diff --git a/quickcheck-text.cabal b/quickcheck-text.cabal
--- a/quickcheck-text.cabal
+++ b/quickcheck-text.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                quickcheck-text
-version:             0.1.1.0
+version:             0.1.2.0
 synopsis:            Alternative arbitrary instance for Text
 description:         The usual Arbitrary instance for Text
                      (in
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 library
   exposed-modules:     Test.QuickCheck.Utf8
                        Data.Text.Arbitrary
-  build-depends:       base >=4.7 && <5
+  build-depends:       base >=4 && <5
                      , QuickCheck
                      , binary
                      , bytestring
diff --git a/src/Test/QuickCheck/Utf8.hs b/src/Test/QuickCheck/Utf8.hs
--- a/src/Test/QuickCheck/Utf8.hs
+++ b/src/Test/QuickCheck/Utf8.hs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
   , shrinkUtf8BS1
 
     -- * Generators for single characters
+  , genChar
+  , genUtf8Character
   , oneByte
   , twoByte
   , threeByte
@@ -82,6 +84,20 @@
 
 inRange :: Int -> Int -> Gen Word8
 inRange lo hi = fmap fromIntegral $ elements [lo..hi]
+
+-- | Generate a valid 'Char'. Note that this is UTF-16, not UTF-8, but
+-- the intent is the same: the Arbitrary instance for 'Char' in quickcheck
+-- makes no attempt to generate valid non-ASCII characters at this time.
+genChar :: Gen Char
+genChar = (T.head . decodeUtf8) <$> genUtf8Character
+
+-- | A valid UTF-8 character, one to three bytes long.
+genUtf8Character :: Gen ByteString
+genUtf8Character = oneof [
+    oneByte
+  , twoByte
+  , threeByte
+  ]
 
 -- | Single-byte UTF-8 (i.e., a standard ASCII byte with a cleared MSB).
 oneByte :: Gen ByteString