diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.0.2.0 (November 9th, 2017)
+
+- Added lifting instance for `MonadPersist` for `IdentityT`.
+
 ## 0.0.1.4 (October 10th, 2017)
 
 - Fixed package dependencies for GHC 7.8 and 7.10.
diff --git a/library/Control/Monad/Persist.hs b/library/Control/Monad/Persist.hs
--- a/library/Control/Monad/Persist.hs
+++ b/library/Control/Monad/Persist.hs
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
   , defaultRestoreM
   , defaultRestoreT
   )
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Identity (IdentityT)
 import Control.Monad.Writer (MonadWriter, WriterT)
 import Data.Int (Int64)
 import Data.Text (Text)
@@ -513,6 +514,7 @@
 #endif
 
 instance MonadPersist backend m => MonadPersist backend (ExceptT e m)
+instance MonadPersist backend m => MonadPersist backend (IdentityT m)
 instance MonadPersist backend m => MonadPersist backend (ReaderT r m)
 instance (Monoid w, MonadPersist backend m) => MonadPersist backend (RWST r w s m)
 instance MonadPersist backend m => MonadPersist backend (StateT s m)
diff --git a/monad-persist.cabal b/monad-persist.cabal
--- a/monad-persist.cabal
+++ b/monad-persist.cabal
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.17.1.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.18.1.
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           monad-persist
-version:        0.0.1.4
+version:        0.0.2.0
 synopsis:       An mtl-style typeclass and transformer for persistent.
 description:    An mtl-style typeclass and transformer for persistent.
 category:       Database
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@
     , mtl
     , persistent >= 2.5 && < 3
     , text
+    , transformers
     , transformers-base
-  if impl(ghc < 8)
-    build-depends:
-        transformers
   exposed-modules:
       Control.Monad.Persist
+  other-modules:
+      Paths_monad_persist
   default-language: Haskell2010
 
 test-suite monad-persist-test-suite
diff --git a/package.yaml b/package.yaml
--- a/package.yaml
+++ b/package.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: monad-persist
-version: 0.0.1.4
+version: 0.0.2.0
 category: Database
 synopsis: An mtl-style typeclass and transformer for persistent.
 description: An mtl-style typeclass and transformer for persistent.
@@ -26,11 +26,8 @@
   - mtl
   - persistent >= 2.5 && < 3
   - text
+  - transformers
   - transformers-base
-  when:
-  - condition: impl(ghc < 8)
-    dependencies:
-    - transformers
   source-dirs: library
 
 tests: