diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Changes in version 2.8.1
+
+  * Fix build on Windows with MinGW
+
 Changes in version 2.8.0
 
   * HTML backend completely rewritten to generate semantically rich XHTML
diff --git a/doc/haddock.xml b/doc/haddock.xml
--- a/doc/haddock.xml
+++ b/doc/haddock.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
       <holder>Simon Marlow, David Waern</holder>
     </copyright>
     <abstract>
-      <para>This document describes Haddock version 2.8.0, a Haskell
+      <para>This document describes Haddock version 2.8.1, a Haskell
       documentation tool.</para>
     </abstract>
   </bookinfo>
diff --git a/haddock.cabal b/haddock.cabal
--- a/haddock.cabal
+++ b/haddock.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                 haddock
-version:              2.8.0
+version:              2.8.1
 cabal-version:        >= 1.6
 license:              BSD3
 build-type:           Simple
diff --git a/haddock.spec b/haddock.spec
--- a/haddock.spec
+++ b/haddock.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # version label of your release tarball.
 
 %define name    haddock
-%define version 2.8.0
+%define version 2.8.1
 %define release 1
 
 Name:           %{name}
diff --git a/src/Haddock/Utils.hs b/src/Haddock/Utils.hs
--- a/src/Haddock/Utils.hs
+++ b/src/Haddock/Utils.hs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface #-}
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- |
 -- Module      :  Haddock.Utils