diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
-language: haskell
+# This Travis job script has been generated by a script via
+#
+#   runghc make_travis_yml_2.hs '-o' '.travis.yml' '--irc-channel=irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens' '--no-no-tests-no-bench' '--no-installed' 'cabal.project'
+#
+# For more information, see https://github.com/hvr/multi-ghc-travis
+#
+language: c
+sudo: false
+
+git:
+  submodules: false  # whether to recursively clone submodules
+
 notifications:
   irc:
     channels:
@@ -6,3 +17,122 @@
     skip_join: true
     template:
       - "\x0313pointed\x03/\x0306%{branch}\x03 \x0314%{commit}\x03 %{build_url} %{message}"
+
+cache:
+  directories:
+    - $HOME/.cabal/packages
+    - $HOME/.cabal/store
+
+before_cache:
+  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/build-reports.log
+  # remove files that are regenerated by 'cabal update'
+  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.*
+  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/*.json
+  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/01-index.cache
+  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/01-index.tar
+  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/01-index.tar.idx
+
+  - rm -rfv $HOME/.cabal/packages/head.hackage
+
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - compiler: "ghc-7.4.2"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.0,ghc-7.4.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-7.6.3"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.0,ghc-7.6.3], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-7.8.4"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.0,ghc-7.8.4], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-7.10.3"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.0,ghc-7.10.3], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-8.0.2"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.0,ghc-8.0.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-8.2.2"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.0,ghc-8.2.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-8.4.1"
+      env: GHCHEAD=true
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-head,ghc-8.4.1], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-head"
+      env: GHCHEAD=true
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-head,ghc-head], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+
+  allow_failures:
+    - compiler: "ghc-8.4.1"
+    - compiler: "ghc-head"
+
+before_install:
+  - HC=${CC}
+  - HCPKG=${HC/ghc/ghc-pkg}
+  - unset CC
+  - ROOTDIR=$(pwd)
+  - mkdir -p $HOME/.local/bin
+  - "PATH=/opt/ghc/bin:/opt/ghc-ppa-tools/bin:$HOME/local/bin:$PATH"
+  - HCNUMVER=$(( $(${HC} --numeric-version|sed -E 's/([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+).*/\1 * 10000 + \2 * 100 + \3/') ))
+  - echo $HCNUMVER
+
+install:
+  - cabal --version
+  - echo "$(${HC} --version) [$(${HC} --print-project-git-commit-id 2> /dev/null || echo '?')]"
+  - BENCH=${BENCH---enable-benchmarks}
+  - TEST=${TEST---enable-tests}
+  - HADDOCK=${HADDOCK-true}
+  - INSTALLED=${INSTALLED-true}
+  - GHCHEAD=${GHCHEAD-false}
+  - travis_retry cabal update -v
+  - "sed -i.bak 's/^jobs:/-- jobs:/' ${HOME}/.cabal/config"
+  - rm -fv cabal.project cabal.project.local
+  # Overlay Hackage Package Index for GHC HEAD: https://github.com/hvr/head.hackage
+  - |
+    if $GHCHEAD; then
+      sed -i.bak 's/-- allow-newer:.*/allow-newer: *:base, *:template-haskell, *:ghc, *:Cabal/' ${HOME}/.cabal/config
+
+      echo 'repository head.hackage'                                                        >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
+      echo '   url: http://head.hackage.haskell.org/'                                       >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
+      echo '   secure: True'                                                                >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
+      echo '   root-keys: 07c59cb65787dedfaef5bd5f987ceb5f7e5ebf88b904bbd4c5cbdeb2ff71b740' >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
+      echo '              2e8555dde16ebd8df076f1a8ef13b8f14c66bad8eafefd7d9e37d0ed711821fb' >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
+      echo '              8f79fd2389ab2967354407ec852cbe73f2e8635793ac446d09461ffb99527f6e' >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
+      echo '   key-threshold: 3'                                                            >> ${HOME}/.cabal.config
+
+      cabal new-update head.hackage -v
+    fi
+  - grep -Ev -- '^\s*--' ${HOME}/.cabal/config | grep -Ev '^\s*$'
+  - "printf 'packages: \".\"\\n' > cabal.project"
+  - cat cabal.project
+  - if [ -f "./configure.ac" ]; then
+      (cd "." && autoreconf -i);
+    fi
+  - rm -f cabal.project.freeze
+  - cabal new-build -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} --project-file="cabal.project" --dep -j2 all
+  - rm -rf "."/.ghc.environment.* "."/dist
+  - DISTDIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/dist-test.XXXX)
+
+# Here starts the actual work to be performed for the package under test;
+# any command which exits with a non-zero exit code causes the build to fail.
+script:
+  # test that source-distributions can be generated
+  - (cd "." && cabal sdist)
+  - mv "."/dist/pointed-*.tar.gz ${DISTDIR}/
+  - cd ${DISTDIR} || false
+  - find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.tar.gz' -exec tar -xvf '{}' \;
+  - "printf 'packages: pointed-*/*.cabal\\n' > cabal.project"
+  - cat cabal.project
+
+
+  # build & run tests, build benchmarks
+  - cabal new-build -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all
+
+  # cabal check
+  - (cd pointed-* && cabal check)
+
+  # haddock
+  - rm -rf ./dist-newstyle
+  - if $HADDOCK; then cabal new-haddock -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all; else echo "Skipping haddock generation";fi
+
+# REGENDATA ["-o",".travis.yml","--irc-channel=irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens","--no-no-tests-no-bench","--no-installed","cabal.project"]
+# EOF
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.markdown b/CHANGELOG.markdown
--- a/CHANGELOG.markdown
+++ b/CHANGELOG.markdown
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+5.0.1
+-----
+* Add `Pointed` and `Copointed` instances for various types from `GHC.Generics`.
+* Do not attempt to support Safe Haskell anymore.
+
+5
+-
+* Require `kan-extensions-5`.
+
 4.2.1
 -----
 * Added (largely unsupported) options to build without almost all of the dependencies for advanced users
diff --git a/pointed.cabal b/pointed.cabal
--- a/pointed.cabal
+++ b/pointed.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name:          pointed
 category:      Data
-version:       5
+version:       5.0.1
 license:       BSD3
 cabal-version: >= 1.6
 license-file:  LICENSE
@@ -11,8 +11,15 @@
 bug-reports:   http://github.com/ekmett/pointed/issues
 copyright:     Copyright (C) 2008-2016 Edward A. Kmett
 synopsis:      Pointed and copointed data
-description:   Pointed and copointed data
+description:   Pointed and copointed data.
 build-type:    Simple
+tested-with:   GHC == 7.4.2
+             , GHC == 7.6.3
+             , GHC == 7.8.4
+             , GHC == 7.10.3
+             , GHC == 8.0.2
+             , GHC == 8.2.2
+             , GHC == 8.4.1
 extra-source-files:
   .travis.yml
   README.markdown
@@ -60,8 +67,14 @@
   manual: True
 
 library
-  build-depends: base >= 4 && < 5,
-                 data-default-class >= 0.0.1 && < 0.1
+  build-depends: base >= 4.5 && < 5,
+                 data-default-class >= 0.0.1 && < 0.2
+
+  if impl(ghc >= 7.0 && < 7.2)
+    build-depends: generic-deriving >= 1.11 && < 1.13
+
+  if impl(ghc >= 7.2 && < 7.6)
+    build-depends: ghc-prim
 
   if flag(comonad)
     build-depends: comonad >= 5 && < 6
diff --git a/src/Data/Copointed.hs b/src/Data/Copointed.hs
--- a/src/Data/Copointed.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Copointed.hs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
-#if defined(__GLASGOW_HASKELL__) && __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 702
-{-# LANGUAGE Safe #-}
-#endif
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators #-}
 
 #ifndef MIN_VERSION_base
 #define MIN_VERSION_base(x,y,z) 0
@@ -31,13 +29,14 @@
 import Data.Functor.Bind
 #endif
 
+
 #if defined(MIN_VERSION_semigroups) || (MIN_VERSION_base(4,9,0))
 import Data.Semigroup as Semigroup
 import Data.List.NonEmpty (NonEmpty(..))
-#else
-import Data.Monoid
 #endif
 
+import qualified Data.Monoid as Monoid
+
 #ifdef MIN_VERSION_tagged
 import Data.Tagged
 #endif
@@ -60,6 +59,12 @@
 import qualified Control.Monad.Trans.Writer.Strict as Strict
 #endif
 
+#if defined(MIN_VERSION_generic_deriving)
+import Generics.Deriving
+#else
+import GHC.Generics
+#endif
+
 -- | 'Copointed' does not require a 'Functor', as the only relationship
 -- between 'copoint' and 'fmap' is given by a free theorem.
 
@@ -92,10 +97,12 @@
   copoint (StoreT wf s) = copoint wf s
 #endif
 
-#if defined(MIN_VERSION_comonad) && !(MIN_VERSION_comonad(4,3,0))
+#ifdef MIN_VERSION_comonad
+#if !(MIN_VERSION_comonad(4,3,0))
 instance (Copointed p, Copointed q) => Copointed (Coproduct p q) where
   copoint = coproduct copoint copoint
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #ifdef MIN_VERSION_containers
 instance Copointed Tree where
@@ -142,12 +149,15 @@
   copoint = fst . copoint . Strict.runWriterT
 #endif
 
-instance Copointed Semigroup.Dual where
-  copoint = Semigroup.getDual
+instance Copointed Monoid.Dual where
+  copoint = Monoid.getDual
 
-instance Copointed Semigroup.Sum where
-  copoint = Semigroup.getSum
+instance Copointed Monoid.Sum where
+  copoint = Monoid.getSum
 
+instance Copointed Monoid.Product where
+  copoint = Monoid.getProduct
+
 #if defined(MIN_VERSION_semigroups) || (MIN_VERSION_base(4,9,0))
 instance Copointed NonEmpty where
   copoint ~(a :| _) = a
@@ -190,3 +200,18 @@
   copoint (MaybeApply (Right a)) = a
 #endif
 
+instance Copointed Par1 where
+  copoint = unPar1
+
+instance Copointed f => Copointed (M1 i c f) where
+  copoint = copoint . unM1
+
+instance Copointed f => Copointed (Rec1 f) where
+  copoint = copoint . unRec1
+
+instance (Copointed f, Copointed g) => Copointed (f :+: g) where
+  copoint (L1 a) = copoint a
+  copoint (R1 a) = copoint a
+
+instance (Copointed f, Copointed g) => Copointed (f :.: g) where
+  copoint = copoint . copoint . unComp1
diff --git a/src/Data/Pointed.hs b/src/Data/Pointed.hs
--- a/src/Data/Pointed.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Pointed.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators #-}
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-deprecations #-}
 
 #ifndef MIN_VERSION_base
@@ -88,6 +89,12 @@
 import qualified Data.HashMap.Lazy as HashMap
 #endif
 
+#if defined(MIN_VERSION_generic_deriving)
+import Generics.Deriving
+#else
+import GHC.Generics
+#endif
+
 class Pointed p where
   point :: a -> p a
 
@@ -305,3 +312,20 @@
   point = HashMap.singleton def
 #endif
 
+instance Pointed U1 where
+  point _ = U1
+
+instance Pointed Par1 where
+  point = Par1
+
+instance Pointed f => Pointed (Rec1 f) where
+  point = Rec1 . point
+
+instance Pointed f => Pointed (M1 i c f) where
+  point = M1 . point
+
+instance (Pointed f, Pointed g) => Pointed (f :*: g) where
+  point a = point a :*: point a
+
+instance (Pointed f, Pointed g) => Pointed (f :.: g) where
+  point = Comp1 . point . point
