diff --git a/Data/UUID.hs b/Data/UUID.hs
--- a/Data/UUID.hs
+++ b/Data/UUID.hs
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
 data UUID                    =  UUID
   !Word8 !Word8 !Word8 !Word8 !Word8 !Word8 !Word8 !Word8
   !Word8 !Word8 !Word8 !Word8 !Word8 !Word8 !Word8 !Word8
-instance Eq UUID
-instance Ord UUID
+ deriving (Eq, Ord)
 instance Show UUID where
   show (UUID x0 x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7 x8 x9 xA xB xC xD xE xF)
     = printf formatUUID x0 x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7 x8 x9 xA xB xC xD xE xF
diff --git a/system-uuid.cabal b/system-uuid.cabal
--- a/system-uuid.cabal
+++ b/system-uuid.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name                          : system-uuid
-version                       : 1.0.1
+version                       : 1.0.2
 category                      : System
 license                       : BSD3
 license-file                  : LICENSE