diff --git a/safecopy.cabal b/safecopy.cabal
--- a/safecopy.cabal
+++ b/safecopy.cabal
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 -- http://www.haskell.org/cabal/release/cabal-latest/doc/users-guide/authors.html#pkg-descr.
 -- The name of the package.
 Name:                safecopy
-Version:             0.9.2
+Version:             0.9.3
 Synopsis:            Binary serialization with version control.
 Description:         An extension to Data.Serialize with built-in version control.
 Homepage:            https://github.com/acid-state/safecopy
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 Build-type:          Simple
 Extra-source-files: CHANGELOG.md
 Cabal-version:       >=1.8
-tested-with:         GHC == 7.6.3, GHC == 7.8.4, GHC == 7.10.2, GHC==8.0.1
+tested-with:         GHC == 7.6.3, GHC == 7.8.4, GHC == 7.10.2, GHC==8.0.2
 
 Source-repository head
   type:          git
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
                        text < 1.3,
                        time < 1.7,
                        vector >= 0.10 && < 0.12
+  if !impl(ghc > 8.0)
+    Build-Depends:     semigroups >= 0.18 && < 0.19
 
   -- Modules not exported by this package.
   Other-modules:       Data.SafeCopy.Instances, Data.SafeCopy.SafeCopy,
diff --git a/src/Data/SafeCopy/Instances.hs b/src/Data/SafeCopy/Instances.hs
--- a/src/Data/SafeCopy/Instances.hs
+++ b/src/Data/SafeCopy/Instances.hs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import qualified Data.IntMap as IntMap
 import qualified Data.IntSet as IntSet
 import           Data.Ix
+import qualified Data.List.NonEmpty as NonEmpty
 import qualified Data.Map as Map
 import           Data.Ratio (Ratio, (%), numerator, denominator)
 import qualified Data.Sequence as Sequence
@@ -69,6 +70,11 @@
   putCopy lst = contain $ do put (length lst)
                              getSafePut >>= forM_ lst
   errorTypeName = typeName1
+
+instance SafeCopy a => SafeCopy (NonEmpty.NonEmpty a) where
+    getCopy = contain $ fmap NonEmpty.fromList safeGet
+    putCopy = contain . safePut . NonEmpty.toList
+    errorTypeName = typeName1
 
 instance SafeCopy a => SafeCopy (Maybe a) where
     getCopy = contain $ do n <- get