diff --git a/DBDirect.hs b/DBDirect.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DBDirect.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import Database.HaskellDB.HDBC.ODBC
+import Database.HaskellDB.DBDirect
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = dbdirect driver
diff --git a/Database/HaskellDB/HDBC/ODBC.hs b/Database/HaskellDB/HDBC/ODBC.hs
--- a/Database/HaskellDB/HDBC/ODBC.hs
+++ b/Database/HaskellDB/HDBC/ODBC.hs
@@ -23,8 +23,13 @@
 
 odbcConnect :: MonadIO m => SqlGenerator -> [(String,String)] -> (Database -> m a) -> m a
 odbcConnect gen opts = hdbcConnect gen (connectODBC conninfo)
-    where conninfo = unwords [ k ++ "=" ++ v | (k,v) <- opts]
+    -- strangely enough, mysql+unixodbc want a semicolon terminating connstring
+    where conninfo = foldr (\(k,v) z -> k ++ "=" ++ v ++ ";" ++ z) [] opts
 
+options :: [(String, String)]
+options =
+    []
+
 odbcConnectOpts :: MonadIO m => [(String,String)] -> (Database -> m a) -> m a
 odbcConnectOpts opts f = 
     do gen <- getGenerator opts
@@ -33,4 +38,4 @@
 
 -- | This driver passes its options through to HDBC.
 driver :: DriverInterface
-driver = defaultdriver { connect = odbcConnectOpts }
+driver = defaultdriver { connect = odbcConnectOpts, requiredOptions = options }
diff --git a/haskelldb-hdbc-odbc.cabal b/haskelldb-hdbc-odbc.cabal
--- a/haskelldb-hdbc-odbc.cabal
+++ b/haskelldb-hdbc-odbc.cabal
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 Name: haskelldb-hdbc-odbc
-Version: 0.10
+Version: 0.12
+Cabal-version: >= 1.2
+Build-type: Simple
 Copyright: The authors
 Maintainer: haskelldb-users@lists.sourceforge.net
 Author: Daan Leijen, Conny Andersson, Martin Andersson, Mary Bergman, Victor Blomqvist, Bjorn Bringert, Anders Hockersten, Torbjorn Martin, Jeremy Shaw
 License: BSD3
-build-depends: 
-  haskell98, 
-  base, 
-  mtl, 
-  haskelldb==0.10, 
-  haskelldb-hdbc==0.10, 
-  HDBC==1.0.1, 
-  HDBC-odbc==1.0.1.0
-Extensions: ExistentialQuantification,
-            OverlappingInstances,
-            UndecidableInstances,
-            MultiParamTypeClasses
 Synopsis: HaskellDB support for the HDBC ODBC driver.
-Exposed-Modules:
+
+Library
+  Build-depends: 
+    base, 
+    mtl, 
+    haskelldb>=0.12,
+    haskelldb-hdbc>=0.12,
+    HDBC>=2.0.0 && < 2.2.0,
+    HDBC-odbc>=2.0.0 && < 2.2.0
+  Exposed-Modules:
         Database.HaskellDB.HDBC.ODBC
-ghc-options: -O2
+
+Executable DBDirect-hdbc-odbc
+  Main-is: DBDirect.hs