diff --git a/hpack.cabal b/hpack.cabal
--- a/hpack.cabal
+++ b/hpack.cabal
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           hpack
-version:        0.6.0
+version:        0.7.0
 synopsis:       An alternative format for Haskell packages
 category:       Development
 homepage:       https://github.com/sol/hpack#readme
diff --git a/src/Hpack/Config.hs b/src/Hpack/Config.hs
--- a/src/Hpack/Config.hs
+++ b/src/Hpack/Config.hs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   packageConfig
 , readPackageConfig
 , package
+, section
 , Package(..)
 , Dependency(..)
 , GitRef(..)
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@
 package :: String -> String -> Package
 package name version = Package name version Nothing Nothing Nothing Nothing Nothing Nothing [] [] [] Nothing Nothing Nothing [] [] Nothing Nothing [] []
 
+section :: a -> Section a
+section a = Section a [] [] [] [] [] []
+
 packageConfig :: FilePath
 packageConfig = "package.yaml"
 
@@ -113,6 +117,7 @@
 , commonOptionsDependencies :: Maybe (List Dependency)
 , commonOptionsDefaultExtensions :: Maybe (List String)
 , commonOptionsGhcOptions :: Maybe (List GhcOption)
+, commonOptionsGhcProfOptions :: Maybe (List GhcProfOption)
 , commonOptionsCppOptions :: Maybe (List CppOption)
 } deriving (Eq, Show, Generic)
 
@@ -212,8 +217,6 @@
 , gitRefRef :: String
 } deriving (Eq, Show, Ord, Generic)
 
-type CppOption = String
-
 data Package = Package {
   packageName :: String
 , packageVersion :: String
@@ -254,6 +257,7 @@
 , sectionDependencies :: [Dependency]
 , sectionDefaultExtensions :: [String]
 , sectionGhcOptions :: [GhcOption]
+, sectionGhcProfOptions :: [GhcProfOption]
 , sectionCppOptions :: [CppOption]
 } deriving (Eq, Show, Functor, Foldable, Traversable)
 
@@ -345,7 +349,7 @@
     formatUnknownSectionFields sectionType = concatMap f . map (fmap captureUnknownFieldsFields)
       where
         f :: (String, [String]) -> [String]
-        f (section, fields) = formatUnknownFields (sectionType ++ " section " ++ show section) fields
+        f (sect, fields) = formatUnknownFields (sectionType ++ " section " ++ show sect) fields
 
     formatMissingSourceDirs = map f
       where
@@ -375,13 +379,13 @@
         fromGithub = (++ "/issues") . sourceRepositoryUrl <$> sourceRepository
 
 toLibrary :: Section global -> Section LibrarySection -> IO (Section Library)
-toLibrary globalOptions library = traverse fromLibrarySection section
+toLibrary globalOptions library = traverse fromLibrarySection sect
   where
-    section :: Section LibrarySection
-    section = mergeSections globalOptions library
+    sect :: Section LibrarySection
+    sect = mergeSections globalOptions library
 
     sourceDirs :: [FilePath]
-    sourceDirs = sectionSourceDirs section
+    sourceDirs = sectionSourceDirs sect
 
     fromLibrarySection :: LibrarySection -> IO Library
     fromLibrarySection LibrarySection{..} = do
@@ -396,9 +400,9 @@
     sections = map (fmap $ mergeSections globalOptions) executables
 
     toExecutable :: (String, Section ExecutableSection) -> IO (Section Executable)
-    toExecutable (name, section@Section{..}) = do
+    toExecutable (name, sect@Section{..}) = do
       (executable, ghcOptions) <- fromExecutableSection sectionData
-      return (section {sectionData = executable, sectionGhcOptions = sectionGhcOptions ++ ghcOptions})
+      return (sect {sectionData = executable, sectionGhcOptions = sectionGhcOptions ++ ghcOptions})
       where
         fromExecutableSection :: ExecutableSection -> IO (Executable, [GhcOption])
         fromExecutableSection ExecutableSection{..} = do
@@ -412,22 +416,24 @@
 
 mergeSections :: Section global -> Section a -> Section a
 mergeSections globalOptions options
-  = Section a sourceDirs dependencies defaultExtensions ghcOptions cppOptions
+  = Section a sourceDirs dependencies defaultExtensions ghcOptions ghcProfOptions cppOptions
   where
     a = sectionData options
     sourceDirs = sectionSourceDirs globalOptions ++ sectionSourceDirs options
     defaultExtensions = sectionDefaultExtensions globalOptions ++ sectionDefaultExtensions options
     ghcOptions = sectionGhcOptions globalOptions ++ sectionGhcOptions options
+    ghcProfOptions = sectionGhcProfOptions globalOptions ++ sectionGhcProfOptions options
     cppOptions = sectionCppOptions globalOptions ++ sectionCppOptions options
     dependencies = sectionDependencies globalOptions ++ sectionDependencies options
 
 toSection :: a -> CommonOptions -> Section a
 toSection a CommonOptions{..}
-  = Section a sourceDirs dependencies defaultExtensions ghcOptions cppOptions
+  = Section a sourceDirs dependencies defaultExtensions ghcOptions ghcProfOptions cppOptions
   where
     sourceDirs = fromMaybeList commonOptionsSourceDirs
     defaultExtensions = fromMaybeList commonOptionsDefaultExtensions
     ghcOptions = fromMaybeList commonOptionsGhcOptions
+    ghcProfOptions = fromMaybeList commonOptionsGhcProfOptions
     cppOptions = fromMaybeList commonOptionsCppOptions
     dependencies = fromMaybeList commonOptionsDependencies
 
diff --git a/src/Hpack/Run.hs b/src/Hpack/Run.hs
--- a/src/Hpack/Run.hs
+++ b/src/Hpack/Run.hs
@@ -141,27 +141,27 @@
 renderExecutables = map renderExecutable
 
 renderExecutable :: Section Executable -> Element
-renderExecutable section@(sectionData -> Executable{..}) =
-  Stanza ("executable " ++ executableName) (renderExecutableSection section)
+renderExecutable sect@(sectionData -> Executable{..}) =
+  Stanza ("executable " ++ executableName) (renderExecutableSection sect)
 
 renderTests :: [Section Executable] -> [Element]
 renderTests = map renderTest
 
 renderTest :: Section Executable -> Element
-renderTest section@(sectionData -> Executable{..}) =
+renderTest sect@(sectionData -> Executable{..}) =
   Stanza ("test-suite " ++ executableName)
-    (Field "type" "exitcode-stdio-1.0" : renderExecutableSection section)
+    (Field "type" "exitcode-stdio-1.0" : renderExecutableSection sect)
 
 renderExecutableSection :: Section Executable -> [Element]
-renderExecutableSection section@(sectionData -> Executable{..}) =
-  mainIs : renderSection section ++ [otherModules, defaultLanguage]
+renderExecutableSection sect@(sectionData -> Executable{..}) =
+  mainIs : renderSection sect ++ [otherModules, defaultLanguage]
   where
     mainIs = Field "main-is" (Literal executableMain)
     otherModules = renderOtherModules executableOtherModules
 
 renderLibrary :: Section Library -> Element
-renderLibrary section@(sectionData -> Library{..}) = Stanza "library" $
-  renderSection section ++ [
+renderLibrary sect@(sectionData -> Library{..}) = Stanza "library" $
+  renderSection sect ++ [
     renderExposedModules libraryExposedModules
   , renderOtherModules libraryOtherModules
   , defaultLanguage
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@
     renderSourceDirs sectionSourceDirs
   , renderDefaultExtensions sectionDefaultExtensions
   , renderGhcOptions sectionGhcOptions
+  , renderGhcProfOptions sectionGhcProfOptions
   , renderCppOptions sectionCppOptions
   , renderDependencies sectionDependencies
   ]
@@ -194,7 +195,10 @@
 renderGhcOptions :: [GhcOption] -> Element
 renderGhcOptions = Field "ghc-options" . WordList
 
-renderCppOptions :: [GhcOption] -> Element
+renderGhcProfOptions :: [GhcProfOption] -> Element
+renderGhcProfOptions = Field "ghc-prof-options" . WordList
+
+renderCppOptions :: [CppOption] -> Element
 renderCppOptions = Field "cpp-options" . WordList
 
 renderDefaultExtensions :: [String] -> Element
diff --git a/src/Hpack/Util.hs b/src/Hpack/Util.hs
--- a/src/Hpack/Util.hs
+++ b/src/Hpack/Util.hs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 module Hpack.Util (
   List(..)
 , GhcOption
+, GhcProfOption
+, CppOption
 , parseMain
 , toModule
 , getFilesRecursive
@@ -48,6 +50,8 @@
     _ -> return <$> parseJSON v
 
 type GhcOption = String
+type GhcProfOption = String
+type CppOption = String
 
 parseMain :: String -> (FilePath, [GhcOption])
 parseMain main = case reverse name of
diff --git a/test/Hpack/ConfigSpec.hs b/test/Hpack/ConfigSpec.hs
--- a/test/Hpack/ConfigSpec.hs
+++ b/test/Hpack/ConfigSpec.hs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 , package
 , executable
 , library
-, section
 ) where
 
 import           Helper
@@ -28,9 +27,6 @@
 library :: Library
 library = Library [] []
 
-section :: a -> Section a
-section a = Section a [] [] [] [] []
-
 spec :: Spec
 spec = do
   describe "parseJSON" $ do
@@ -520,6 +516,27 @@
           |]
         Right (_, c) <- readPackageConfig "package.yaml"
         c `shouldBe` package {packageExecutables = [(section $ executable "foo" "driver/Main.hs") {sectionGhcOptions = ["-Wall"]}]}
+
+      it "accepts GHC profiling options" $ do
+        writeFile "package.yaml" [i|
+          executables:
+            foo:
+              main: driver/Main.hs
+              ghc-prof-options: -fprof-auto
+          |]
+        Right (_, c) <- readPackageConfig "package.yaml"
+        c `shouldBe` package {packageExecutables = [(section $ executable "foo" "driver/Main.hs") {sectionGhcProfOptions = ["-fprof-auto"]}]}
+
+      it "accepts global GHC profiling options" $ do
+        writeFile "package.yaml" [i|
+          ghc-prof-options: -fprof-auto
+          executables:
+            foo:
+              main: driver/Main.hs
+          |]
+        Right (_, c) <- readPackageConfig "package.yaml"
+        c `shouldBe` package {packageExecutables = [(section $ executable "foo" "driver/Main.hs") {sectionGhcProfOptions = ["-fprof-auto"]}]}
+
 
     context "when reading test section" $ do
       it "warns on unknown fields" $ do
diff --git a/test/Hpack/RunSpec.hs b/test/Hpack/RunSpec.hs
--- a/test/Hpack/RunSpec.hs
+++ b/test/Hpack/RunSpec.hs
@@ -150,6 +150,19 @@
           , "  default-language: Haskell2010"
           ]
 
+      it "includes GHC profiling options" $ do
+        renderPackage_ 0 [] package {packageExecutables = [(section $ executable "foo" "Main.hs") {sectionGhcProfOptions = ["-fprof-auto", "-rtsopts"]}]} `shouldBe` unlines [
+            "name: foo"
+          , "version: 0.0.0"
+          , "build-type: Simple"
+          , "cabal-version: >= 1.10"
+          , ""
+          , "executable foo"
+          , "  main-is: Main.hs"
+          , "  ghc-prof-options: -fprof-auto -rtsopts"
+          , "  default-language: Haskell2010"
+          ]
+
   describe "formatDescription" $ do
     it "formats description" $ do
       let description = unlines [