diff --git a/miniplex.cabal b/miniplex.cabal
--- a/miniplex.cabal
+++ b/miniplex.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: miniplex
-version: 0.2.1
+version: 0.2.2
+cabal-version: >= 1.2
 license: LGPL
 license-file: LICENSE
 author: Lukas Mai
@@ -11,20 +12,27 @@
     This module provides interprocess communication channels. This is meant
     to be used by logger-like programs that want to send status reports to
     N listeners (where N >= 0).
-exposed-modules: System.Miniplex, System.Miniplex.Source, System.Miniplex.Sink
-other-modules: System.Miniplex.Sekrit
-hs-source-dirs: lib
-build-depends: base, network, stm, unix, mtl
-ghc-options: -Wall
 
-executable: plox-read
-hs-source-dirs: bin, lib
-main-is: plox-read.hs
-other-modules: System.Miniplex
-ghc-options: -Wall
+flag small_base
+  description: Choose the new smaller, split-up base package.
 
-executable: plox-write
-hs-source-dirs: bin, lib
-main-is: plox-write.hs
-other-modules: System.Miniplex
-ghc-options: -Wall
+library
+  exposed-modules: System.Miniplex, System.Miniplex.Source, System.Miniplex.Sink
+  other-modules: System.Miniplex.Sekrit
+  hs-source-dirs: lib
+  if flag(small_base)
+    build-depends: directory
+  build-depends: base, network, stm, unix, mtl
+  ghc-options: -Wall
+
+executable plox-read
+  hs-source-dirs: bin, lib
+  main-is: plox-read.hs
+  other-modules: System.Miniplex
+  ghc-options: -Wall
+
+executable plox-write
+  hs-source-dirs: bin, lib
+  main-is: plox-write.hs
+  other-modules: System.Miniplex
+  ghc-options: -Wall