diff --git a/src/Instances/TH/Lift.hs b/src/Instances/TH/Lift.hs
--- a/src/Instances/TH/Lift.hs
+++ b/src/Instances/TH/Lift.hs
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as Text.Lazy
 #endif
 
+#if !MIN_VERSION_bytestring(0,11,2)
 -- ByteString
 import qualified Data.ByteString as ByteString
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Unsafe as ByteString.Unsafe
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@
 #if !MIN_VERSION_template_haskell(2, 8, 0)
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as ByteString.Char8
 #endif
+#endif
 
 -- Vector
 import qualified Data.Vector as Vector.Boxed
@@ -262,6 +264,7 @@
   LIFT_TYPED_DEFAULT
 #endif
 
+#if !MIN_VERSION_bytestring(0,11,2)
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- ByteString
 instance Lift ByteString.ByteString where
@@ -285,6 +288,7 @@
     where
       b = ByteString.Lazy.toChunks lb
   LIFT_TYPED_DEFAULT
+#endif
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Vector
diff --git a/th-lift-instances.cabal b/th-lift-instances.cabal
--- a/th-lift-instances.cabal
+++ b/th-lift-instances.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: th-lift-instances
-version: 0.1.18
+version: 0.1.19
 cabal-version: >=1.10
 build-type: Simple
 license: BSD3