diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* 0.9.11 (2016-05-06)
+- build with Cabal-1.24
+
 * 0.9.10 (2016-03-24)
 - bugfixes
   - update no longer tries to grep non-existent .git
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:             0.9.10
+Version:             0.9.11
 Synopsis:            RPM packaging tool for Haskell Cabal-based packages
 Description:
     This package provides a RPM packaging tool for Haskell Cabal-based packages.
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 Executable cblrpm
     Main-is:            Main.hs
     Build-depends: base < 5,
-                   Cabal > 1.10 && < 1.24,
+                   Cabal > 1.10 && < 1.25,
                    directory,
                    filepath,
                    process,
diff --git a/src/Commands/Spec.hs b/src/Commands/Spec.hs
--- a/src/Commands/Spec.hs
+++ b/src/Commands/Spec.hs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     then do
     now <- getCurrentTime
     return $ formatTime defaultTimeLocale "0.%Y%m%d" now
-    else return $ if (distro == SUSE) then "0" else "1"
+    else return $ if distro == SUSE then "0" else "1"
 
 rstrip :: (Char -> Bool) -> String -> String
 rstrip p = reverse . dropWhile p . reverse
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
   if specAlreadyExists
     then notice verbose $ specFile +-+ "exists:" +-+ if rpmForce flags then "forcing overwrite" else "creating" +-+ specFile'
     else do
-    let realdir dir = ("cblrpm." `isPrefixOf` takeBaseName dir)
+    let realdir dir = "cblrpm." `isPrefixOf` takeBaseName dir
     when (maybe True realdir mdest) $
       putStrLn pkgname
 
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
   let execs = sort $ map exeName $ filter isBuildable $ executables pkgDesc
   when selfdep $ do
     putNewline
-    put $ "%ghc_fix_dynamic_rpath" +-+ intercalate " " (map (\ p -> if p == name then "%{pkg_name}" else p) execs)
+    put $ "%ghc_fix_dynamic_rpath" +-+ unwords (map (\ p -> if p == name then "%{pkg_name}" else p) execs)
 
   let licensefiles =
 #if defined(MIN_VERSION_Cabal) && MIN_VERSION_Cabal(1,20,0)
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
 
   docs <- findDocs cabalPath licensefiles
 
-  let license_macro = if (distro == Fedora) then "%license" else "%doc"
+  let license_macro = if distro == Fedora then "%license" else "%doc"
 
   when hasExecPkg $ do
     put "%files"
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
     when (distro /= Fedora) $ put "%defattr(-,root,root,-)"
     unless (null docs) $
       put $ "%doc" +-+ unwords docs
-    when (not binlib) $
+    unless binlib $
       mapM_ (\ p -> put $ "%{_bindir}/" ++ (if p == name then "%{pkg_name}" else p)) execs
     putNewline
     putNewline
diff --git a/src/Dependencies.hs b/src/Dependencies.hs
--- a/src/Dependencies.hs
+++ b/src/Dependencies.hs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 import SysCmd (cmd, cmdBool, repoquery, (+-+))
 
 import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
-import Control.Monad (filterM, liftM)
+import Control.Monad (filterM)
 
 import Data.List (delete, nub)
 import Data.Maybe (catMaybes)
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 
 notInstalled :: String -> IO Bool
 notInstalled dep =
-  liftM not $ cmdBool $ "rpm -q --whatprovides" +-+ shellQuote dep
+  fmap not $ cmdBool $ "rpm -q --whatprovides" +-+ shellQuote dep
   where
     shellQuote :: String -> String
     shellQuote (c:cs) = (if c `elem` "()" then (['\\', c] ++) else (c:)) (shellQuote cs)
diff --git a/src/PackageUtils.hs b/src/PackageUtils.hs
--- a/src/PackageUtils.hs
+++ b/src/PackageUtils.hs
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 latestPkg :: String -> IO String
 latestPkg pkg = do
   contains_pkg <- lines <$> cmd "cabal" ["list", "-v0", "--simple-output", pkg]
-  let pkgs = filter ((== pkg) . takeWhile (not . (== ' '))) contains_pkg
+  let pkgs = filter ((== pkg) . takeWhile (/= ' ')) contains_pkg
   if null pkgs
     then error $ pkg ++ " hackage not found"
     else return $ map (\c -> if c == ' ' then '-' else c) $ last pkgs
diff --git a/src/SysCmd.hs b/src/SysCmd.hs
--- a/src/SysCmd.hs
+++ b/src/SysCmd.hs
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@
 import Data.List        ((\\))
 import Data.Maybe       (fromMaybe, isJust, isNothing)
 
-import Distribution.Simple.Utils (die)
 #if defined(MIN_VERSION_Cabal) && MIN_VERSION_Cabal(1,18,0)
 import Distribution.Simple.Program.Find (defaultProgramSearchPath,
                                          findProgramOnSearchPath)
+import Distribution.Simple.Utils (die)
 #else
 import Distribution.Simple.Utils (die, findProgramLocation)
 #endif
@@ -46,12 +46,15 @@
 import System.Process (readProcess, readProcessWithExitCode, system, rawSystem)
 import System.Exit (ExitCode(..))
 
-findProgram :: String -> IO (Maybe FilePath)
-findProgram =
+findProgram :: FilePath -> IO (Maybe FilePath)
+findProgram prog =
 #if defined(MIN_VERSION_Cabal) && MIN_VERSION_Cabal(1,18,0)
-  findProgramOnSearchPath normal defaultProgramSearchPath
+  findProgramOnSearchPath normal defaultProgramSearchPath prog
+#if defined(MIN_VERSION_Cabal) && MIN_VERSION_Cabal(1,23,0)
+  >>= return . fmap fst
+#endif
 #else
-  findProgramLocation normal
+  findProgramLocation normal prog
 #endif
 
 requireProgram :: String -> IO ()