diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Version 0.8
+  * Add `Applicative` instance for `GetJSON`
+
 Version 0.4.4: released 2009-01-17; changes from 0.4.2
 
   * Fixes handling of unterminated strings.
diff --git a/Text/JSON/String.hs b/Text/JSON/String.hs
--- a/Text/JSON/String.hs
+++ b/Text/JSON/String.hs
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@
                         JSString, toJSString, fromJSString,
                         JSObject, toJSObject, fromJSObject)
 
-import Control.Monad (liftM)
+import Control.Monad (liftM, ap)
+import qualified Control.Applicative as A
 import Data.Char (isSpace, isDigit, digitToInt)
 import Data.Ratio (numerator, denominator, (%))
 import Numeric (readHex, readDec, showHex)
@@ -59,6 +60,10 @@
 newtype GetJSON a = GetJSON { un :: String -> Either String (a,String) }
 
 instance Functor GetJSON where fmap = liftM
+instance A.Applicative GetJSON where
+  pure  = return
+  (<*>) = ap
+
 instance Monad GetJSON where
   return x        = GetJSON (\s -> Right (x,s))
   fail x          = GetJSON (\_ -> Left x)
diff --git a/json.cabal b/json.cabal
--- a/json.cabal
+++ b/json.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:               json
-version:            0.7
+version:            0.8
 synopsis:           Support for serialising Haskell to and from JSON
 description:
     JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 license:            BSD3
 license-file:       LICENSE
 author:             Galois Inc.
-maintainer:         Sigbjorn Finne <sof@galois.com>
+maintainer:         Iavor S. Diatchki (iavor.diatchki@gmail.com)
 Copyright:          (c) 2007-2009 Galois Inc.
 cabal-version:      >= 1.2.0
 build-type: Simple