diff --git a/Data/IORef/Lifted.hs b/Data/IORef/Lifted.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE UnicodeSyntax #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE NoImplicitPrelude #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 702
+{-# LANGUAGE Trustworthy #-}
+#endif
+
+{- |
+Module      :  Data.IORef
+Copyright   :  Liyang HU, Bas van Dijk
+License     :  BSD-style
+
+Maintainer  :  Bas van Dijk <v.dijk.bas@gmail.com>
+Stability   :  experimental
+
+This is a wrapped version of "Data.IORef" with types
+generalised from 'IO' to all monads in 'MonadBase'.
+-}
+
+module Data.IORef.Lifted
+    ( IORef
+    , newIORef
+    , readIORef
+    , writeIORef
+    , modifyIORef
+    , atomicModifyIORef
+    , mkWeakIORef
+    ) where
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Imports
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- from base:
+import Data.IORef ( IORef )
+import qualified Data.IORef as R
+import System.IO ( IO )
+import System.Mem.Weak ( Weak )
+
+-- from base-unicode-symbols:
+import Data.Function.Unicode ( (∘) )
+
+-- from transformers-base:
+import Control.Monad.Base ( MonadBase, liftBase )
+
+-- from monad-control:
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Control ( MonadBaseControl, liftBaseDiscard )
+
+#include "inlinable.h"
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- * IORefs
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- | Generalized version of 'R.newIORef'.
+newIORef ∷ MonadBase IO m ⇒ a → m (IORef a)
+newIORef = liftBase ∘ R.newIORef
+{-# INLINABLE newIORef #-}
+
+-- | Generalized version of 'R.readIORef'.
+readIORef ∷ MonadBase IO m ⇒ IORef a → m a
+readIORef = liftBase ∘ R.readIORef
+{-# INLINABLE readIORef #-}
+
+-- | Generalized version of 'R.writeIORef'.
+writeIORef ∷ MonadBase IO m ⇒ IORef a → a → m ()
+writeIORef r = liftBase ∘ R.writeIORef r
+{-# INLINABLE writeIORef #-}
+
+-- | Generalized version of 'R.modifyIORef'.
+modifyIORef ∷ MonadBase IO m ⇒ IORef a → (a → a) → m ()
+modifyIORef r = liftBase ∘ R.modifyIORef r
+{-# INLINABLE modifyIORef #-}
+
+-- | Generalized version of 'R.atomicModifyIORef'.
+atomicModifyIORef ∷ MonadBase IO m ⇒ IORef a → (a → (a, b)) → m b
+atomicModifyIORef r = liftBase ∘ R.atomicModifyIORef r
+{-# INLINABLE atomicModifyIORef #-}
+
+-- | Generalized version of 'R.mkWeakIORef'.
+--
+-- Note any monadic side effects in @m@ of the \"finalizer\" computation
+-- are discarded.
+mkWeakIORef ∷ MonadBaseControl IO m ⇒ IORef a → m () → m (Weak (IORef a))
+mkWeakIORef = liftBaseDiscard ∘ R.mkWeakIORef
+{-# INLINABLE mkWeakIORef #-}
+
diff --git a/lifted-base.cabal b/lifted-base.cabal
--- a/lifted-base.cabal
+++ b/lifted-base.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                lifted-base
-Version:             0.1.1.1
+Version:             0.1.2
 Synopsis:            lifted IO operations from the base library
 License:             BSD3
 License-file:        LICENSE
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
                    Control.Concurrent.QSemN.Lifted
                    Control.Concurrent.SampleVar.Lifted
                    Control.Concurrent.Lifted
+                   Data.IORef.Lifted
                    System.Timeout.Lifted
 
   Build-depends: base                 >= 3     && < 4.7