diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,11 @@
 codex.tags
 src/highlight.js
 src/style.css
+*.prof
+*.aux
+*.hp
+*.eventlog
+cabal.project.local
+cabal.project.local~
+.HTF/
+.ghc.environment.*
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,91 +1,151 @@
-# This file has been generated -- see https://github.com/hvr/multi-ghc-travis
+# This Travis job script has been generated by a script via
+#
+#   runghc make_travis_yml_2.hs '-o' '.travis.yml' '--ghc-head' '--irc-channel=irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens' '--no-no-tests-no-bench' '--no-unconstrained' '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:
+      - "irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens"
+    skip_join: true
+    template:
+      - "\x0313recursion-schemes\x03/\x0306%{branch}\x03 \x0314%{commit}\x03 %{build_url} %{message}"
+
 cache:
   directories:
-    - $HOME/.cabsnap
     - $HOME/.cabal/packages
+    - $HOME/.cabal/store
 
 before_cache:
   - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/build-reports.log
-  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar
+  # 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:
-    - env: CABALVER=1.16 GHCVER=7.4.2
-      compiler: ": #GHC 7.4.2"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.16,ghc-7.4.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - env: CABALVER=1.16 GHCVER=7.6.3
-      compiler: ": #GHC 7.6.3"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.16,ghc-7.6.3], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - env: CABALVER=1.18 GHCVER=7.8.4
-      compiler: ": #GHC 7.8.4"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.18,ghc-7.8.4], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - env: CABALVER=1.22 GHCVER=7.10.3
-      compiler: ": #GHC 7.10.3"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.22,ghc-7.10.3], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=8.0.2
-      compiler: ": #GHC 8.0.2"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-8.0.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - env: CABALVER=2.0 GHCVER=8.2.1
-      compiler: ": #GHC 8.2.1"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-2.0,ghc-8.2.1], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-8.6.1"
+      env: GHCHEAD=true
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-head,ghc-8.6.1], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-8.4.3"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-8.4.3], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-8.2.2"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-8.2.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-8.0.2"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-8.0.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-7.10.3"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-7.10.3], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-7.8.4"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-7.8.4], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-7.6.3"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-7.6.3], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-7.4.2"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-7.4.2], 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-head"
+    - compiler: "ghc-8.6.1"
+
 before_install:
- - unset CC
- - export PATH=/opt/ghc/$GHCVER/bin:/opt/cabal/$CABALVER/bin:$PATH
+  - HC=${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 "$(ghc --version) [$(ghc --print-project-git-commit-id 2> /dev/null || echo '?')]"
- - if [ -f $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar.gz ];
-   then
-     zcat $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar.gz >
-          $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar;
-   fi
- - travis_retry cabal update -v
- - sed -i 's/^jobs:/-- jobs:/' ${HOME}/.cabal/config
- - cabal install --only-dependencies --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks --dry -v > installplan.txt
- - sed -i -e '1,/^Resolving /d' installplan.txt; cat installplan.txt
+  - cabal --version
+  - echo "$(${HC} --version) [$(${HC} --print-project-git-commit-id 2> /dev/null || echo '?')]"
+  - BENCH=${BENCH---enable-benchmarks}
+  - TEST=${TEST---enable-tests}
+  - HADDOCK=${HADDOCK-true}
+  - UNCONSTRAINED=${UNCONSTRAINED-true}
+  - NOINSTALLEDCONSTRAINTS=${NOINSTALLEDCONSTRAINTS-false}
+  - 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 's/-- allow-newer: .*/allow-newer: *:base/' ${HOME}/.cabal/config
+      for pkg in $($HCPKG list --simple-output); do pkg=$(echo $pkg | sed 's/-[^-]*$//'); sed -i "s/allow-newer: /allow-newer: *:$pkg, /" ${HOME}/.cabal/config; done
 
-# check whether current requested install-plan matches cached package-db snapshot
- - if diff -u installplan.txt $HOME/.cabsnap/installplan.txt;
-   then
-     echo "cabal build-cache HIT";
-     rm -rfv .ghc;
-     cp -a $HOME/.cabsnap/ghc $HOME/.ghc;
-     cp -a $HOME/.cabsnap/lib $HOME/.cabsnap/share $HOME/.cabsnap/bin $HOME/.cabal/;
-   else
-     echo "cabal build-cache MISS";
-     rm -rf $HOME/.cabsnap;
-     mkdir -p $HOME/.ghc $HOME/.cabal/lib $HOME/.cabal/share $HOME/.cabal/bin;
-     cabal install -j --only-dependencies --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks;
-   fi
+      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
 
-# snapshot package-db on cache miss
- - if [ ! -d $HOME/.cabsnap ];
-   then
-      echo "snapshotting package-db to build-cache";
-      mkdir $HOME/.cabsnap;
-      cp -a $HOME/.ghc $HOME/.cabsnap/ghc;
-      cp -a $HOME/.cabal/lib $HOME/.cabal/share $HOME/.cabal/bin installplan.txt $HOME/.cabsnap/;
-   fi
+      grep -Ev -- '^\s*--' ${HOME}/.cabal/config | grep -Ev '^\s*$'
 
+      cabal new-update head.hackage -v
+    fi
+  - grep -Ev -- '^\s*--' ${HOME}/.cabal/config | grep -Ev '^\s*$'
+  - "printf 'packages: \".\"\\n' > cabal.project"
+  - touch cabal.project.local
+  - "if ! $NOINSTALLEDCONSTRAINTS; then for pkg in $($HCPKG list --simple-output); do echo $pkg | sed 's/^/constraints: /' | sed 's/-[^-]*$/ installed/' >> cabal.project.local; done; fi"
+  - cat cabal.project || true
+  - cat cabal.project.local || true
+  - 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:
- - if [ -f configure.ac ]; then autoreconf -i; fi
- - cabal configure --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks -v2  # -v2 provides useful information for debugging
- - cabal build   # this builds all libraries and executables (including tests/benchmarks)
- - cabal test
- - cabal check
- - cabal sdist   # tests that a source-distribution can be generated
+  # test that source-distributions can be generated
+  - (cd "." && cabal sdist)
+  - mv "."/dist/recursion-schemes-*.tar.gz ${DISTDIR}/
+  - cd ${DISTDIR} || false
+  - find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.tar.gz' -exec tar -xvf '{}' \;
+  - "printf 'packages: recursion-schemes-*/*.cabal\\n' > cabal.project"
+  - touch cabal.project.local
+  - "if ! $NOINSTALLEDCONSTRAINTS; then for pkg in $($HCPKG list --simple-output); do echo $pkg | sed 's/^/constraints: /' | sed 's/-[^-]*$/ installed/' >> cabal.project.local; done; fi"
+  - cat cabal.project || true
+  - cat cabal.project.local || true
 
-# Check that the resulting source distribution can be built & installed.
-# If there are no other `.tar.gz` files in `dist`, this can be even simpler:
-# `cabal install --force-reinstalls dist/*-*.tar.gz`
- - SRC_TGZ=$(cabal info . | awk '{print $2;exit}').tar.gz &&
-   (cd dist && cabal install --force-reinstalls "$SRC_TGZ")
+  # build & run tests, build benchmarks
+  - cabal new-build -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all
+  - if [ "x$TEST" = "x--enable-tests" ]; then cabal new-test -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all; fi
 
+  # cabal check
+  - (cd recursion-schemes-* && 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","--ghc-head","--irc-channel=irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens","--no-no-tests-no-bench","--no-unconstrained","cabal.project"]
 # EOF
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.markdown b/CHANGELOG.markdown
--- a/CHANGELOG.markdown
+++ b/CHANGELOG.markdown
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 5.0.3 [2018.07.01]
+* Make the Template Haskell machinery look through type synonyms.
+* Avoid incurring some dependencies when using recent GHCs.
+
 ## 5.0.2
 * Support GHC-8.2.1
 * Fix Template Haskell derivation with non-default type renamer.
diff --git a/Data/Functor/Base.hs b/Data/Functor/Base.hs
--- a/Data/Functor/Base.hs
+++ b/Data/Functor/Base.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 
+-- See Data.Functor.Foldable for explanation
+#ifndef MIN_VERSION_transformers_compat
+#define MIN_VERSION_transformers_compat(x,y,z) 0
+#endif
+
 #define EXPLICIT_DICT_FUNCTOR_CLASSES (MIN_VERSION_base(4,9,0) || MIN_VERSION_transformers(0,5,0) || (MIN_VERSION_transformers_compat(0,5,0) && !MIN_VERSION_transformers(0,4,0)))
 
 #define HAS_GENERIC (__GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 702)
diff --git a/Data/Functor/Foldable.hs b/Data/Functor/Foldable.hs
--- a/Data/Functor/Foldable.hs
+++ b/Data/Functor/Foldable.hs
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 -- - base-4.9
 -- - transformers >= 0.5
 -- - transformes-compat >= 0.5 when transformers aren't 0.4
+--
+-- We don't always depend on transformers-compat, so we need a shim for its version check.
+#ifndef MIN_VERSION_transformers_compat
+#define MIN_VERSION_transformers_compat(x,y,z) 0
+#endif
+
 #define EXPLICIT_DICT_FUNCTOR_CLASSES (MIN_VERSION_base(4,9,0) || MIN_VERSION_transformers(0,5,0) || (MIN_VERSION_transformers_compat(0,5,0) && !MIN_VERSION_transformers(0,4,0)))
 
 #define HAS_GENERIC (__GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 702)
diff --git a/Data/Functor/Foldable/TH.hs b/Data/Functor/Foldable/TH.hs
--- a/Data/Functor/Foldable/TH.hs
+++ b/Data/Functor/Foldable/TH.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE Rank2Types #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP, Rank2Types #-}
 module Data.Functor.Foldable.TH
   ( makeBaseFunctor
   , makeBaseFunctorWith
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@
   ) where
 
 import Control.Applicative as A
+import Control.Monad
 import Data.Traversable as T
-import Data.Bifunctor (first)
 import Data.Functor.Identity
 import Language.Haskell.TH
+import Language.Haskell.TH.Datatype as TH.Abs
 import Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax (mkNameG_tc, mkNameG_v)
 import Data.Char (GeneralCategory (..), generalCategory)
 import Data.Orphans ()
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@
 -- instance 'Corecursive' (Expr a) where
 --     'embed' (LitF x)   = Lit x
 --     'embed' (AddF x y) = Add x y
---     'embed' (x :*$ y)  = x :*$ y
+--     'embed' (x :*$ y)  = x :* y
 -- @
 --
 -- @
@@ -74,10 +75,7 @@
 
 -- | Build base functor with a custom configuration.
 makeBaseFunctorWith :: BaseRules -> Name -> DecsQ
-makeBaseFunctorWith rules name = reify name >>= f
-  where
-    f (TyConI dec) = makePrimForDec rules dec
-    f _            = fail "makeBaseFunctor: Expected type constructor name"
+makeBaseFunctorWith rules name = reifyDatatype name >>= makePrimForDI rules
 
 -- | Rules of renaming data names
 data BaseRules = BaseRules
@@ -121,23 +119,31 @@
     isInfixName :: String -> Bool
     isInfixName = all isSymbolChar
 
-makePrimForDec :: BaseRules -> Dec -> DecsQ
-makePrimForDec rules dec = case dec of
-#if MIN_VERSION_template_haskell(2,11,0)
-  DataD    _ tyName vars _ cons _ ->
-    makePrimForDec' rules False tyName vars cons
-  NewtypeD _ tyName vars _ con _ ->
-    makePrimForDec' rules True tyName vars [con]
-#else
-  DataD    _ tyName vars cons _ ->
-    makePrimForDec' rules False tyName vars cons
-  NewtypeD _ tyName vars con _ ->
-    makePrimForDec' rules True tyName vars [con]
-#endif
-  _ -> fail "makeFieldOptics: Expected data type-constructor"
+makePrimForDI :: BaseRules -> DatatypeInfo -> DecsQ
+makePrimForDI rules
+  (DatatypeInfo { datatypeName    = tyName
+                , datatypeVars    = vars
+                , datatypeCons    = cons
+                , datatypeVariant = variant }) = do
+    when isDataFamInstance $
+      fail "makeBaseFunctor: Data families are currently not supported."
+    makePrimForDI' rules (variant == Newtype) tyName
+                   (map toTyVarBndr vars) cons
+  where
+    isDataFamInstance = case variant of
+                          DataInstance    -> True
+                          NewtypeInstance -> True
+                          Datatype        -> False
+                          Newtype         -> False
 
-makePrimForDec' :: BaseRules -> Bool -> Name -> [TyVarBndr] -> [Con] -> DecsQ
-makePrimForDec' rules isNewtype tyName vars cons = do
+    toTyVarBndr :: Type -> TyVarBndr
+    toTyVarBndr (VarT n)          = PlainTV n
+    toTyVarBndr (SigT (VarT n) k) = KindedTV n k
+    toTyVarBndr _                 = error "toTyVarBndr"
+
+makePrimForDI' :: BaseRules -> Bool -> Name -> [TyVarBndr]
+               -> [ConstructorInfo] -> DecsQ
+makePrimForDI' rules isNewtype tyName vars cons = do
     -- variable parameters
     let vars' = map VarT (typeVars vars)
     -- Name of base functor
@@ -149,13 +155,15 @@
     let r = VarT rName
     -- Vars
     let varsF = vars ++ [PlainTV rName]
-    let fieldCons = map normalizeConstructor cons
 
+    -- #33
+    cons' <- traverse (conTypeTraversal resolveTypeSynonyms) cons
     let consF
-          = conNameMap (_baseRulesCon rules)
+          = toCon
+          . conNameMap (_baseRulesCon rules)
           . conFieldNameMap (_baseRulesField rules)
           . conTypeMap (substType s r)
-          <$> cons
+          <$> cons'
 
     -- Data definition
     let dataDec = case consF of
@@ -173,7 +181,7 @@
           where
             deriveds =
 #if MIN_VERSION_template_haskell(2,12,0)
-              [DerivClause Nothing 
+              [DerivClause Nothing
                 [ ConT functorTypeName
                 , ConT foldableTypeName
                 , ConT traversableTypeName ]]
@@ -193,9 +201,7 @@
 #endif
 
     -- instance Recursive
-    args <- (traverse . traverse . traverse) (\_ -> newName "x") fieldCons
-
-    let projDec = FunD projectValName (mkMorphism id (_baseRulesCon rules) args)
+    projDec <- FunD projectValName <$> mkMorphism id (_baseRulesCon rules) cons'
 #if MIN_VERSION_template_haskell(2,11,0)
     let recursiveDec = InstanceD Nothing [] (ConT recursiveTypeName `AppT` s) [projDec]
 #else
@@ -203,7 +209,7 @@
 #endif
 
     -- instance Corecursive
-    let embedDec = FunD embedValName (mkMorphism (_baseRulesCon rules) id args)
+    embedDec <- FunD embedValName <$> mkMorphism (_baseRulesCon rules) id cons'
 #if MIN_VERSION_template_haskell(2,11,0)
     let corecursiveDec = InstanceD Nothing [] (ConT corecursiveTypeName `AppT` s) [embedDec]
 #else
@@ -211,113 +217,72 @@
 #endif
 
     -- Combine
-    pure [dataDec, baseDec, recursiveDec, corecursiveDec]
+    A.pure [dataDec, baseDec, recursiveDec, corecursiveDec]
 
 -- | makes clauses to rename constructors
 mkMorphism
     :: (Name -> Name)
     -> (Name -> Name)
-    -> [(Name, [Name])]
-    -> [Clause]
-mkMorphism nFrom nTo args = flip map args $ \(n, fs) -> Clause
-    [ConP (nFrom n) (map VarP fs)]                      -- patterns
-    (NormalB $ foldl AppE (ConE $ nTo n) (map VarE fs)) -- body
-    [] -- where dec
-
--- | Normalized the Con type into a uniform positional representation,
--- eliminating the variance between records, infix constructors, and normal
--- constructors.
-normalizeConstructor
-  :: Con
-  -> (Name, [(Maybe Name, Type)]) -- ^ constructor name, field name, field type
-
-normalizeConstructor (RecC n xs) =
-  (n, [ (Just fieldName, ty) | (fieldName,_,ty) <- xs])
-
-normalizeConstructor (NormalC n xs) =
-  (n, [ (Nothing, ty) | (_,ty) <- xs])
-
-normalizeConstructor (InfixC (_,ty1) n (_,ty2)) =
-  (n, [ (Nothing, ty1), (Nothing, ty2) ])
-
-normalizeConstructor (ForallC _ _ con) =
-  (fmap . fmap . first) (const Nothing) (normalizeConstructor con)
-
-#if MIN_VERSION_template_haskell(2,11,0)
-normalizeConstructor (GadtC ns xs _) =
-  (head ns, [ (Nothing, ty) | (_,ty) <- xs])
-
-normalizeConstructor (RecGadtC ns xs _) =
-  (head ns, [ (Just fieldName, ty) | (fieldName,_,ty) <- xs])
-#endif
+    -> [ConstructorInfo]
+    -> Q [Clause]
+mkMorphism nFrom nTo args = for args $ \ci -> do
+    let n = constructorName ci
+    fs <- replicateM (length (constructorFields ci)) (newName "x")
+    pure $ Clause [ConP (nFrom n) (map VarP fs)]                      -- patterns
+                  (NormalB $ foldl AppE (ConE $ nTo n) (map VarE fs)) -- body
+                  [] -- where dec
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Traversals
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-conNameTraversal :: Applicative f => (Name -> f Name) -> Con -> f Con
-conNameTraversal f (NormalC n xs)       = NormalC <$> f n <*> A.pure xs
-conNameTraversal f (RecC n xs)          = RecC <$> f n <*> pure xs
-conNameTraversal f (InfixC l n r)       = InfixC l <$> f n <*> pure r
-conNameTraversal f (ForallC xs ctx con) = ForallC xs ctx <$> conNameTraversal f con
-#if MIN_VERSION_template_haskell(2,11,0)
-conNameTraversal f (GadtC ns xs t)      = GadtC <$> T.traverse f ns <*> pure xs <*> pure t
-conNameTraversal f (RecGadtC ns xs t)   = RecGadtC <$> traverse f ns <*> pure xs <*> pure t
-#endif
+conNameTraversal :: Traversal' ConstructorInfo Name
+conNameTraversal = lens constructorName (\s v -> s { constructorName = v })
 
-conFieldNameTraversal :: Applicative f => (Name -> f Name) -> Con -> f Con
-conFieldNameTraversal f (RecC n xs)          = RecC n <$> (traverse . tripleFst) f xs
-conFieldNameTraversal f (ForallC xs ctx con) = ForallC xs ctx <$> conFieldNameTraversal f con
-#if MIN_VERSION_template_haskell(2,11,0)
-conFieldNameTraversal f (RecGadtC ns xs t)   = RecGadtC ns <$> (traverse . tripleFst) f xs <*> pure t
-#endif
-conFieldNameTraversal _ x = pure x
+conFieldNameTraversal :: Traversal' ConstructorInfo Name
+conFieldNameTraversal = lens constructorVariant (\s v -> s { constructorVariant = v })
+                      . conVariantTraversal
+  where
+    conVariantTraversal :: Traversal' ConstructorVariant Name
+    conVariantTraversal _ NormalConstructor      = pure NormalConstructor
+    conVariantTraversal _ InfixConstructor       = pure InfixConstructor
+    conVariantTraversal f (RecordConstructor fs) = RecordConstructor <$> traverse f fs
 
-conTypeTraversal :: Applicative f => (Type -> f Type) -> Con -> f Con
-conTypeTraversal f (NormalC n xs)       = NormalC n <$> (traverse . pairSnd) f xs
-conTypeTraversal f (RecC n xs)          = RecC n <$> (traverse . tripleTrd) f xs
-conTypeTraversal f (InfixC l n r)       = InfixC <$> pairSnd f l <*> pure n <*> pairSnd f r
-conTypeTraversal f (ForallC xs ctx con) = ForallC xs ctx <$> conTypeTraversal f con
-#if MIN_VERSION_template_haskell(2,11,0)
-conTypeTraversal f (GadtC ns xs t)      = GadtC ns <$> (traverse . pairSnd) f xs <*> pure t
-conTypeTraversal f (RecGadtC ns xs t)   = RecGadtC ns <$> (traverse . tripleTrd) f xs <*> pure t
-#endif
+conTypeTraversal :: Traversal' ConstructorInfo Type
+conTypeTraversal = lens constructorFields (\s v -> s { constructorFields = v })
+                 . traverse
 
-conNameMap :: (Name -> Name) -> Con -> Con
-conNameMap f = runIdentity . conNameTraversal (Identity . f)
+conNameMap :: (Name -> Name) -> ConstructorInfo -> ConstructorInfo
+conNameMap = over conNameTraversal
 
-conFieldNameMap :: (Name -> Name) -> Con -> Con
-conFieldNameMap f = runIdentity . conFieldNameTraversal (Identity . f)
+conFieldNameMap :: (Name -> Name) -> ConstructorInfo -> ConstructorInfo
+conFieldNameMap = over conFieldNameTraversal
 
-conTypeMap :: (Type -> Type) -> Con -> Con
-conTypeMap f = runIdentity . conTypeTraversal (Identity . f)
+conTypeMap :: (Type -> Type) -> ConstructorInfo -> ConstructorInfo
+conTypeMap = over conTypeTraversal
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- Monomorphic tuple lenses
+-- Lenses
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-type Lens' s a = forall f. Functor f => (a -> f a) -> s -> f s
-
-pairSnd :: Lens' (a, b) b
-pairSnd f (a, b) = (,) a <$> f b
+type Lens'      s a = forall f. Functor     f => (a -> f a) -> s -> f s
+type Traversal' s a = forall f. Applicative f => (a -> f a) -> s -> f s
 
-tripleTrd :: Lens' (a, b, c) c
-tripleTrd f (a,b,c) = (,,) a b <$> f c
+lens :: (s -> a) -> (s -> a -> s) -> Lens' s a
+lens sa sas afa s = sas s <$> afa (sa s)
+{-# INLINE lens #-}
 
-tripleFst :: Lens' (a, b, c) a
-tripleFst f (a,b,c) = (\a' -> (a', b, c)) <$> f a
+over :: Traversal' s a -> (a -> a) -> s -> s
+over l f = runIdentity . l (Identity . f)
+{-# INLINE over #-}
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Type mangling
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
--- | Extraty type variables
+-- | Extract type variables
 typeVars :: [TyVarBndr] -> [Name]
-typeVars = map varBindName
-
-varBindName :: TyVarBndr -> Name
-varBindName (PlainTV n)    = n
-varBindName (KindedTV n _) = n
+typeVars = map tvName
 
 -- | Apply arguments to a type constructor.
 conAppsT :: Name -> [Type] -> Type
@@ -344,6 +309,48 @@
 #endif
     -- Rest are unchanged
     go x = x
+
+toCon :: ConstructorInfo -> Con
+toCon (ConstructorInfo { constructorName       = name
+                       , constructorVars       = vars
+                       , constructorContext    = ctxt
+                       , constructorFields     = ftys
+                       , constructorStrictness = fstricts
+                       , constructorVariant    = variant })
+  | not (null vars && null ctxt)
+  = error "makeBaseFunctor: GADTs are not currently supported."
+  | otherwise
+  = let bangs = map toBang fstricts
+     in case variant of
+          NormalConstructor        -> NormalC name $ zip bangs ftys
+          RecordConstructor fnames -> RecC name $ zip3 fnames bangs ftys
+          InfixConstructor         -> let [bang1, bang2] = bangs
+                                          [fty1,  fty2]  = ftys
+                                       in InfixC (bang1, fty1) name (bang2, fty2)
+  where
+#if MIN_VERSION_template_haskell(2,11,0)
+    toBang (FieldStrictness upkd strct) = Bang (toSourceUnpackedness upkd)
+                                               (toSourceStrictness strct)
+      where
+        toSourceUnpackedness :: Unpackedness -> SourceUnpackedness
+        toSourceUnpackedness UnspecifiedUnpackedness = NoSourceUnpackedness
+        toSourceUnpackedness NoUnpack                = SourceNoUnpack
+        toSourceUnpackedness Unpack                  = SourceUnpack
+
+        toSourceStrictness :: Strictness -> SourceStrictness
+        toSourceStrictness UnspecifiedStrictness = NoSourceStrictness
+        toSourceStrictness Lazy                  = SourceLazy
+        toSourceStrictness TH.Abs.Strict         = SourceStrict
+#else
+    -- On old versions of Template Haskell, there isn't as rich of strictness
+    -- information available, so the conversion is somewhat lossy. We try our
+    -- best to recognize certain common combinations, and fall back to NotStrict
+    -- in the event there's an exotic combination.
+    toBang (FieldStrictness UnspecifiedUnpackedness Strict)                = IsStrict
+    toBang (FieldStrictness UnspecifiedUnpackedness UnspecifiedStrictness) = NotStrict
+    toBang (FieldStrictness Unpack Strict)                                 = Unpacked
+    toBang FieldStrictness{}                                               = NotStrict
+#endif
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Compat from base-4.9
diff --git a/examples/Expr.hs b/examples/Expr.hs
--- a/examples/Expr.hs
+++ b/examples/Expr.hs
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@
 nil :: L a
 nil = L Nothing
 
+-- Test #33
+data Tree a = Node {rootLabel :: a, subForest :: Forest a}
+  deriving (Show)
+type Forest a = [Tree a]
+
+makeBaseFunctor ''Tree
+
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
     let expr2 = ana divCoalg 55 :: Expr Int
@@ -56,6 +63,9 @@
 
     let expr3 = Add2 (Lit2 21) $ Add2 (Lit2 11) (Lit2 10)
     42 @=? cata evalAlg2 expr3
+
+    let expr4 = Node 5 [Node 6 [Node 7 []], Node 8 [Node 9 []]]
+    35 @=? cata treeAlg expr4
   where
     -- Type signatures to test name generation
     evalAlg :: ExprF Int Int -> Int
@@ -79,3 +89,6 @@
 
     lCoalg []       = LF { getLF = Nothing } -- to test field renamer
     lCoalg (x : xs) = LF { getLF = Just (x, xs) }
+
+    treeAlg :: TreeF Int Int -> Int
+    treeAlg (NodeF r f) = r + sum f
diff --git a/recursion-schemes.cabal b/recursion-schemes.cabal
--- a/recursion-schemes.cabal
+++ b/recursion-schemes.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name:          recursion-schemes
 category:      Control, Recursion
-version:       5.0.2
+version:       5.0.3
 license:       BSD3
 cabal-version: >= 1.8
 license-file:  LICENSE
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   "Generalized bananas, lenses and barbed wire"
   by Erik Meijer, Maarten Fokkinga and Ross Paterson.
 
-tested-with:   GHC==7.4.2, GHC==7.6.3, GHC==7.8.4, GHC==7.10.3, GHC==8.0.2, GHC==8.2.1
+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==8.4.3, GHC==8.6.1
 
 build-type:    Simple
 extra-source-files: .travis.yml CHANGELOG.markdown .gitignore README.markdown
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
   default: True
 
 library
-  extensions: CPP
   other-extensions:
+    CPP
     TypeFamilies
     Rank2Types
     FlexibleContexts
@@ -42,26 +42,43 @@
     UndecidableInstances
 
   build-depends:
-    base                 >= 4       && < 5,
-    bifunctors           >= 4       && < 6,
+    base                 >= 4.5     && < 5,
     comonad              >= 4       && < 6,
-    free                 >= 4       && < 5,
-    semigroups           >= 0.8.3.1 && < 1,
-    transformers         >= 0.2     && < 1,
-    transformers-compat  >= 0.3     && < 1
+    free                 >= 4       && < 6,
+    transformers         >= 0.3.0.0 && < 1
 
+  if !impl(ghc >= 8.2)
+    build-depends: bifunctors >= 4 && < 6
+
+  if !impl(ghc >= 8.0)
+    build-depends: semigroups >= 0.10 && < 1
+
   if impl(ghc < 7.5)
     build-depends: ghc-prim
 
-  if impl(ghc < 7.10)
-    build-depends: nats
+  -- Following two conditionals aren't inverses (there are other compilers than GHC)
+  --
+  -- We enforce the fact that with GHC-7.10
+  -- we have at least transformers-0.4.2.0 (the bundled one)
+  -- which has 'Data.Functor.Classes' module. (transformers-0.3 doesn't have)
+  if impl(ghc >= 7.10)
+    build-depends:
+      transformers         >= 0.4.2.0
 
+  if !impl(ghc >= 7.10)
+    build-depends:
+      nats,
+      transformers-compat  >= 0.3     && < 1
+
   exposed-modules:
     Data.Functor.Base
     Data.Functor.Foldable
 
   if flag(template-haskell)
-    build-depends: template-haskell >= 2.5.0.0 && < 2.13, base-orphans >= 0.5.4 && <0.7
+    build-depends:
+      template-haskell >= 2.5.0.0 && < 2.14,
+      base-orphans     >= 0.5.4   && < 0.8,
+      th-abstraction   >= 0.2.4   && < 1
     exposed-modules:
       Data.Functor.Foldable.TH
 
@@ -79,5 +96,5 @@
     base,
     HUnit <1.7,
     recursion-schemes,
-    template-haskell >= 2.5.0.0 && < 2.13,
+    template-haskell >= 2.5.0.0 && < 2.14,
     transformers     >= 0.2     && < 1
