diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -3,6 +3,30 @@
 
 
 
+webfinger-client 0.2.0.0 -- 2016-01-28
+======================================
+
+General, build and documentation changes:
+
+* (None)
+
+New APIs, features and enhancements:
+
+* Allow to specify typed link relations in the query
+* Return typed link relations in result
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* (None)
+
+Dependency changes:
+
+* Add link-relations
+
+
+
+
+
 webfinger-client 0.1.0.0 -- 2015-12-12
 ======================================
 
diff --git a/src/Web/Finger/Client.hs b/src/Web/Finger/Client.hs
--- a/src/Web/Finger/Client.hs
+++ b/src/Web/Finger/Client.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {- This file is part of webfinger-client.
  -
- - Written in 2015 by fr33domlover <fr33domlover@riseup.net>.
+ - Written in 2015, 2016 by fr33domlover <fr33domlover@riseup.net>.
  -
  - ♡ Copying is an act of love. Please copy, reuse and share.
  -
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 -- To allow Language-hashed maps be FromJSON
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
 
+-- For avoiding redundant imports in base 4.8
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+
 module Web.Finger.Client
     ( Account (..)
     , Resource (..)
@@ -35,19 +38,26 @@
     )
 where
 
+#if !MIN_VERSION_base(4,8,0)
 import Control.Applicative
+#endif
+
 import Control.Exception
 import Data.Aeson hiding (Result, Success)
 import Data.Aeson.Types (typeMismatch)
+import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
 import Data.Default.Class
 import Data.Hashable
+import Data.HashMap.Lazy (HashMap)
 import Data.Monoid ((<>))
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import Data.Text.Encoding (encodeUtf8)
 import GHC.Generics (Generic)
+import Web.LinkRelations (LinkRelation, fromByteString, toByteString)
 
 import qualified Data.ByteString as B
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as BC
 import qualified Data.HashMap.Lazy as M
-import qualified Data.Text as T
 import qualified Network.HTTP.Client as H
 import qualified Network.HTTP.Client.TLS as H
 import qualified Network.HTTP.Types as HT
@@ -66,7 +76,8 @@
 
  - Other Nodes
 
-* [ ] Add a list of properties and link relations, the Python module has one...
+* [x] Support typed link relations
+* [ ] Support typed properties
 * [x] Add an HTTP Accept header containing the JRD MIME type, the python module
   does it. But first read in the RFC to make sure it's ok
 -}
@@ -74,20 +85,20 @@
 -- | A given user at a given host. For example, /john@example.org/ means the
 -- user is /john/ and the host is /example.org/.
 data Account = Account
-    { acctUser :: B.ByteString
-    , acctHost :: B.ByteString
+    { acctUser :: ByteString
+    , acctHost :: ByteString
     }
 
 -- | A web resource about which you'd like to make a query.
 data Resource
     = ResAccount Account
     | ResUri U.URI
-    | ResUriStr B.ByteString
+    | ResUriStr ByteString
 
 -- | HTTP user authentication details.
 data Auth = Auth
-    { authUser     :: B.ByteString
-    , authPassword :: B.ByteString
+    { authUser     :: ByteString
+    , authPassword :: ByteString
     }
 
 -- | A WebFinger query, for which the client can get a response.
@@ -101,15 +112,16 @@
       qryTarget   :: Resource
       -- | A list of link relations by which to filter the link list in the
       -- returned description. If you'd like to receive /all/ the links, leave
-      -- this list empty.
-    , qryLinkRels :: [B.ByteString]
+      -- this list empty. Use 'Left' to specify a raw link relation string, and
+      -- 'Right' to specify a known typed relation.
+    , qryLinkRels :: [Either ByteString LinkRelation]
       -- | You can explicitly specify a host (e.g. @www.example.org@) here, to
       -- which the WebFinger query will be sent. If you don't specify a host
       -- here, it will be extracted from the 'qryTarget' field (if it has a
       -- host part). Therefore this field is useful in special cases where the
       -- WebFinger server isn't the one referred by the target URI, or the URI
       -- doesn't have a host.
-    , qryHost     :: Maybe B.ByteString
+    , qryHost     :: Maybe ByteString
       -- | HTTP authentication details. If the WebFinger server requires a
       -- username and password to access it, specify them here. For publicly
       -- available WebFinger servers, pass 'Nothing'.
@@ -128,7 +140,7 @@
 -- written.
 data Language
     -- | A specific language specified using a code, e.g. @en-us@.
-    = LanguageCode T.Text
+    = LanguageCode Text
     -- | No specific language. However it doesn't mean that nothing is
     -- specified. It means that "language undefined" is explicity specified.
     | LanguageUndefined
@@ -136,13 +148,13 @@
 
 instance Hashable Language
 
-toLang :: T.Text -> Language
+toLang :: Text -> Language
 toLang t =
     if t == "und"
         then LanguageUndefined
         else LanguageCode t
 
-instance FromJSON (M.HashMap Language T.Text) where
+instance FromJSON (HashMap Language Text) where
     parseJSON v = M.fromList . map f . M.toList <$> parseJSON v
         where
         f (l, t) = (toLang l, t)
@@ -159,30 +171,42 @@
       -- /avatar/.
       --
       -- A link relation may be a URI or one of the registered relation type
-      -- names.
-      lnkRelation   :: T.Text --TODO: URI or registered relation type. Maybe parse it and give more typed info?
+      -- names. If the relation type is recognized when parsing the server's
+      -- response, you will get 'Right' a typed link relation here. Otherwise,
+      -- e.g. if a non-URL private application-specific relation type is found,
+      -- you will get 'Left' the raw relation type string.
+      lnkRelation   :: Either Text LinkRelation
       -- | The MIME type to be expected of the content behind the link URI. For
       -- example, if the link refers to a user's avatar image, the MIME type
       -- may be @image/png@ (i.e. an image file in PNG format).
-    , lnkMediaType  :: Maybe T.Text
+    , lnkMediaType  :: Maybe Text
       -- | The link address itself. It is optional, because there may be cases
       -- in which all the information about the link is provided by the
       -- properties (the 'lnkProperties' field). For example, if the link is a
       -- user's avatar image, the address may be
       -- @https://example.org/users/john/avatar.png@.
-    , lnkAddress    :: Maybe T.Text
+    , lnkAddress    :: Maybe Text
       -- | Optional title(s) for the link, possibly in various languages.
-    , lnkTitles     :: M.HashMap Language T.Text
+    , lnkTitles     :: HashMap Language Text
       -- | Additional properties the link may have. Maps property names, which
       -- are URIs, to string values.
-    , lnkProperties :: M.HashMap T.Text (Maybe T.Text) --TODO use IANA database to parse known values?
+    , lnkProperties :: HashMap Text (Maybe Text) --TODO use IANA database to parse known values?
     }
     deriving (Show)
 
+parseRel :: Text -> Either Text LinkRelation
+parseRel t =
+    case fromByteString $ encodeUtf8 t of
+        Nothing -> Left t
+        Just lr -> Right lr
+
+forF :: Functor f => f a -> (a -> b) -> f b
+forF = flip fmap
+
 instance FromJSON Link where
     parseJSON (Object o) =
         Link <$>
-        o .:  "rel"                    <*>
+        o .:  "rel" `forF` parseRel    <*>
         o .:? "type"                   <*>
         o .:? "href"                   <*>
         o .:? "titles"     .!= M.empty <*>
@@ -194,13 +218,13 @@
     { -- | A URI representing the resource being described. This is the same
       -- resource specified in the query, but the URI may slightly differ (e.g.
       -- appear in canonical form).
-      desSubject    :: Maybe T.Text
+      desSubject    :: Maybe Text
       -- | List of URIs which identify the same resource as the 'desSubject'
       -- URI.
-    , desAliases    :: [T.Text]
+    , desAliases    :: [Text]
       -- | Additional information about the subject. Maps property names, which
       -- are URIs, to string values.
-    , desProperties :: M.HashMap T.Text (Maybe T.Text) --TODO use IANA database to parse known values?
+    , desProperties :: HashMap Text (Maybe Text) --TODO use IANA database to parse known values?
       -- | Links of various relation types from the subject resource to other
       -- resources represented by URIs.
     , desLinks      :: [Link]
@@ -242,7 +266,7 @@
 newManager = H.newManager H.tlsManagerSettings
 
 -- | Try to get the host from a resource URI.
-getHost :: U.URI -> Either String B.ByteString
+getHost :: U.URI -> Either String ByteString
 getHost uri =
     case U.uriAuthority uri of
         Nothing -> Left "Resource URI has no authority part"
@@ -250,7 +274,7 @@
 
 -- | Determine URI and host from resource. If no host is found, return a
 -- message instead which explains why.
-parseResource :: Resource -> (B.ByteString, Either String B.ByteString)
+parseResource :: Resource -> (ByteString, Either String ByteString)
 parseResource (ResAccount a) =
     ( "acct:" <> acctUser a <> "@" <> acctHost a -- escape user! do i need to espcape host?
     , Right $ acctHost a                         -- do i need to escape host? does http-client do it anyway?
@@ -305,7 +329,8 @@
                             Nothing               -> req
                             Just (Auth user pass) -> H.applyBasicAuth user pass req
                     res = ("resource", Just uri)
-                    rels = map ((,) "rel" . Just) $ qryLinkRels q
+                    toBS = either id toByteString
+                    rels = map ((,) "rel" . Just . toBS) $ qryLinkRels q
                     params = res : rels
                     req'' = H.setQueryString params req'
                 eresp <- try (H.httpLbs req'' manager)
diff --git a/webfinger-client.cabal b/webfinger-client.cabal
--- a/webfinger-client.cabal
+++ b/webfinger-client.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                webfinger-client
-version:             0.1.0.0
+version:             0.2.0.0
 synopsis:            WebFinger client library
 description:
   This is a client library for querying a
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
                      , http-client          >=0.3.6
                      , http-client-tls      >=0.2.2
                      , http-types
+                     , link-relations
                      , text
                      , unordered-containers >=0.2.5
                      , uri-bytestring       >=0.1.7