diff --git a/servant-client-core/src/Servant/Client/Core/ServerSentEvents.hs b/servant-client-core/src/Servant/Client/Core/ServerSentEvents.hs
index 26202bf6..fa6b61e9 100644
--- a/servant-client-core/src/Servant/Client/Core/ServerSentEvents.hs
+++ b/servant-client-core/src/Servant/Client/Core/ServerSentEvents.hs
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ import           Servant.Types.SourceT
                  (SourceT, StepT (..), foreachYieldStep, mapStepT,
                  transformStepWithAtto)
 
+-- For compatibility with GHC <= 8.2
+import           Data.Semigroup
+                 (Semigroup (..))
+
 -- | Line (or frame) of an event stream
 newtype EventStreamLine = EventStreamLine
     { unEventStreamLine :: ByteString.ByteString }