diff --git a/Network/HTTP/Conduit/Types.hs b/Network/HTTP/Conduit/Types.hs
--- a/Network/HTTP/Conduit/Types.hs
+++ b/Network/HTTP/Conduit/Types.hs
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
     { proxyHost :: S.ByteString -- ^ The host name of the HTTP proxy.
     , proxyPort :: Int -- ^ The port number of the HTTP proxy.
     }
+    deriving (Show, Read, Eq, Typeable)
 
 data HttpException = StatusCodeException W.Status W.ResponseHeaders
                    | InvalidUrlException String String
diff --git a/http-conduit.cabal b/http-conduit.cabal
--- a/http-conduit.cabal
+++ b/http-conduit.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            http-conduit
-version:         1.8.3
+version:         1.8.4
 license:         BSD3
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>