diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## Changes in 0.39.5
+  - When rendering build dependencies in a Cabal file, Hpack no longer excludes
+    the reference to the main library from the shorthand syntax such as
+    `my-package:{my-package,my-library1,mylibrary2}`.
+
 ## Changes in 0.39.4
   - Remove upper on `crypton`
 
diff --git a/hpack.cabal b/hpack.cabal
--- a/hpack.cabal
+++ b/hpack.cabal
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 cabal-version: 2.0
 
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.39.1.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.38.3.
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           hpack
-version:        0.39.4
+version:        0.39.5
 synopsis:       A modern format for Haskell packages
 description:    See the README at <https://github.com/sol/hpack#readme>
 category:       Development
diff --git a/resources/test/hpack.cabal b/resources/test/hpack.cabal
--- a/resources/test/hpack.cabal
+++ b/resources/test/hpack.cabal
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 cabal-version: 2.0
 
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.39.1.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.38.3.
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           hpack
-version:        0.39.4
+version:        0.39.5
 synopsis:       A modern format for Haskell packages
 description:    See the README at <https://github.com/sol/hpack#readme>
 category:       Development
diff --git a/src/Hpack/Syntax/Dependencies.hs b/src/Hpack/Syntax/Dependencies.hs
--- a/src/Hpack/Syntax/Dependencies.hs
+++ b/src/Hpack/Syntax/Dependencies.hs
@@ -73,10 +73,15 @@
 parseDependency subject = fmap fromCabal . cabalParse subject . T.unpack
   where
     fromCabal :: D.Dependency -> (String, DependencyVersion)
-    fromCabal d = (toName (D.depPkgName d) (DependencySet.toList $ D.depLibraries d), DependencyVersion Nothing . versionConstraintFromCabal $ D.depVerRange d)
+    fromCabal (D.Dependency pkgName verRange libraries) =
+      (depName, DependencyVersion Nothing $ versionConstraintFromCabal verRange)
+      where
+        depName :: String
+        depName = prettyShow pkgName <> case DependencySet.toList libraries of
+          [D.LMainLibName] -> ""
+          [D.LSubLibName name] -> ":" <> prettyShow name
+          xs -> ":{" <> intercalate "," (map renderComponent xs) <> "}"
 
-    toName :: D.PackageName -> [D.LibraryName] -> String
-    toName package components = prettyShow package <> case components of
-      [D.LMainLibName] -> ""
-      [D.LSubLibName lib] -> ":" <> prettyShow lib
-      xs -> ":{" <> (intercalate "," $ map prettyShow [name | D.LSubLibName name <- xs]) <> "}"
+        renderComponent :: D.LibraryName -> String
+        renderComponent D.LMainLibName = prettyShow pkgName
+        renderComponent (D.LSubLibName name) = prettyShow name
diff --git a/test/Hpack/Syntax/DependenciesSpec.hs b/test/Hpack/Syntax/DependenciesSpec.hs
--- a/test/Hpack/Syntax/DependenciesSpec.hs
+++ b/test/Hpack/Syntax/DependenciesSpec.hs
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
     it "accepts dependencies with multiple subcomponents" $ do
       parseDependency "dependency" "foo:{bar,baz}" `shouldReturn` ("foo:{bar,baz}", DependencyVersion Nothing AnyVersion)
 
+    it "accepts dependencies with multiple subcomponents including the main library" $ do
+      parseDependency "dependency" "foo:{foo,bar,baz}" `shouldReturn` ("foo:{foo,bar,baz}", DependencyVersion Nothing AnyVersion)
+
   describe "fromValue" $ do
     context "when parsing Dependencies" $ do
       context "with a scalar" $ do