diff --git a/Data/Vector.hs b/Data/Vector.hs
--- a/Data/Vector.hs
+++ b/Data/Vector.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP
+           , FlexibleInstances
            , MultiParamTypeClasses
            , TypeFamilies
            , Rank2Types
@@ -191,6 +192,10 @@
 import qualified Data.Foldable as Foldable
 import qualified Data.Traversable as Traversable
 
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 708
+import qualified GHC.Exts as Exts
+#endif
+
 -- | Boxed vectors, supporting efficient slicing.
 data Vector a = Vector {-# UNPACK #-} !Int
                        {-# UNPACK #-} !Int
@@ -209,6 +214,14 @@
 instance Read a => Read (Vector a) where
   readPrec = G.readPrec
   readListPrec = readListPrecDefault
+
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 708
+instance Exts.IsList (Vector a) where
+  type Item (Vector a) = a
+  fromList = fromList
+  fromListN = fromListN
+  toList = toList
+#endif
 
 instance Data a => Data (Vector a) where
   gfoldl       = G.gfoldl
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Changes in version 0.10.11.0
+
+* Support OverloadedLists for boxed Vector in GHC >= 7.8
+
 Changes in version 0.10.10.0
 
  * Minor version bump to rectify PVP violation occured in 0.10.9.3 release
diff --git a/vector.cabal b/vector.cabal
--- a/vector.cabal
+++ b/vector.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           vector
-Version:        0.10.10.0
+Version:        0.10.11.0
 -- don't forget to update the changelog file!
 License:        BSD3
 License-File:   LICENSE