diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.9.1.1
+-------
+
+* Add MonadThrow and MonadCatch instances for ClientM
+
 0.9
 ---
 
diff --git a/servant-client.cabal b/servant-client.cabal
--- a/servant-client.cabal
+++ b/servant-client.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                servant-client
-version:             0.9.1
+version:             0.9.1.1
 synopsis: automatical derivation of querying functions for servant webservices
 description:
   This library lets you derive automatically Haskell functions that
diff --git a/src/Servant/Common/Req.hs b/src/Servant/Common/Req.hs
--- a/src/Servant/Common/Req.hs
+++ b/src/Servant/Common/Req.hs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 import Control.Exception
 import Control.Monad
-import Control.Monad.Catch (MonadThrow)
+import Control.Monad.Catch (MonadThrow, MonadCatch)
 
 #if MIN_VERSION_mtl(2,2,0)
 import Control.Monad.Except (MonadError(..))
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@
                     deriving ( Functor, Applicative, Monad, MonadIO, Generic
                              , MonadReader ClientEnv
                              , MonadError ServantError
+                             , MonadThrow, MonadCatch
                              )
 
 runClientM :: ClientM a -> ClientEnv -> IO (Either ServantError a)