diff --git a/Data/Conduit.hs b/Data/Conduit.hs
--- a/Data/Conduit.hs
+++ b/Data/Conduit.hs
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
     , runResourceT
     , ExceptionT (..)
     , runExceptionT_
+    , runException
+    , runException_
     , MonadBaseControl
     ) where
 
diff --git a/Data/Conduit/Internal.hs b/Data/Conduit/Internal.hs
--- a/Data/Conduit/Internal.hs
+++ b/Data/Conduit/Internal.hs
@@ -127,6 +127,15 @@
 instance MonadIO m => MonadIO (Pipe l i o u m) where
     liftIO = lift . liftIO
 
+instance MonadUnsafeIO m => MonadUnsafeIO (Pipe l i o u m) where
+    unsafeLiftIO = lift . unsafeLiftIO
+
+instance MonadThrow m => MonadThrow (Pipe l i o u m) where
+    monadThrow = lift . monadThrow
+
+instance MonadActive m => MonadActive (Pipe l i o u m) where
+    monadActive = lift monadActive
+
 instance Monad m => Monoid (Pipe l i o u m ()) where
     mempty = return ()
     mappend = (>>)
diff --git a/conduit.cabal b/conduit.cabal
--- a/conduit.cabal
+++ b/conduit.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                conduit
-Version:             0.5.3
+Version:             0.5.4
 Synopsis:            Streaming data processing library.
 Description:
     @conduit@ is a solution to the streaming data problem, allowing for production, transformation, and consumption of streams of data in constant memory. It is an alternative to lazy I\/O which guarantees deterministic resource handling, and fits in the same general solution space as @enumerator@/@iteratee@ and @pipes@. For a brief tutorial, please see the "Data.Conduit" module.
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
                        Data.Conduit.Util.Sink
                        Data.Conduit.Util.Conduit
   Build-depends:       base                     >= 4.3          && < 5
-                     , resourcet                >= 0.3          && < 0.5
+                     , resourcet                >= 0.4.2        && < 0.5
                      , lifted-base              >= 0.1
                      , transformers-base        >= 0.4.1        && < 0.5
                      , monad-control            >= 0.3.1        && < 0.4