diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.3.30
+
+* Added `MonadFail` instances for `LoggingT` and `NoLoggingT`.
+
 ## 0.3.29
 
 * Export mapLoggingT and mapNoLoggingT
diff --git a/Control/Monad/Logger.hs b/Control/Monad/Logger.hs
--- a/Control/Monad/Logger.hs
+++ b/Control/Monad/Logger.hs
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@
 import Control.Exception.Lifted (onException, bracket)
 import Control.Monad (liftM, ap, when, void, forever)
 import Control.Monad.Base (MonadBase (liftBase), liftBaseDefault)
+#if MIN_VERSION_base(4, 9, 0)
+import qualified Control.Monad.Fail as Fail
+#endif
 import Control.Monad.IO.Unlift
 import Control.Monad.Loops (untilM)
 import Control.Monad.Trans.Control (MonadBaseControl (..), MonadTransControl (..), ComposeSt, defaultLiftBaseWith, defaultRestoreM)
@@ -380,6 +383,12 @@
     {-# INLINE liftWith #-}
     {-# INLINE restoreT #-}
 
+#if MIN_VERSION_base(4, 9, 0)
+-- | @since 0.3.30
+instance (Fail.MonadFail m) => Fail.MonadFail (NoLoggingT m) where
+  fail = Trans.lift . Fail.fail
+#endif
+
 instance MonadBaseControl b m => MonadBaseControl b (NoLoggingT m) where
      type StM (NoLoggingT m) a = StM m a
      liftBaseWith f = NoLoggingT $
@@ -542,6 +551,12 @@
                                        (runLoggingT loggerF) loggerFn
                                        <*> (runLoggingT loggerA) loggerFn
     {-# INLINE (<*>) #-}
+#endif
+
+#if MIN_VERSION_base(4, 9, 0)
+-- | @since 0.3.30
+instance (Fail.MonadFail m) => Fail.MonadFail (LoggingT m) where
+  fail = Trans.lift . Fail.fail
 #endif
 
 instance Monad m => Monad (LoggingT m) where
diff --git a/monad-logger.cabal b/monad-logger.cabal
--- a/monad-logger.cabal
+++ b/monad-logger.cabal
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-cabal-version: >= 1.10
+cabal-version: 1.12
 
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.29.0.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.30.0.
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: 0064c2b606eb9e13f3968226acbce8ab65f0df3a3c2170a0f7fc2a82ccf75f6e
+-- hash: 22d960dbb396a0334ad3bd72ffff312759a58fd3a9d0308d81ec36ab8649c961
 
 name:           monad-logger
-version:        0.3.29
+version:        0.3.30
 synopsis:       A class of monads which can log messages.
 description:    See README and Haddocks at <https://www.stackage.org/package/monad-logger>
 category:       System