diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog for the [`clash-vhdl`](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/clash-vhdl) package
 
-## 0.5.7 *June 25 2015*
+## 0.5.7.1 *June 26th 2015*
+* Support for `genStmt` backend method
+
+## 0.5.7 *June 25th 2015*
 * New features:
   * Support `clash-prelude-0.9`
 
diff --git a/clash-vhdl.cabal b/clash-vhdl.cabal
--- a/clash-vhdl.cabal
+++ b/clash-vhdl.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                 clash-vhdl
-Version:              0.5.7
+Version:              0.5.7.1
 Synopsis:             CAES Language for Synchronous Hardware - VHDL backend
 Description:
   CλaSH (pronounced ‘clash’) is a functional hardware description language that
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
   CPP-Options:        -DCABAL
 
   Build-depends:      base                    >= 4.6.0.1 && < 5,
-                      clash-lib               >= 0.5.7,
+                      clash-lib               >= 0.5.8,
                       clash-prelude           >= 0.9,
                       fgl                     >= 5.4.2.4,
                       lens                    >= 3.9.2,
diff --git a/src/CLaSH/Backend/VHDL.hs b/src/CLaSH/Backend/VHDL.hs
--- a/src/CLaSH/Backend/VHDL.hs
+++ b/src/CLaSH/Backend/VHDL.hs
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
   hdlTypeErrValue = vhdlTypeErrValue
   hdlTypeMark     = vhdlTypeMark
   hdlSig t ty     = sigDecl (text t) ty
+  genStmt         = const empty
   inst            = inst_
   expr            = expr_