diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,37 @@
 # Changelog for haskell-language-server
 
+## 1.6.1.1 (*only hackage release*)
+
+- Release to update haskell-language-server.cabal in hackage, setting the build for the executable component as dynamically linked
+  - The motivation is build by default a hls executable which works for Template Haskell
+  - This doesn't need a full release cause it does not affect release executables which continue being fully static
+
+### Pull requests merged for 1.6.1.1
+
+- Prepare 1.6.1.1 (only hackage release)
+([#2681](https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server/pull/2681)) by @jneira
+- Add the -dynamic flag and update build instructions
+([#2668](https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server/pull/2668)) by @pepeiborra
+
+## 1.6.1.0
+
+This is a bug fix release to restore a fully statically linked haskell-language-server-wrapper executable.
+
+- It has been reported [here](https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server/issues/2650)
+  - Thanks all reporters for the fast feedback
+- The bug has been traced [here](https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server/pull/2615#discussion_r795059782)
+- And the fix is in [this pr](https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server/pull/2647)
+
+### Pull requests merged for 1.6.1.0
+
+- Post 1.6.0.0 fixes and prepare 1.6.1.0 bug fix release
+([#2647](https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server/pull/2647)) by @jneira
+- Move hackage back to flake.nix
+([#2652](https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server/pull/2652)) by @guibou
+- Wingman: Fix #1879
+([#2644](https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server/pull/2644)) by @MorrowM
+
+
 ## 1.6.0.0
 
 Time for a new and exciting hls release:
diff --git a/haskell-language-server.cabal b/haskell-language-server.cabal
--- a/haskell-language-server.cabal
+++ b/haskell-language-server.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cabal-version:      2.4
 category:           Development
 name:               haskell-language-server
-version:            1.6.1.0
+version:            1.6.1.1
 synopsis:           LSP server for GHC
 description:
   Please see the README on GitHub at <https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server#readme>
@@ -208,6 +208,11 @@
   default:     True
   manual:      True
 
+flag dynamic
+  description: Build with the dyn rts
+  default:     True
+  manual:      True
+
 common example-plugins
   hs-source-dirs: plugins/default/src
   other-modules: Ide.Plugin.Example,
@@ -364,6 +369,15 @@
     -Wno-unticked-promoted-constructors
   if flag(pedantic)
     ghc-options: -Werror
+  if !os(windows) && flag(dynamic)
+  -- We want to link against the dyn rts just like official GHC binaries do;
+  --   the linked rts determines how external libs are loaded dynamically by TH.
+  -- The standard way of doing this is via the --enable-dynamic-executables Cabal option
+  -- Unfortunately it doesnt' work, see https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server/issues/2659
+  -- One can use --ghc-options=-dynamic but this gets applied to the dependencies as well,
+  -- which results in massive rebuilds and incompatibilities with profiling.
+  -- So instead we set the -dynamic flag diretly here.
+    ghc-options: -dynamic
 
   build-depends:
     , aeson