _ <- liftIO $ readProcess (cabalProgram progs) ("configure":progOpts) ""
+    return ()
+
+getSomeConfigState :: MonadQuery m => m SomeLocalBuildInfo
+getSomeConfigState = ask >>= \(progs, distdir) -> do
+  let progArgs = [ "--with-ghc="     ++ ghcProgram progs
+                 , "--with-ghc-pkg=" ++ ghcPkgProgram progs
+                 , "--with-cabal="   ++ cabalProgram progs
+                 ]
+
+  let args = [ "entrypoints"
+             , "source-dirs"
+             , "ghc-options"
+             , "ghc-src-options"
+             , "ghc-pkg-options"
+             ] ++ progArgs
+
+  res <- liftIO $ do
+    exe  <- findLibexecExe "cabal-helper-wrapper"
+    out <- readProcess exe (distdir:args) ""
+    evaluate (read out) `E.catch` \(SomeException _) ->
+      error $ concat ["getSomeConfigState", ": ", exe, " "
+                     , intercalate " " (map show $ distdir:args)
+                     , " (read failed)"]
+
+  let [ Just (ResponseEntrypoints eps),
+        Just (ResponseStrings srcDirs),
+        Just (ResponseStrings ghcOpts),
+        Just (ResponseStrings ghcSrcOpts),
+        Just (ResponseStrings ghcPkgOpts) ] = res
+
+  return $ SomeLocalBuildInfo eps srcDirs ghcOpts ghcSrcOpts ghcPkgOpts
+
+-- | Create @cabal_macros.h@ and @Paths_\<pkg\>@ possibly other generated files
+-- in the usual place.
+writeAutogenFiles :: MonadIO m
+                  => FilePath -- ^ Path to the @dist/@ directory
+                  -> m ()
+writeAutogenFiles distdir = liftIO $ do
+  exe  <- findLibexecExe "cabal-helper-wrapper"
+  callProcess' exe [distdir, "write-autogen-files"]
+
+-- | This exception is thrown by all 'runQuery' functions if the internal
+-- wrapper executable cannot be found. You may catch this and present the user
+-- an appropriate error message however the default is to print
+-- 'libexecNotFoundError'.
+data LibexecNotFoundError = LibexecNotFoundError String FilePath
+                          deriving (Typeable)
+instance Exception LibexecNotFoundError
+instance Show LibexecNotFoundError where
+  show (LibexecNotFoundError exe dir) =
+    libexecNotFoundError exe dir "https://github.com/DanielG/cabal-helper/issues"
+
+findLibexecExe :: String -> IO FilePath
+findLibexecExe "cabal-helper-wrapper" = do
+    libexecdir <- getLibexecDir
+    let exeName = "cabal-helper-wrapper"
+        exe = libexecdir </> exeName
+
+    exists <- doesFileExist exe
+
+    if exists
+       then return exe
+       else do
+         mdir <- tryFindCabalHelperTreeLibexecDir
+         case mdir of
+           Nothing ->
+               error $ throw $ LibexecNotFoundError exeName libexecdir
+           Just dir ->
+               return $ dir </> "dist" </> "build" </> exeName </> exeName
+findLibexecExe exe = error $ "findLibexecExe: Unknown executable: " ++ exe
+
+tryFindCabalHelperTreeLibexecDir :: IO (Maybe FilePath)
+tryFindCabalHelperTreeLibexecDir = do
+  exe <- getExecutablePath'
+  dir <- case takeFileName exe of
+    "ghc" -> do -- we're probably in ghci; try CWD
+        getCurrentDirectory
+    _ ->
+        return $ (!!4) $ iterate takeDirectory exe
+  exists <- doesFileExist $ dir </> "cabal-helper.cabal"
+  return $ if exists
+             then Just dir
+             else Nothing
+
+libexecNotFoundError :: String   -- ^ Name of the executable we were trying to
+                                 -- find
+                     -> FilePath -- ^ Path to @$libexecdir@
+                     -> String   -- ^ URL the user will be directed towards to
+                                 -- report a bug.
+                     -> String
+libexecNotFoundError exe dir reportBug = printf
+ ( "Could not find $libexecdir/%s\n"
+ ++"\n"
+ ++"If you are a developer set the environment variable\n"
+ ++"`cabal_helper_libexecdir' to override $libexecdir[1]. The following will\n"
+ ++"work in the cabal-helper source tree:\n"
+ ++"\n"
+ ++"    $ export cabal_helper_libexecdir=$PWD/dist/build/%s\n"
+ ++"\n"
+ ++"[1]: %s\n"
+ ++"\n"
+ ++"If you don't know what I'm talking about something went wrong with your\n"
+ ++"installation. Please report this problem here:\n"
+ ++"\n"
+ ++"    %s") exe exe dir reportBug
+
+getExecutablePath' :: IO FilePath
+getExecutablePath' =
+#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,6,0)
+    getExecutablePath
+#else
+    getProgName
+#endif
+
+callProcess' exe args =
+#if MIN_VERSION_process(1,2,0)
+    callProcess exe args
+#else
+    void $ readProcess exe args ""
+#endif
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+possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
+free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
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diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Setup.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env runhaskell
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards #-}
+import Distribution.Simple
+import Distribution.Simple.Setup
+import Distribution.Simple.Install
+import Distribution.Simple.InstallDirs as ID
+import Distribution.Simple.LocalBuildInfo
+import Distribution.PackageDescription
+
+import Control.Applicative
+import Data.List
+import Data.Maybe
+import System.FilePath
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = defaultMainWithHooks $ simpleUserHooks { copyHook = xInstallTargetHook }
+
+xInstallTargetHook ::
+    PackageDescription -> LocalBuildInfo -> UserHooks -> CopyFlags -> IO ()
+xInstallTargetHook pd lbi _uh cf = do
+  let (extended, regular) = partition (isJust . installTarget) (executables pd)
+
+  let pd_regular = pd { executables = regular }
+
+  _ <- flip mapM extended $ \exe -> do
+    putStrLn $ "extended "  ++ show (exeName exe)
+
+    let
+        idirtpl          = installDirTemplates lbi
+        env              = installDirsTemplateEnv idirtpl
+        libexecdir'      = fromPathTemplate (libexecdir idirtpl)
+
+        pd_extended      = onlyExePackageDesc [exe] pd
+        install_target   = fromJust $ installTarget exe
+        install_target'  = ID.substPathTemplate env install_target
+        -- $libexec isn't a real thing :/ so we have to simulate it
+        install_target'' = substLibExec' libexecdir' install_target'
+
+    let lbi' = lbi {
+                 installDirTemplates =
+                     (installDirTemplates lbi) {
+                   bindir = install_target''
+                 }
+               }
+
+    install pd_extended lbi' cf
+
+  install pd_regular lbi cf
+
+ where
+   installTarget :: Executable -> Maybe PathTemplate
+   installTarget exe =
+    toPathTemplate <$> lookup "x-install-target" (customFieldsBI $ buildInfo exe)
+
+   substLibExec libexecdir "$libexecdir" = libexecdir
+   substLibExec _ comp = comp
+
+   substLibExec' dir =
+       withPT $
+           withSP $ map (substLibExec dir . dropTrailingPathSeparator)
+
+
+   withPT f pt = toPathTemplate $ f (fromPathTemplate pt)
+   withSP f p  = joinPath $ f (splitPath p)
+
+onlyExePackageDesc :: [Executable] -> PackageDescription -> PackageDescription
+onlyExePackageDesc exes pd = emptyPackageDescription {
+                     package = package pd
+                   , executables = exes
+                   }
diff --git a/cabal-helper.cabal b/cabal-helper.cabal
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cabal-helper.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+name:                cabal-helper
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            Simple interface to Cabal's configuration state used by ghc-mod
+description:
+    @cabal-helper@ provides a library which wraps the internal use of executables
+    to lift the restrictions imposed by linking against versions of GHC before
+    @7.10@.
+
+    @cabal-helper@ uses a wrapper executable to compile the actual cabal-helper
+    executable at runtime while linking against an arbitrary version of
+    Cabal. This runtime-compiled helper executable is then used to extract
+    various bits and peices from Cabal on disk state (dist/setup-config) written
+    by it's configure command.
+
+    In addition to this the wrapper executable also supports installing any
+    version of Cabal from hackage in case it cannot be found in any available
+    package database. The wrapper installs these instances of the Cabal library
+    into a private package database so as to not interfere with the user's
+    packages.
+
+    Furthermore the wrapper supports one special case namely reading a state
+    file for Cabal itself. This is needed as Cabal compiles it's Setup.hs using
+    itself and not using any version of Cabal installed in any package database.
+
+    Currently @cabal-helper@ supports @Cabal >= 1.16@.
+
+license:             AGPL-3
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Daniel Gröber <dxld@darkboxed.org>
+maintainer:          dxld@darkboxed.org
+category:            Distribution
+build-type:          Simple
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: https://github.com/DanielG/cabal-helper.git
+
+library
+  exposed-modules:     Distribution.Helper
+  build-depends:       base >= 4.5 && < 5
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+  Build-Depends:       base
+                     , data-default
+                     , directory
+                     , filepath
+                     , transformers
+                     , mtl
+                     , process
+
+
+Executable cabal-helper-wrapper
+  Default-Language:    Haskell2010
+  Other-Extensions:    TemplateHaskell
+  Main-Is:             CabalHelper/Wrapper.hs
+  Other-Modules:       Paths_cabal_helper
+  GHC-Options:         -Wall
+  X-Install-Target:    $libexecdir
+  Build-Depends:       base >= 4.5 && < 5
+                     , bytestring
+                     , Cabal
+                     , directory
+                     , filepath
+                     , process
+                     , transformers
+                     , template-haskell
+                     , temporary
