diff --git a/servant-foreign/src/Servant/Foreign.hs b/servant-foreign/src/Servant/Foreign.hs
index 8599aede..6cd72b84 100644
--- a/servant-foreign/src/Servant/Foreign.hs
+++ b/servant-foreign/src/Servant/Foreign.hs
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE DataKinds             #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts      #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances     #-}
+#if !MIN_VERSION_base(4,8,0)
+{-# LANGUAGE NullaryTypeClasses    #-}
+#endif
 {-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables   #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell       #-}