diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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+## v0.16
++ initial release
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2014 Julian Fleischer
+
+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/README.md b/README.md
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+hydrogen-prelude-parsec
+=======================
+
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/scravy/hydrogen-prelude-parsec.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/scravy/hydrogen-prelude-parsec)
+
+
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/hydrogen-prelude-parsec.cabal b/hydrogen-prelude-parsec.cabal
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+name:                 hydrogen-prelude-parsec
+version:              0.16
+homepage:             http://scravy.de/hydrogen-prelude-parsec/
+synopsis:             Hydrogen Prelude /w Parsec
+license:              MIT
+license-file:         LICENSE
+extra-source-files:   CHANGELOG.md, README.md
+author:               Julian Fleischer
+maintainer:           julian@scravy.de
+category:             Language
+build-type:           Simple
+cabal-version:        >=1.14
+
+source-repository head
+    type:             git
+    location:         https://github.com/scravy/hydrogen-prelude-prelude
+
+library
+  exposed-modules:    Hydrogen.Prelude.Parsec
+  build-depends:      base >=4.7 && <5
+                      , hydrogen-prelude ==0.16
+                      , parsec ==3.*
+  hs-source-dirs:     src
+  ghc-options:        -Wall
+  default-language:   Haskell2010
+
diff --git a/src/Hydrogen/Prelude/Parsec.hs b/src/Hydrogen/Prelude/Parsec.hs
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+module Hydrogen.Prelude.Parsec (
+    module Hydrogen.Prelude
+  , module Text.Parsec
+  , (<:>)
+  , (<++>)
+  ) where
+
+import Hydrogen.Prelude hiding (
+    (<|>),
+    many,
+    label,
+    optional,
+    lookAhead)
+import Text.Parsec
+
+
+(<:>) :: Applicative a => a e -> a [e] -> a [e]
+(<:>) = liftA2 (:)
+infixr 5 <:>
+
+(<++>) :: Applicative a => a [e] -> a [e] -> a [e]
+(<++>) = liftA2 (++)
+infixr 5 <++>
+
+