diff --git a/cabal-rpm.cabal b/cabal-rpm.cabal
--- a/cabal-rpm.cabal
+++ b/cabal-rpm.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: cabal-rpm
-Version: 0.3.1
+Version: 0.3.2
 License: GPL
 License-File: COPYING
 Author: Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com>
@@ -9,18 +9,25 @@
 Stability: Experimental
 Category: Distribution
 Build-type: Simple
-Build-depends: base, Cabal >= 1.2.0, filepath, time >= 1.1, unix
 Synopsis: RPM package builder for Haskell Cabal source packages.
 Description:
   This package turns Haskell Cabal source packages into source and
   binary RPM packages.
+Cabal-version: >= 1.2
 
-Executable: cabal-rpm
-Main-Is: CabalRpm.hs
-Other-Modules:
-    Distribution.Package.Rpm,
-    Distribution.Package.Rpm.Main,
-    Distribution.Package.Rpm.Setup
-Hs-Source-Dirs: src
-Extensions: CPP
-GHC-options: -fwarn-missing-signatures
+Flag splitBase
+  Description:     Choose the new, split-up base package.
+
+Executable cabal-rpm
+  if flag(splitBase)
+    Build-depends: base, Cabal, directory, filepath, old-locale, process, time, unix
+  else
+    Build-depends: base, Cabal, filepath, time >= 1.1, unix
+  Main-Is: CabalRpm.hs
+  Other-Modules:
+      Distribution.Package.Rpm,
+      Distribution.Package.Rpm.Main,
+      Distribution.Package.Rpm.Setup
+  Hs-Source-Dirs: src
+  Extensions: CPP
+  GHC-options: -fwarn-missing-signatures
diff --git a/src/Distribution/Package/Rpm.hs b/src/Distribution/Package/Rpm.hs
--- a/src/Distribution/Package/Rpm.hs
+++ b/src/Distribution/Package/Rpm.hs
@@ -162,14 +162,9 @@
                -> IO (FilePath, [FilePath])
 
 createSpecFile force pkgDesc flags tgtPfx = do
-#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 607
     (compiler, _) <- configCompiler (rpmCompiler flags) Nothing Nothing
                      defaultProgramConfiguration
                      (rpmVerbosity flags)
-#else
-    compiler <- configCompiler (rpmCompiler flags) Nothing Nothing
-                (rpmVerbosity flags)
-#endif
     now <- getCurrentTime
     defRelease <- defaultRelease now
     let pkg = package pkgDesc