diff --git a/Bio/PDB/EventParser/PDBEventParser.hs b/Bio/PDB/EventParser/PDBEventParser.hs
--- a/Bio/PDB/EventParser/PDBEventParser.hs
+++ b/Bio/PDB/EventParser/PDBEventParser.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables, OverloadedStrings, BangPatterns, NoMonomorphismRestriction #-}
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-spec-constr #-} -- workaround for GHC 7.8.0 bug #8960
 -- | Low-level event-based parser interface.
 module Bio.PDB.EventParser.PDBEventParser(parsePDBRecords)
 where
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 Haskell PDB file format parser.
 
 [![Build Status](https://api.travis-ci.org/BioHaskell/hPDB.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/BioHaskell/hPDB)
+[![Hackage](https://budueba.com/hackage/hPDB)](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/hPDB)
 
+
 Protein Data Bank file format is a most popular format for holding biomolecule data.
 
 This is a very fast parser:
@@ -14,6 +16,6 @@
 
 It is aimed to not only deliver event-based interface, but also a high-level data structure for manipulating data in spirit of BioPython's PDB parser. 
 
-Details on official releases are on [Hackage](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hPDB).
+Details on official releases are on [Hackage](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/hPDB)
 
 This package is also a part of [Stackage](http://daniel-diaz.github.io/stackagelist/) - a stable subset of Hackage.
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 -*-Changelog-*-
 
+1.1.2  Apr 2014
+	* Workaround GHC 7.8 SpecConstr bug: #8960. SpecConstr disabled in
+	Bio.PDB.EventParser.PDBEventParser.
+
 1.1.1  Jan 2014
 	* Exposed PDBWritable class for all objects that can be written to PDB
 	file.
diff --git a/hPDB.cabal b/hPDB.cabal
--- a/hPDB.cabal
+++ b/hPDB.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                hPDB
-version:             1.1.1
+version:             1.1.2
 synopsis:            Protein Databank file format library
 homepage:            https://github.com/BioHaskell/hPDB
 stability:           stable