diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+- V 0.3.0.1: The golden tests can not run on stackage as it stands, so I hid them behind an environment variable.
 - V 0.3.0.0: Major update with multiple breaking changes and new features:
 	- Added a new mechanism to draw random age samples from a CalPDF (`sampleAgesFromCalPDF :: AgeSamplingConf -> CalPDF -> RandomAgeSample`). This is available from the command line with the options `samplesFile`, `--seed`, and `-n`/`--nrSamples`.
 	- Added a new concept to the `CalExpr` data type: Age ranges with uniform probability for each year in the range (`TimeWindowBP` and `TimeWindowBCAD`).
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 ```
 
 ```
-currycarbon v0.3.0.0 (UTF-8)
+currycarbon v0.3.0.1 (UTF-8)
 Method: Bchron {distribution = StudentTDist {ndf = 100.0}}
 Curve: IntCal20
 Calibrating...
@@ -158,6 +158,16 @@
 1. Install the Haskell build tool [Stack](https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/README/)
 2. Clone the repository
 3. Execute `stack install` inside the repository to build the tool and automatically copy the executables to `~/.local/bin` (which you may want to add to your path). This will install the compiler and all dependencies into folders that won't interfere with any installation you might already have.
+
+#### Running the golden tests
+
+Because the golden tests can not run on stackage as they are set up now (see the discussion [here](https://github.com/nevrome/currycarbon/issues/17)) I hid them behind an environment variable. You can run them with
+
+```bash
+CURRY_RUN_GOLDEN=true stack test --pedantic
+```
+
+Just calling `stack test --pedantic` without this variable will skip any test with the pattern `"Golden"` in their descriptors.
 
 #### Preparing a new stable release
 
diff --git a/currycarbon.cabal b/currycarbon.cabal
--- a/currycarbon.cabal
+++ b/currycarbon.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                currycarbon
-version:             0.3.0.0
+version:             0.3.0.1
 synopsis:            A package for simple, fast radiocarbon calibration
 description:         Radiocarbon calibration with the intercept method optimised for fast calibration of many dates.
 homepage:            https://github.com/nevrome/currycarbon
@@ -65,16 +65,18 @@
     hs-source-dirs:
       test
     main-is:
-      Spec.hs
+      Main.hs
     type:
       exitcode-stdio-1.0
     build-depends:
         base >= 4.9 && < 5
       , currycarbon
       , hspec >= 2 && < 3
+      , hspec-core >= 2.10 && < 3
       , process >= 1.6 && < 1.7
     other-modules:
       ParserSpec,
-      GoldenSpec
+      GoldenSpec,
+      Spec
     default-language:
       Haskell2010
diff --git a/test/Main.hs b/test/Main.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Main.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+module Main where
+
+import qualified Spec
+import           System.Environment   (lookupEnv)
+import           Test.Hspec.Core.Util
+import           Test.Hspec.Runner
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+    goldenFlag <- maybe False (const True) <$> lookupEnv "CURRY_RUN_GOLDEN"
+    let config = if goldenFlag
+                 then defaultConfig
+                 else defaultConfig {configSkipPredicate = Just $ filterPredicate "Golden"}
+    hspecWith config Spec.spec
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
--- a/test/Spec.hs
+++ b/test/Spec.hs
@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
-{-# OPTIONS_GHC -F -pgmF hspec-discover #-}
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -F -pgmF hspec-discover -optF --module-name=Spec #-}