diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+0.3.6.1
+	* Fix build on GHC < 8.
+
 0.3.6.0
 	* Make the methods of the Hashable, Eq and Ord instances safe to
 	use when applied to scientific numbers coming from untrusted
diff --git a/scientific.cabal b/scientific.cabal
--- a/scientific.cabal
+++ b/scientific.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                scientific
-version:             0.3.6.0
+version:             0.3.6.1
 synopsis:            Numbers represented using scientific notation
 description:
   "Data.Scientific" provides the number type 'Scientific'. Scientific numbers are
diff --git a/src/Data/Scientific.hs b/src/Data/Scientific.hs
--- a/src/Data/Scientific.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Scientific.hs
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@
 import           Text.ParserCombinators.ReadP     ( ReadP )
 import           Data.Text.Lazy.Builder.RealFloat (FPFormat(..))
 
+#if !MIN_VERSION_base(4,9,0)
+import           Control.Applicative          ((*>))
+#endif
+
 #if !MIN_VERSION_base(4,8,0)
 import           Data.Functor                 ((<$>))
 import           Data.Word                    (Word)