diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2012 Simon Hengel <sol@typeful.net>
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/Setup.lhs b/Setup.lhs
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+#!/usr/bin/env runhaskell
+> import Distribution.Simple
+> main = defaultMain
diff --git a/hspec-experimental.cabal b/hspec-experimental.cabal
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+name:             hspec-experimental
+version:          0.1.0
+license:          MIT
+license-file:     LICENSE
+copyright:        (c) 2012 Simon Hengel
+author:           Simon Hengel <sol@typeful.net>
+maintainer:       Simon Hengel <sol@typeful.net>
+build-type:       Simple
+cabal-version:    >= 1.8
+category:         Testing
+stability:        experimental
+synopsis:         An experimental DSL for testing on top of Hspec
+description:      /Note:/ This is experimental!  If you are looking for a
+                  stable solution for testing Haskell code, try Hspec:
+                  <http://hspec.github.com/>
+
+source-repository head
+  type: git
+  location: https://github.com/sol/hspec-experimental
+
+library
+  ghc-options:      -Wall
+  hs-source-dirs:   src
+  exposed-modules:  Test.Hspec.Experimental
+  build-depends:
+      base        == 4.*
+    , hspec       == 1.4.*
+    , QuickCheck  >= 2.5
+    , HUnit
+
+test-suite spec
+  type:             exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  ghc-options:      -Wall
+  hs-source-dirs:   test
+  main-is:          Spec.hs
+  build-depends:
+      base
+    , hspec-experimental
+    , hspec-meta
diff --git a/src/Test/Hspec/Experimental.hs b/src/Test/Hspec/Experimental.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE TypeSynonymInstances, FlexibleInstances #-}
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
+module Test.Hspec.Experimental (
+  module Test.Hspec
+, it
+) where
+
+import           Test.Hspec hiding (it)
+import           Test.Hspec.Core (Params(..), Result(..), SpecTree(..), fromSpecList)
+
+import qualified Control.Exception as E
+import           Test.HUnit.Lang (HUnitFailure(..))
+
+import qualified Test.QuickCheck.Property as QCP
+import qualified Test.QuickCheck as QC
+
+runExpectation :: Expectation -> QC.Property
+runExpectation action = QCP.morallyDubiousIOProperty $ do
+  (action >> return succeeded) `E.catch` \(HUnitFailure err) -> return (failed err)
+  where
+    succeeded  = QC.property QCP.succeeded
+    failed err = QC.property QCP.failed {QCP.reason = err}
+
+instance QC.Testable Expectation where
+  property     = runExpectation
+  exhaustive _ = True
+
+it :: QC.Testable a => String -> a -> Spec
+it s p = fromSpecList [SpecItem s result]
+  where
+    result c = do
+      -- copied from Test.Hspec.Core.Type
+      r <- QC.quickCheckWithResult (paramsQuickCheckArgs c) p
+      return $
+        case r of
+          QC.Success {}               -> Success
+          f@(QC.Failure {})           -> Fail (QC.output f)
+          QC.GaveUp {QC.numTests = n} -> Fail ("Gave up after " ++ quantify n "test" )
+          QC.NoExpectedFailure {}     -> Fail ("No expected failure")
+
+quantify :: Int -> String -> String
+quantify 1 s = "1 " ++ s
+quantify n s = show n ++ " " ++ s ++ "s"
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
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+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -F -pgmF hspec-meta-discover #-}