diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,45 +1,146 @@
-env:
- - GHCVER=7.0.2 CABALVER=1.24
- - GHCVER=7.2.2 CABALVER=1.24
- - GHCVER=7.4.2 CABALVER=1.16
- - GHCVER=7.6.3 CABALVER=1.16
- - GHCVER=7.8.4 CABALVER=1.18
- - GHCVER=7.10.1 CABALVER=1.22
- - GHCVER=8.0.1 CABALVER=1.24
- - GHCVER=head CABALVER=head
+# 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:
+      - "irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens"
+    skip_join: true
+    template:
+      - "\x0313reflection\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-7.0.4"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.0,ghc-7.0.4], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-7.2.2"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.0,ghc-7.2.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - 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:
-   - env: GHCVER=head CABALVER=head
+    - compiler: "ghc-7.0.4"
+    - compiler: "ghc-7.2.2"
+    - compiler: "ghc-8.4.1"
+    - compiler: "ghc-head"
 
 before_install:
- - travis_retry sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:hvr/ghc
- - travis_retry sudo apt-get update
- - travis_retry sudo apt-get install cabal-install-$CABALVER ghc-$GHCVER
- - export PATH=/opt/ghc/$GHCVER/bin:/opt/cabal/$CABALVER/bin:$PATH
- - cabal --version
+  - HC=${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:
- - travis_retry cabal update
- - cabal install --enable-tests --only-dependencies
+  - 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:
- - cabal configure -v2 --enable-tests
- - cabal build
- - cabal sdist
- - export SRC_TGZ=$(cabal info . | awk '{print $2 ".tar.gz";exit}') ;
-   cd dist/;
-   if [ -f "$SRC_TGZ" ]; then
-      cabal install "$SRC_TGZ";
-   else
-      echo "expected '$SRC_TGZ' not found";
-      exit 1;
-   fi
+  # test that source-distributions can be generated
+  - (cd "." && cabal sdist)
+  - mv "."/dist/reflection-*.tar.gz ${DISTDIR}/
+  - cd ${DISTDIR} || false
+  - find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.tar.gz' -exec tar -xvf '{}' \;
+  - "printf 'packages: reflection-*/*.cabal\\n' > cabal.project"
+  - cat cabal.project
 
-notifications:
-  irc:
-    channels:
-      - "irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens"
-    skip_join: true
-    template:
-      - "\x0313reflection\x0f/\x0306%{branch}\x0f \x0314%{commit}\x0f %{message} \x0302\x1f%{build_url}\x0f"
+
+  # build & run tests, build benchmarks
+  - cabal new-build -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all
+
+  # cabal check
+  - (cd reflection-* && 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 +1,6 @@
+# 2.1.3 [2018.01.18]
+* Add `Semigroup` instance for `ReflectedMonoid`.
+
 # 2.1.2
 * Support cross-compilation and unregistered GHC builds.
 
diff --git a/examples/Constraints.hs b/examples/Constraints.hs
--- a/examples/Constraints.hs
+++ b/examples/Constraints.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE Rank2Types, TypeFamilies, TypeOperators, ConstraintKinds, PolyKinds, FlexibleInstances, MultiParamTypeClasses, ScopedTypeVariables, FlexibleContexts, UndecidableInstances #-}
+module Constraints where
+
 import Control.Newtype        -- from newtype
 import Data.Constraint        -- from constraints
 import Data.Constraint.Unsafe -- from constraints
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@
 with :: Def p a -> (forall s. Reifies s (Def p a) => Lift p a s) -> a
 with d v = reify d $ lower . asProxyOf v
 
-reifyInstance :: Def p a -> (forall s. Reifies s (Def p a) => Proxy s -> r) -> r
+reifyInstance :: Def p a -> (forall (s :: *). Reifies s (Def p a) => Proxy s -> r) -> r
 reifyInstance = reify
 
 asProxyOf :: f s -> Proxy s -> f s
diff --git a/examples/LICENSE b/examples/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+Copyright (c) 2009-2013 Edward Kmett
+Copyright (c) 2004 Oleg Kiselyov and Chung-chieh Shan
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the name of Edward Kmett nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+      from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/examples/Monoid.hs b/examples/Monoid.hs
--- a/examples/Monoid.hs
+++ b/examples/Monoid.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE Rank2Types, FlexibleContexts, UndecidableInstances #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP, Rank2Types, FlexibleContexts, UndecidableInstances #-}
+module Monoid where
+
 import Data.Reflection -- from reflection
-import Data.Monoid     -- from base
+import Data.Semigroup  -- from base
 import Data.Proxy      -- from tagged
 
 -- | Values in our dynamically-constructed 'Monoid' over 'a'
@@ -9,8 +11,13 @@
 -- | A dictionary describing a 'Monoid'
 data Monoid_ a = Monoid_ { mappend_ :: a -> a -> a, mempty_ :: a }
 
+instance Reifies s (Monoid_ a) => Semigroup (M a s) where
+  a <> b = M $ mappend_ (reflect a) (runM a) (runM b)
+
 instance Reifies s (Monoid_ a) => Monoid (M a s) where
-  mappend a b        = M $ mappend_ (reflect a) (runM a) (runM b)
+#if !(MIN_VERSION_base(4,11,0))
+  mappend = (<>)
+#endif
   mempty = a where a = M $ mempty_ (reflect a)
 
 -- Construct a 'Monoid' instance out of a binary operation and unit that you have in scope!
diff --git a/examples/ReaderLike.hs b/examples/ReaderLike.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ReaderLike.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+-- The UndecidableInstances here is benign, just for the "advanced"
+-- example at the end.
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts, ScopedTypeVariables, UndecidableInstances #-}
+
+-- I don't demonstrate the advantages over implicit parameters here,
+-- like multiple reifications of the same thing coexisting in
+-- different, statically-checked contexts, etc.; this is intended as a
+-- comparison to Reader(T).
+
+import Data.Proxy
+import Data.Reflection
+import Control.Applicative
+import System.IO
+
+data MyConfig = MyConfig
+  { magic  :: Bool
+  , volume :: Integer
+  }
+
+data Report p = Report
+  { magicality :: String
+  , loud :: Bool
+  } deriving (Show)
+
+-- some arbitrary thing we do calculations with
+newtype Datum p = Datum Integer deriving (Read, Show)
+
+report :: forall p. (Reifies p MyConfig) => Report p
+report = Report
+  { magicality = if magic conf then "Magical." else "Not so magical..."
+  , loud = volume conf >= 11
+  } where
+  conf = reflect (Proxy :: Proxy p)
+
+calculate :: forall p. (Reifies p MyConfig) => Datum p -> Datum p -> Datum p
+calculate (Datum m) (Datum n) = Datum ((m+n) * volume conf) where
+  conf = reflect (Proxy :: Proxy p)
+
+run :: forall p. (Reifies p MyConfig) => Proxy p -> IO ()
+run p = do
+  d1 <- ask "Datum 1:" :: IO (Datum p)
+  d2 <- ask "Datum 2:" :: IO (Datum p)
+  -- look ma, no plumbing
+  print $ calculate d1 (calculate d2 d1)
+  print (report :: Report p)
+
+ask :: Read s => String -> IO s
+ask prompt = do
+  putStr prompt
+  putChar ' '
+  hFlush stdout
+  readLn
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+  conf <- MyConfig <$> ask "Magic?" <*> ask "Volume:"
+  reify conf run
+
+-- If you're feeling adventurous, here is something we could not do
+-- with ReaderT:
+instance Reifies p MyConfig => Num (Datum p) where
+  (+) = calculate
+  m * n
+    | magic conf = m + n
+    | otherwise  = Datum 0  -- sorry, no magic for you.
+    where conf = reflect (Proxy :: Proxy p)
+  abs = undefined
+  signum = undefined
+  fromInteger = Datum
diff --git a/examples/reflection-examples.cabal b/examples/reflection-examples.cabal
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/reflection-examples.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+name:           reflection-examples
+version:        0.1
+license:        BSD3
+license-file:   LICENSE
+author:         Edward A. Kmett, Elliott Hird, Oleg Kiselyov and Chung-chieh Shan
+maintainer:     Edward A. Kmett <ekmett@gmail.com>
+stability:      experimental
+homepage:       http://github.com/ekmett/reflection
+bug-reports:    http://github.com/ekmett/reflection/issues
+category:       Data, Reflection, Dependent Types
+synopsis:       Examples of reflection
+description:    Examples of reflection.
+copyright:      2009-2013 Edward A. Kmett,
+                2012 Elliott Hird,
+                2004 Oleg Kiselyov and Chung-chieh Shan
+build-type:     Simple
+cabal-version:  >= 1.10
+tested-with:   GHC == 7.0.4
+             , GHC == 7.2.2
+             , 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
+
+flag examples
+  default: True
+
+library
+  if !flag(examples)
+    buildable:         False
+  exposed-modules:     Constraints
+                       Monoid
+  build-depends:       base >= 4.8 && < 5,
+                       constraints,
+                       newtype,
+                       reflection,
+                       tagged
+  hs-source-dirs:      .
+  ghc-options:         -Wall
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+executable reflection-from-json
+  if !flag(examples)
+    buildable:         False
+  main-is:             FromJSON.hs
+  build-depends:       aeson,
+                       base >= 4.8 && < 5,
+                       lens,
+                       lens-aeson,
+                       reflection,
+                       tagged,
+                       text
+  hs-source-dirs:      .
+  ghc-options:         -Wall -threaded -rtsopts
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+executable reflection-reader-like
+  if !flag(examples)
+    buildable:         False
+  main-is:             ReaderLike.hs
+  build-depends:       base >= 4.8 && < 5,
+                       reflection,
+                       tagged
+  hs-source-dirs:      .
+  ghc-options:         -Wall -threaded -rtsopts
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
diff --git a/fast/Data/Reflection.hs b/fast/Data/Reflection.hs
--- a/fast/Data/Reflection.hs
+++ b/fast/Data/Reflection.hs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE PatternGuards #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE Rank2Types #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
-#if defined(__GLASGOW_HASKELL__) && __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 706
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 706
 {-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE PolyKinds #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators #-}
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 # endif
 #endif
 
-{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
-
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances #-}
@@ -32,6 +30,7 @@
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-cse #-}
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-full-laziness #-}
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-float-in #-}
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-unused-binds #-}
 
 #ifndef MIN_VERSION_base
@@ -118,9 +117,9 @@
 
 #if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 710
 import Data.Foldable
-import Data.Monoid
 #endif
 
+import Data.Semigroup as Sem
 import Data.Proxy
 
 #if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 710
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@
 import Foreign.Ptr
 import Foreign.StablePtr
 
-#if (defined(__GLASGOW_HASKELL__) && __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 707) || (defined(MIN_VERSION_template_haskell) && USE_TYPE_LITS)
+#if (__GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 707) || (defined(MIN_VERSION_template_haskell) && USE_TYPE_LITS)
 import GHC.TypeLits
 #endif
 
@@ -358,7 +357,7 @@
     | proxyName == ''Proxy = ConE 'Proxy `SigE` (ConT ''Proxy `AppT` f ta)
 onProxyType1 f a =
         LamE [SigP WildP na] body `AppE` a
-    where 
+    where
           body = ConE 'Proxy `SigE` (ConT ''Proxy `AppT` f na)
           na = VarT (mkName "na")
 
@@ -553,8 +552,13 @@
 
 data ReifiedMonoid a = ReifiedMonoid { reifiedMappend :: a -> a -> a, reifiedMempty :: a }
 
+instance Reifies s (ReifiedMonoid a) => Sem.Semigroup (ReflectedMonoid a s) where
+  ReflectedMonoid x <> ReflectedMonoid y = reflectResult (\m -> ReflectedMonoid (reifiedMappend m x y))
+
 instance Reifies s (ReifiedMonoid a) => Monoid (ReflectedMonoid a s) where
-  mappend (ReflectedMonoid x) (ReflectedMonoid y) = reflectResult (\m -> ReflectedMonoid (reifiedMappend m x y))
+#if !(MIN_VERSION_base(4,11,0))
+  mappend = (<>)
+#endif
   mempty = reflectResult (\m -> ReflectedMonoid (reifiedMempty  m    ))
 
 reflectResult :: forall f s a. Reifies s a => (a -> f s) -> f s
diff --git a/reflection.cabal b/reflection.cabal
--- a/reflection.cabal
+++ b/reflection.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           reflection
-version:        2.1.2
+version:        2.1.3
 license:        BSD3
 license-file:   LICENSE
 author:         Edward A. Kmett, Elliott Hird, Oleg Kiselyov and Chung-chieh Shan
@@ -27,12 +27,20 @@
   .
   Austin Seipp's tutorial <https://www.fpcomplete.com/user/thoughtpolice/using-reflection Reflecting values to types and back> provides a summary of the
   approach taken by this library, along with more motivating examples.
+tested-with:   GHC == 7.0.4
+             , GHC == 7.2.2
+             , 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:
-  examples/Monoid.hs
-  examples/FromJSON.hs
-  examples/Constraints.hs
-  examples/Benchmark.hs
+  examples/reflection-examples.cabal
+  examples/LICENSE
+  examples/*.hs
   CHANGELOG.markdown
   README.markdown
   slow/Data/Reflection.hs
@@ -69,6 +77,10 @@
   if impl(ghc < 7.8)
     build-depends:
       tagged >= 0.4.4 && < 1
+
+  if !impl(ghc >= 8.0)
+    build-depends:
+      semigroups >= 0.11 && < 0.19
 
   default-language: Haskell98
 
