diff --git a/rss.cabal b/rss.cabal
--- a/rss.cabal
+++ b/rss.cabal
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 Name: rss
-Version: 3000.0.0
+Version: 3000.0.1
+Cabal-version: >=1.2
+Build-type: Simple
 Copyright: Jeremy Shaw 2004, Bjorn Bringert 2004-2006
 Maintainer: bjorn@bringert.net
 Author: Jeremy Shaw, Bjorn Bringert
 License: PublicDomain
-build-depends: base, network, HaXml >=1.13 && <1.14
 Synopsis: A library for generating RSS 2.0 feeds.
 Description:
  This library allows you to generate RSS 2.0 feeds.
-Exposed-Modules: Text.RSS
-ghc-options: -O2 -W -fwarn-incomplete-patterns
+
+Flag split-base
+
+Library
+  build-depends: base, network, HaXml >=1.13 && <1.14
+  if flag(split-base)
+    Build-depends: base >= 3.0, old-time, old-locale
+  else
+    Build-depends: base < 3.0
+  Exposed-Modules: Text.RSS
+  ghc-options: -O2 -W -fwarn-incomplete-patterns