diff --git a/preamble.cabal b/preamble.cabal
--- a/preamble.cabal
+++ b/preamble.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version: >=1.22
 name: preamble
-version: 0.0.62
+version: 0.0.63
 license: MIT
 license-file: LICENSE
 copyright: Copyright (C) 2016 Swift Navigation, Inc.
@@ -55,5 +55,6 @@
         text-manipulate >=0.2.0.1,
         time >=1.8.0.2,
         transformers-base >=0.4.4,
+        unliftio-core >=0.1.1.0,
         unordered-containers >=0.2.9.0,
         uuid >=1.3.13
diff --git a/src/Preamble/Types/Trans.hs b/src/Preamble/Types/Trans.hs
--- a/src/Preamble/Types/Trans.hs
+++ b/src/Preamble/Types/Trans.hs
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@
   , MonadBaseControl
   , MonadReader
   , MonadResource
+  , MonadUnliftIO
   , runResourceT
   ) where
 
 import Control.Monad.Base
 import Control.Monad.Catch
 import Control.Monad.Logger
+import Control.Monad.IO.Unlift
 import Control.Monad.Random
 import Control.Monad.Reader
 import Control.Monad.Trans.Control
@@ -59,6 +61,11 @@
 instance MonadResource m => MonadResource (TransT c m) where
   liftResourceT = lift . liftResourceT
   {-# INLINE liftResourceT #-}
+
+instance MonadUnliftIO m => MonadUnliftIO (TransT c m) where
+  askUnliftIO = TransT $ (\(UnliftIO f) -> UnliftIO $ f . unTransT)
+      <$> askUnliftIO
+  {-# INLINE askUnliftIO #-}
 
 instance MonadRandom m => MonadRandom (TransT c m) where
   getRandom   = lift getRandom