diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## [1.6.0.1]
+- Get building with earlier GHC versions
+- Set lower bound of base correctly
+
 ## [1.6]
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/configure b/configure
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for Haskell time package 1.4.0.2.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for Haskell time package 1.6.0.1.
 #
 # Report bugs to <ashley@semantic.org>.
 #
@@ -580,8 +580,8 @@
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='Haskell time package'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='time'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='1.4.0.2'
-PACKAGE_STRING='Haskell time package 1.4.0.2'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='1.6.0.1'
+PACKAGE_STRING='Haskell time package 1.6.0.1'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='ashley@semantic.org'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures Haskell time package 1.4.0.2 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures Haskell time package 1.6.0.1 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of Haskell time package 1.4.0.2:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of Haskell time package 1.6.0.1:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-Haskell time package configure 1.4.0.2
+Haskell time package configure 1.6.0.1
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1848,7 +1848,7 @@
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by Haskell time package $as_me 1.4.0.2, which was
+It was created by Haskell time package $as_me 1.6.0.1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -4125,7 +4125,7 @@
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by Haskell time package $as_me 1.4.0.2, which was
+This file was extended by Haskell time package $as_me 1.6.0.1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -4178,7 +4178,7 @@
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-Haskell time package config.status 1.4.0.2
+Haskell time package config.status 1.6.0.1
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-AC_INIT([Haskell time package], [1.6], [ashley@semantic.org], [time])
+AC_INIT([Haskell time package], [1.6.0.1], [ashley@semantic.org], [time])
 
 # Safety check: Ensure that we are in the correct source directory.
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([lib/include/HsTime.h])
 
-AC_ARG_WITH([cc],
-            [C compiler],
-            [CC=$withval])
+# These are to silence warnings with older Cabal versions
 AC_ARG_WITH([gcc],[Gnu C compiler])
 AC_ARG_WITH([compiler],[Haskell compiler])
+
 AC_PROG_CC()
+
+AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
 
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([lib/include/HsTimeConfig.h])
 
diff --git a/lib/Data/Time/Format/Parse.hs b/lib/Data/Time/Format/Parse.hs
--- a/lib/Data/Time/Format/Parse.hs
+++ b/lib/Data/Time/Format/Parse.hs
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 import Data.Time.LocalTime.TimeOfDay
 import Data.Time.LocalTime.LocalTime
 
+#if !MIN_VERSION_base(4,8,0)
+import Control.Applicative ((<$>),(<*>))
+#endif
 #if LANGUAGE_Rank2Types
 import Control.Monad
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/include/HsTimeConfig.h b/lib/include/HsTimeConfig.h
--- a/lib/include/HsTimeConfig.h
+++ b/lib/include/HsTimeConfig.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 #define PACKAGE_NAME "Haskell time package"
 
 /* Define to the full name and version of this package. */
-#define PACKAGE_STRING "Haskell time package 1.4.0.2"
+#define PACKAGE_STRING "Haskell time package 1.6.0.1"
 
 /* Define to the one symbol short name of this package. */
 #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "time"
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 #define PACKAGE_URL ""
 
 /* Define to the version of this package. */
-#define PACKAGE_VERSION "1.4.0.2"
+#define PACKAGE_VERSION "1.6.0.1"
 
 /* Define to 1 if you have the ANSI C header files. */
 #define STDC_HEADERS 1
diff --git a/time.cabal b/time.cabal
--- a/time.cabal
+++ b/time.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           time
-version:        1.6
+version:        1.6.0.1
 stability:      stable
 license:        BSD3
 license-file:   LICENSE
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 category:       System
 build-type:     Configure
 cabal-version:  >=1.10
+tested-with:    GHC == 8.0.1, GHC == 7.10.3, GHC == 7.8.4
 x-follows-version-policy:
 
 extra-source-files:
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@
             cpp-options: -DLANGUAGE_Rank2Types
     ghc-options: -Wall -fwarn-tabs
     build-depends:
-        base >= 4.3 && < 5,
+        base >= 4.7 && < 5,
         deepseq >= 1.1
     if os(windows)
         build-depends: Win32
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@
     ghc-options: -Wall -fwarn-tabs
     build-depends:
         base,
-        time == 1.6
+        time == 1.6.0.1
     main-is: ShowDefaultTZAbbreviations.hs
 
 test-suite tests
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@
     build-depends:
         base,
         deepseq,
-        time == 1.6,
+        time == 1.6.0.1,
         QuickCheck >= 2.5.1,
         test-framework >= 0.8,
         test-framework-quickcheck2 >= 0.3,
