diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Version 0.10.6.1 released 28 October 2014
+
+  * Added Network.Gitit.Compat.Except to cabal module list.
+
 Version 0.10.6 released 28 October 2014
 
   * Escape HTML characters in user name when showing it on a web page.
diff --git a/Network/Gitit/Compat/Except.hs b/Network/Gitit/Compat/Except.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Network/Gitit/Compat/Except.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+module Network.Gitit.Compat.Except (
+                                   ExceptT
+                                 , Except
+                                 , Error(..)
+                                 , runExceptT
+                                 , runExcept
+                                 , MonadError
+                                 , throwError
+                                 , catchError )
+       where
+
+#if MIN_VERSION_mtl(2,2,1)
+import Control.Monad.Except
+
+class Error a where
+  noMsg  :: a
+  strMsg :: String -> a
+
+  noMsg    = strMsg ""
+  strMsg _ = noMsg
+
+#else
+import Control.Monad.Error
+import Control.Monad.Identity (Identity, runIdentity)
+
+type ExceptT = ErrorT
+
+type Except s a = ErrorT s Identity a
+
+runExceptT ::  ExceptT e m a -> m (Either e a)
+runExceptT = runErrorT
+
+runExcept :: ExceptT e Identity a -> Either e a
+runExcept = runIdentity . runExceptT
+#endif
diff --git a/gitit.cabal b/gitit.cabal
--- a/gitit.cabal
+++ b/gitit.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                gitit
-version:             0.10.6
+version:             0.10.6.1
 Cabal-version:       >= 1.6
 build-type:          Simple
 synopsis:            Wiki using happstack, git or darcs, and pandoc.
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@
                      Paths_gitit, Network.Gitit.Server, Network.Gitit.Export,
                      Network.Gitit.Util, Network.Gitit.Handlers,
                      Network.Gitit.Plugins, Network.Gitit.Rpxnow,
-                     Network.Gitit.Page, Network.Gitit.Feed
+                     Network.Gitit.Page, Network.Gitit.Feed,
+                     Network.Gitit.Compat.Except
   if flag(plugins)
     exposed-modules: Network.Gitit.Interface
     build-depends:   ghc, ghc-paths