diff --git a/ClassyPrelude.hs b/ClassyPrelude.hs
--- a/ClassyPrelude.hs
+++ b/ClassyPrelude.hs
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
     , fpToTextEx
       -- ** Exceptions
     , module Control.Exception.Enclosed
+    , MonadThrow (throwM)
       -- ** Force types
       -- | Helper functions for situations where type inferer gets confused.
     , asByteString
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@
 import Data.Traversable (Traversable)
 import Data.Foldable (Foldable)
 import Data.IOData (IOData (..))
+import Control.Monad.Catch (MonadThrow (throwM))
 
 import Data.Vector.Instances ()
 import CorePrelude hiding (print, undefined, (<>))
diff --git a/classy-prelude.cabal b/classy-prelude.cabal
--- a/classy-prelude.cabal
+++ b/classy-prelude.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                classy-prelude
-version:             0.9.0
+version:             0.9.1
 synopsis:            A typeclass-based Prelude.
 description:         Focuses on using common typeclasses when possible, and creating new ones to avoid name clashing. Exposes many recommended datastructures (Map, ByteString, etc) directly without requiring long import lists and qualified modules.
 homepage:            https://github.com/snoyberg/classy-prelude
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
                      , hashable
                      , lifted-base                   >= 0.2
                      , mono-traversable              >= 0.3
+                     , exceptions                    >= 0.5
                      , semigroups
                      , vector-instances
                      , old-locale