diff --git a/CHANGES.markdown b/CHANGES.markdown
--- a/CHANGES.markdown
+++ b/CHANGES.markdown
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.7.0.3 (1 June 2015)
+---------------------
+
+- get `Typeable Any` instance from `base-orphans` package
+
 [v0.7.0.2](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-builder/tree/v0.7.0.2) (2015-05-26)
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/diagrams-builder.cabal b/diagrams-builder.cabal
--- a/diagrams-builder.cabal
+++ b/diagrams-builder.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                diagrams-builder
-version:             0.7.0.2
+version:             0.7.0.3
 synopsis:            hint-based build service for the diagrams graphics EDSL.
 
 description:         @diagrams-builder@ provides backend-agnostic tools for
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
                        Diagrams.Builder.Modules
                        Diagrams.Builder.CmdLine
   build-depends:       base >=4.2 && < 4.9,
+                       base-orphans >= 0.3 && < 0.4,
                        mtl >= 2.1 && < 2.3,
                        diagrams-lib >= 1.3 && < 1.4,
                        hint >= 0.4 && < 0.5,
diff --git a/src/Diagrams/Builder.hs b/src/Diagrams/Builder.hs
--- a/src/Diagrams/Builder.hs
+++ b/src/Diagrams/Builder.hs
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
 import           Data.List                           (foldl', nub)
 import           Data.List.Split                     (splitOn)
 import           Data.Maybe                          (catMaybes)
+-- for Typeable Any instance
+import           Data.Orphans
 import           System.Directory                    (doesFileExist,
                                                       getTemporaryDirectory,
                                                       removeFile)
@@ -68,8 +70,6 @@
 import           Diagrams.Builder.Opts
 import           Diagrams.Prelude
 import           Language.Haskell.Interpreter.Unsafe (unsafeRunInterpreterWithArgs)
-
-deriving instance Typeable Any
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Interpreting diagrams