diff --git a/d-bus.cabal b/d-bus.cabal
--- a/d-bus.cabal
+++ b/d-bus.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                d-bus
-version:             0.1.3.2
+version:             0.1.3.3
 synopsis:            Permissively licensed D-Bus client library
 description:         This library uses modern extensions to the Haskell type system
                      (including GADTs, DataKinds and TypeFamilies) and the
diff --git a/src/DBus/Types.hs b/src/DBus/Types.hs
--- a/src/DBus/Types.hs
+++ b/src/DBus/Types.hs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import           Control.Concurrent.STM
 import qualified Control.Exception as Ex
 import           Control.Monad
+import           Control.Monad.Catch
 import           Control.Monad.Except
 import           Control.Monad.Trans
 import           Control.Monad.Writer.Strict
@@ -185,6 +186,8 @@
              , Applicative
              , Monad
              , MonadIO
+             , MonadThrow
+             , MonadCatch
              )
 
 methodError :: Monad m => MsgError -> MethodHandlerT m a