diff --git a/Data/UUID/Orphans.hs b/Data/UUID/Orphans.hs
--- a/Data/UUID/Orphans.hs
+++ b/Data/UUID/Orphans.hs
@@ -1,22 +1,56 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE CPP, TemplateHaskell #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP, DeriveGeneric, DeriveLift #-}
+#if MIN_VERSION_safecopy(0,9,5)
+{-# LANGUAGE StandaloneDeriving #-}
+#else
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+#endif
+
 module Data.UUID.Orphans (showUUID) where
 
-import Data.SafeCopy (base, deriveSafeCopy)
+import Data.SafeCopy -- (base, contain, deriveSafeCopy, SafeCopy(..))
 import Data.Text as T (pack, unpack)
-import Data.UUID.Types (UUID, toString, fromString)
-import Language.Haskell.TH.Lift (deriveLiftMany)
+import Data.UUID.Types (toString, fromString)
+import Data.UUID.Types.Internal (UUID(..))
+import Language.Haskell.TH.Lift (Lift)
 import Web.Routes.PathInfo
 
+deriving instance Generic UUID
+
+#if MIN_VERSION_safecopy(0,9,5)
+instance SafeCopy UUID where version = 0
+#else
 $(deriveSafeCopy 0 'base ''UUID)
+#endif
 
+#if 0
+-- Splices
+instance SafeCopy UUID where
+      putCopy (UUID a1 a2 a3 a4)
+        = contain
+            (do safePut_Word32 <- getSafePut
+                safePut_Word32 a1
+                safePut_Word32 a2
+                safePut_Word32 a3
+                safePut_Word32 a4
+                return ())
+      getCopy
+        = contain
+            ((label "Data.UUID.Types.Internal.UUID:")
+               (do safeGet_Word32 <- getSafeGet
+                   ((((return UUID <*> safeGet_Word32) <*> safeGet_Word32)
+                       <*> safeGet_Word32)
+                      <*> safeGet_Word32)))
+      version = 0
+      kind = base
+      errorTypeName _ = "Data.UUID.Types.Internal.UUID"
+#endif
+
+deriving instance Lift UUID
+
 instance PathInfo UUID where
   toPathSegments = (:[]) . T.pack . toString
   fromPathSegments = pToken (const ("UUID" :: String)) checkUUID
     where checkUUID txt = fromString (T.unpack txt)
-
-$(deriveLiftMany [
-   ''UUID
-  ])
 
 -- | The Show instance for UUID does not return a string containing a
 -- haskell expression, so if that is required use this function instead.
diff --git a/uuid-orphans.cabal b/uuid-orphans.cabal
--- a/uuid-orphans.cabal
+++ b/uuid-orphans.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:               uuid-orphans
-version:            1.4.2
+version:            1.4.3
 cabal-version:      >= 1.10
 build-type:         Simple
 license:            BSD3
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 library
   build-depends:
-    base >= 4.2 && < 5,
+    base >= 4.8 && < 5,
     uuid-types >= 1.0.2,
     safecopy,
     text,