diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.9.2
+	* fix build with ghc-7.6
+	* raise required bytestring version
+	* Tighten base bound to prevent building before GHC 7.6 (by George Wilson)
 0.9.1
 	* fix build with ghc-7.8 and 7.10
 0.9.0
diff --git a/hpath.cabal b/hpath.cabal
--- a/hpath.cabal
+++ b/hpath.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                hpath
-version:             0.9.1
+version:             0.9.2
 synopsis:            Support for well-typed paths
 description:         Support for well-typed paths, utilizing ByteString under the hood.
 license:             BSD3
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
                      System.Posix.FD,
                      System.Posix.FilePath
   other-modules:     HPath.Internal
-  build-depends:     base >= 4.2 && <5
+  build-depends:     base >= 4.6 && <5
                    , IfElse
-                   , bytestring >= 0.9.2.0
+                   , bytestring >= 0.10.0.0
                    , deepseq
                    , exceptions
                    , hspec
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
   ghc-options:       -threaded
   main-is:           doctests-posix.hs
   build-depends:     base,
-                     bytestring,
+                     bytestring >= 0.10.0.0,
                      unix,
                      hpath,
                      doctest >= 0.8,
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
   Build-Depends:        base
                       , HUnit
                       , IfElse
-                      , bytestring
+                      , bytestring >= 0.10.0.0
                       , hpath
                       , hspec >= 1.3
                       , process
diff --git a/src/HPath.hs b/src/HPath.hs
--- a/src/HPath.hs
+++ b/src/HPath.hs
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE EmptyDataDecls #-}
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 708
 {-# LANGUAGE PatternSynonyms #-}
+#endif
 
 module HPath
   (
@@ -25,8 +27,10 @@
   ,PathParseException
   ,PathException
   ,RelC
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 708
   -- * PatternSynonyms/ViewPatterns
   ,pattern Path
+#endif
    -- * Path Parsing
   ,parseAbs
   ,parseFn
@@ -101,7 +105,9 @@
 #if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 710
 pattern Path :: ByteString -> Path a
 #endif
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 708
 pattern Path x <- (MkPath x)
+#endif
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Path Parsers
diff --git a/src/HPath/IO.hs b/src/HPath/IO.hs
--- a/src/HPath/IO.hs
+++ b/src/HPath/IO.hs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 -- For other functions (like `copyFile`), the behavior on these file types is
 -- unreliable/unsafe. Check the documentation of those functions for details.
 
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE PackageImports #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
 
@@ -107,7 +108,11 @@
   (
     ByteString
   )
+#if MIN_VERSION_bytestring(0,10,2)
 import Data.ByteString.Builder
+#else
+import Data.ByteString.Lazy.Builder
+#endif
   (
     Builder
   , byteString