diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+## 0.4.5
+
+* add `Eq, Ord, Show, Read` instances to `ProxyDest`
+
 ## 0.4.4
 
-* add `rawTcpProxyTo` which can handle proxying connections without http headers 
-  [#21](https://github.com/fpco/http-reverse-proxy/issues/21) 
+* add `rawTcpProxyTo` which can handle proxying connections without http headers
+  [#21](https://github.com/fpco/http-reverse-proxy/issues/21)
 
 ## 0.4.3.3
 
diff --git a/Network/HTTP/ReverseProxy.hs b/Network/HTTP/ReverseProxy.hs
--- a/Network/HTTP/ReverseProxy.hs
+++ b/Network/HTTP/ReverseProxy.hs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric         #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts      #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings     #-}
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@
 import qualified Data.Text                      as T
 import qualified Data.Text.Encoding             as TE
 import           Data.Word8                     (isSpace, _colon, _cr)
+import           GHC.Generics                   (Generic)
 import           Network.HTTP.Client            (BodyReader, brRead)
 import qualified Network.HTTP.Client            as HC
 import qualified Network.HTTP.Types             as HT
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@
 data ProxyDest = ProxyDest
     { pdHost :: !ByteString
     , pdPort :: !Int
-    }
+    } deriving (Read, Show, Eq, Ord, Generic)
 
 -- | Set up a reverse proxy server, which will have a minimal overhead.
 --
diff --git a/http-reverse-proxy.cabal b/http-reverse-proxy.cabal
--- a/http-reverse-proxy.cabal
+++ b/http-reverse-proxy.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                http-reverse-proxy
-version:             0.4.4
+version:             0.4.5
 synopsis:            Reverse proxy HTTP requests, either over raw sockets or with WAI
 description:         Provides a simple means of reverse-proxying HTTP requests. The raw approach uses the same technique as leveraged by keter, whereas the WAI approach performs full request/response parsing via WAI and http-conduit.
 homepage:            https://github.com/fpco/http-reverse-proxy