diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# 0.5.1.0
+
+  * add @UsingEnumText@ wrapper type and instances for
+    deriving @Buildable@ and @TextParsable@ instances
+
 # 0.5.0.0
 
   * add basic TextParsable instances and toolkit functions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 back again into Text with the provided `TextParsable` type class.
 
 To get the `Buildable` and `TextParsable` instances for an enumerated data type
-use the following pattern:
+the following pattern can be used without any language extensions:
 
 ```
 import Fmt
@@ -17,6 +17,22 @@
 instance EnumText     Foo
 instance Buildable    Foo where build     = buildEnumText
 instance TextParsable Foo where parseText = parseEnumText
+```
+
+With the `DeriveAnyClass` language extension you can list `EnumText` in the
+`deriving` clause, and with `DerivingVia` (available from GHC 8.6.1) you can
+derive `via` `UsingEnumText` as follows:
+
+```
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveAnyClass    #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DerivingVia       #-}
+
+import Fmt
+import Text.Enum.Text
+
+data Foo = FOO_bar | FOO_bar_baz
+  deriving (Bounded,Enum,EnumText,Eq,Ord,Show)
+  deriving (Buildable,TextParsable) via UsingEnumText Foo
 ```
 
 This will use the default configuration for generating the text of each
diff --git a/enum-text.cabal b/enum-text.cabal
--- a/enum-text.cabal
+++ b/enum-text.cabal
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: 0aa3dafda03153aaeb2d912503d7c418a6e7beaba9d3a0830cf570112e6f8500
+-- hash: aa4522c3c0e28379109cad28a0f168141981649e20d845d6327e43f08f4c8024
 
 name:           enum-text
-version:        0.5.0.0
+version:        0.5.1.0
 synopsis:       A text rendering and parsing toolkit for enumerated types
 description:    A text rendering and parsing toolkit for enumerated types. Please see the README on GitHub at <https://github.com/cdornan/enum-text#readme>
 category:       Text
diff --git a/src/Text/Enum/Text.hs b/src/Text/Enum/Text.hs
--- a/src/Text/Enum/Text.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Enum/Text.hs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 module Text.Enum.Text
   ( EnumText(..)
+  , UsingEnumText(..)
   , TextParsable(..)
   , EnumTextConfig(..)
   , defaultEnumTextConfig
@@ -39,6 +40,23 @@
 instance TextParsable Foo where parseText = parseEnumText
 @
 
+With the @DeriveAnyClass@ language extension you can list @EnumText@ in the
+@deriving@ clause, and with @DerivingVia@ (available from GHC 8.6.1) you can
+derive @via@ @UsingEnumText@ as follows:
+
+
+@
+{\-\# LANGUAGE DeriveAnyClass    #-\}
+{\-\# LANGUAGE DerivingVia       #-\}
+
+import Fmt
+import Text.Enum.Text
+
+data Foo = FOO_bar | FOO_bar_baz
+  deriving (Bounded,Enum,EnumText,Eq,Ord,Show)
+  deriving (Buildable,TextParsable) via UsingEnumText Foo
+@
+
 -}
 class ( Buildable     e
       , Bounded       e
@@ -81,6 +99,14 @@
   -- | For hashing @e@ with the 'renderEnumText' representation.
   hashWithSaltEnumText :: Int -> e -> Int
   hashWithSaltEnumText n = hashWithSalt n . toFieldEnumText
+
+newtype UsingEnumText a = UsingEnumText { _UsingEnumText :: a }
+
+instance EnumText a => Buildable (UsingEnumText a) where
+  build (UsingEnumText x) = buildEnumText x
+
+instance EnumText a => TextParsable (UsingEnumText a) where
+  parseText x = UsingEnumText <$> parseEnumText x
 
 
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