diff --git a/src/Language/Haskell/TH/Lift.hs b/src/Language/Haskell/TH/Lift.hs
--- a/src/Language/Haskell/TH/Lift.hs
+++ b/src/Language/Haskell/TH/Lift.hs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #endif /* MIN_VERSION_template_haskell(2,4,0) */
 
 #if !(MIN_VERSION_template_haskell(2,10,0))
+import Data.Ratio (Ratio)
 import GHC.Exts (Int(..))
 #endif /* !(MIN_VERSION_template_haskell(2,10,0)) */
 import Language.Haskell.TH
@@ -156,6 +157,6 @@
 instance Lift () where
   lift _ = [| () |]
 
-instance Lift Rational where
-  lift x = return (LitE (RationalL x))
+instance Integral a => Lift (Ratio a) where
+  lift x = return (LitE (RationalL (toRational x)))
 #endif
diff --git a/th-lift.cabal b/th-lift.cabal
--- a/th-lift.cabal
+++ b/th-lift.cabal
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 Name:               th-lift
-Version:            0.7
+Version:            0.7.1
 Cabal-Version:      >= 1.8
 License:            BSD3
 License-Files:      COPYING, BSD3, GPL-2
-Copyright:          © 2006 Ian Lynagh, © 2010-2014 Mathieu Boespflugg
+Copyright:          © 2006 Ian Lynagh, © 2010-2014 Mathieu Boespflug
 Author:             Ian Lynagh
 Maintainer:         Mathieu Boespflug <mboes@tweag.net>
 Homepage:           http://github.com/mboes/th-lift