diff --git a/Control/Parallel.hs b/Control/Parallel.hs
--- a/Control/Parallel.hs
+++ b/Control/Parallel.hs
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 #ifdef __GLASGOW_HASKELL__
 import qualified GHC.Conc	( par, pseq )
+
+infixr 0 `par`, `pseq`
 #endif
 
 #if defined(__GRANSIM__)
diff --git a/Control/Parallel/Strategies.hs b/Control/Parallel/Strategies.hs
--- a/Control/Parallel/Strategies.hs
+++ b/Control/Parallel/Strategies.hs
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@
 infixl 6 $||, $|            -- strategic function application (seq and par)
 infixl 9 .|, .||, -|, -||   -- strategic (inverse) function composition
 
+infixl 0 `seq`
+
 -- We need 'pseq', not the Prelude 'seq' here.  See the documentation
 -- with 'pseq' in Control.Parallel.
 seq = Parallel.pseq
@@ -508,6 +510,7 @@
 seqList strat (x:xs) = strat x `seq` (seqList strat xs)
 
 -- | Sequentially applies a strategy to the first n elements of a list.
+{-# SPECIALISE seqListN :: Int -> Strategy b -> Strategy [b] #-}
 seqListN :: (Integral a) => a -> Strategy b -> Strategy [b]
 seqListN n strat []     = ()
 seqListN 0 strat xs     = ()
diff --git a/parallel.cabal b/parallel.cabal
--- a/parallel.cabal
+++ b/parallel.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:		parallel
-version:	1.0.0.1
+version:	1.1.0.0
 license:	BSD3
 license-file:	LICENSE
 maintainer:	libraries@haskell.org