diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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+# Revision history for wherefrom-compat
+
+## 0.1.0.0 -- 2024/02/01
+
+* First version. Released on an unsuspecting world.
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2023, Teo Camarasu
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+met:
+
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+   documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+   distribution.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/src/GHC/InfoProv/Compat.hs b/src/GHC/InfoProv/Compat.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+-- | This module provides a stable interface to access GHC's info provenance information.
+-- This is helpful for seeing metadata about heap objects.
+module GHC.InfoProv.Compat
+  ( InfoProv(..)
+  , whereFrom
+  ) where
+
+#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,18,0)
+import GHC.InfoProv (InfoProv(..), whereFrom)
+#elif MIN_VERSION_base(4,17,0)
+import GHC.Stack.CCS (InfoProv(..), whereFrom)
+#else
+import qualified GHC.Stack.CCS as CCS
+
+data InfoProv = InfoProv {
+  ipName :: String,
+  ipDesc :: String,
+  ipTyDesc :: String,
+  ipLabel :: String,
+  ipMod :: String,
+  ipSrcFile :: String,
+  ipSrcSpan :: String
+} deriving (Eq, Show)
+
+
+-- | Get information about where a value originated from.
+--
+-- This information is stored statically in a binary when @-finfo-table-map@ is enabled.
+-- The source positions will be greatly improved by also enabled debug information with @-g3@.
+-- Finally you can enable @-fdistinct-constructor-tables@ to get more precise information about data constructor allocations.
+--
+-- The information is collect by looking at the info table address of a specific closure and then consulting a specially generated map (by @-finfo-table-map@)
+-- to find out where we think the best source position to describe that info table arose from.
+whereFrom :: a -> IO (Maybe InfoProv)
+whereFrom v = do
+  xs <- CCS.whereFrom v
+  pure $ do
+    [name, desc, tyDesc, label, modName, srcFile, srcSpan] <- Just xs
+    Just $
+      InfoProv
+       { ipName = name
+       , ipDesc = desc
+       , ipTyDesc = tyDesc
+       , ipLabel = label
+       , ipMod = modName
+       , ipSrcFile = srcFile
+       , ipSrcSpan = srcSpan
+       }
+#endif
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
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+import Test.Tasty
+import Test.Tasty.HUnit
+
+import GHC.InfoProv.Compat
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = defaultMain tests
+
+
+foo :: String
+foo = "foo"
+
+tests :: TestTree
+tests = testGroup "Tests"
+  [ testCase "whereFrom works" $ do
+     v <- whereFrom foo
+     assertBool "whereFrom shouldn't be Nothing" $ v /= Nothing
+  ]
diff --git a/wherefrom-compat.cabal b/wherefrom-compat.cabal
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+cabal-version:   3.0
+name:            wherefrom-compat
+version:         0.1.0.0
+synopsis:        A compatibility layer for GHC's 'wherefrom' function
+description:
+  A compatibility layer for GHC's 'wherefrom' function,
+  which exposes info provenance information.
+  Each major version of this library exports 
+  a different version of this interface.
+
+license:         BSD-2-Clause
+license-file:    LICENSE
+author:          Teo Camarasu
+maintainer:      teofilcamarasu@gmail.com
+copyright:       The wherefrom-compat contributors
+build-type:      Simple
+extra-doc-files: CHANGELOG.md
+bug-reports:     https://codeberg.org/teo/wherefrom-compat/issues
+category:        Compatibility
+tested-with:     
+  GHC ==9.2.8 
+  ||  ==9.4.7 
+  ||  ==9.6.3 
+  ||  ==9.8.1
+
+common warnings
+  ghc-options: -Wall
+
+library
+  import:           warnings
+  exposed-modules:  GHC.InfoProv.Compat
+  build-depends:    base >=4.16.0.0 && <4.20.0.0
+  hs-source-dirs:   src
+  default-language: Haskell2010
+
+test-suite test
+  type:             exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  hs-source-dirs:   test
+  ghc-options:      -finfo-table-map
+  main-is:          Spec.hs
+  build-depends:
+    , base
+    , tasty             ^>=1.5
+    , tasty-hunit       ^>=0.10
+    , wherefrom-compat
+
+  default-language: Haskell2010
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: https://codeberg.org/teo/wherefrom-compat.git