diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## Version 0.47.1 (September, 2)
+
+- Allow compilation with libmpd even with GHC > 9.4, by requesting it
+  explicitly with `with_mpd`.  See #667 for further details.
+
 ## Version 0.47 (August, 2023)
 
 - Fix: center middle section for templates of the for }M{
diff --git a/readme.org b/readme.org
--- a/readme.org
+++ b/readme.org
@@ -31,7 +31,14 @@
 
 * Breaking news
 
-  - Starting with version 0.45 we use cairo/pango as our drawing engine
+  - Starting with version 0.47.1, we are excluding MPD from the extensions
+    included with ~all_extensions~ when GHC version is 9.4 or greater, because
+    that seems to break cabal compilation.  However, it's been reported that
+    in some installations compilation with ~libmpd~ works fine: just add
+    explicitly the ~with_mpd~ flag to include MPD and check for yourself.
+    Compilation with stack has also been reported to work.  Please see the
+    comments in issue #679 for details.
+  - Starting with version 0.45, we use cairo/pango as our drawing engine
     (instead of plain X11/Xft).  From a user's point of view, that change
     should be mostly transparent, except for the facts that it's allowed
     fixing quite a few bugs and that your /font names/ in your configuration, if
diff --git a/xmobar.cabal b/xmobar.cabal
--- a/xmobar.cabal
+++ b/xmobar.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:               xmobar
-version:            0.47
+version:            0.47.1
 homepage:           https://codeberg.org/xmobar/xmobar
 synopsis:           A Minimalistic Text Based Status Bar
 description: 	    Xmobar is a minimalistic text based status bar.
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
                       cereal >= 0.5.8.1
        cpp-options: -DUSE_NL80211
 
-    if (flag(with_mpd) || flag(all_extensions)) && impl(ghc < 9.4)
+    if flag(with_mpd) || (flag(all_extensions) && impl(ghc < 9.4))
        build-depends: libmpd >= 0.9.2.0
        other-modules: Xmobar.Plugins.Monitors.MPD
        cpp-options: -DLIBMPD