diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dcfd17f2..e41e6fdd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 GNUmakefile
 dist-install/
 dist-newstyle/
+dist-mcabal/
 dist/
 ghc.mk
 .stack-work/
diff --git a/System/FilePath/Internal.hs b/System/FilePath/Internal.hs
index eeb11f35..5f714c4f 100644
--- a/System/FilePath/Internal.hs
+++ b/System/FilePath/Internal.hs
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ import Data.List(stripPrefix, isSuffixOf, uncons, dropWhileEnd)
 import Prelude (fromIntegral, return, IO, Either(..))
 import Control.Exception ( catch, displayException, evaluate, fromException, toException, throwIO, Exception, SomeAsyncException(..), SomeException )
 import Control.DeepSeq (force)
-import GHC.IO (unsafePerformIO)
+import System.IO.Unsafe (unsafePerformIO)
 import qualified Data.Char as C
 #ifdef WINDOWS
 import GHC.IO.Encoding.Failure ( CodingFailureMode(..) )
diff --git a/System/OsPath/Internal.hs b/System/OsPath/Internal.hs
index bc1d5a9b..43ecd71a 100644
--- a/System/OsPath/Internal.hs
+++ b/System/OsPath/Internal.hs
@@ -24,8 +24,12 @@ import GHC.IO.Encoding.Failure ( CodingFailureMode(..) )
 import System.OsString.Internal.Types
 import System.OsPath.Encoding
 import Control.Monad (when)
+#if !defined(__MHS__)
 import System.IO
     ( TextEncoding )
+#else
+import GHC.IO.Encoding.Types ( TextEncoding )
+#endif
 
 #if defined(mingw32_HOST_OS) || defined(__MINGW32__)
 import qualified System.OsPath.Windows as PF
@@ -124,6 +128,7 @@ fromBytes = OS.fromBytes
 
 
 
+#if defined(MIN_VERSION_template_haskell) || defined(MIN_VERSION_template_haskell_quasi_quoter)
 -- | QuasiQuote an 'OsPath'. This accepts Unicode characters
 -- and encodes as UTF-8 on unix and UTF-16LE on windows. Runs 'isValid'
 -- on the input. If used as a pattern, requires turning on the @ViewPatterns@
@@ -159,6 +164,10 @@ osp = QuasiQuoter
       fail "illegal QuasiQuote (allowed as expression or pattern only, used as a declaration)"
   }
 #endif
+#else
+osp :: a
+osp = error "Systen.OsPath.Internal.ostr: no Template Haskell"
+#endif /* defined(MIN_VERSION_template_haskell) || defined(MIN_VERSION_template_haskell_quasi_quoter) */
 
 
 -- | Unpack an 'OsPath' to a list of 'OsChar'.
diff --git a/System/OsPath/Posix.hs b/System/OsPath/Posix.hs
index fc62c86b..98e611d5 100644
--- a/System/OsPath/Posix.hs
+++ b/System/OsPath/Posix.hs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 #include "Common.hs"
 
+#if defined(MIN_VERSION_template_haskell) || defined(MIN_VERSION_template_haskell_quasi_quoter)
 -- | QuasiQuote a 'PosixPath'. This accepts Unicode characters
 -- and encodes as UTF-8. Runs 'isValid' on the input.
 pstr :: QuasiQuoter
@@ -29,3 +30,8 @@ pstr =
   , quoteDec  = \_ ->
       fail "illegal QuasiQuote (allowed as expression or pattern only, used as a declaration)"
   }
+#else
+pstr :: a
+pstr = error "Systen.OsPath.Posix.pstr: no Template Haskell"
+#endif /* defined(MIN_VERSION_template_haskell) || defined(MIN_VERSION_template_haskell_quasi_quoter) */
+
diff --git a/System/OsPath/Windows.hs b/System/OsPath/Windows.hs
index ab9efc03..b3028f9f 100644
--- a/System/OsPath/Windows.hs
+++ b/System/OsPath/Windows.hs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 #include "Common.hs"
 
-
+#if defined(MIN_VERSION_template_haskell) || defined(MIN_VERSION_template_haskell_quasi_quoter)
 -- | QuasiQuote a 'WindowsPath'. This accepts Unicode characters
 -- and encodes as UTF-16LE. Runs 'isValid' on the input.
 pstr :: QuasiQuoter
@@ -30,3 +30,7 @@ pstr =
   , quoteDec  = \_ ->
       fail "illegal QuasiQuote (allowed as expression or pattern only, used as a declaration)"
   }
+#else
+pstr :: a
+pstr = error "Systen.OsPath.Windows.pstr: no Template Haskell"
+#endif /* defined(MIN_VERSION_template_haskell) || defined(MIN_VERSION_template_haskell_quasi_quoter) */
diff --git a/filepath.cabal b/filepath.cabal
index d9c91b24..4f5445a2 100644
--- a/filepath.cabal
+++ b/filepath.cabal
@@ -95,8 +95,13 @@ library
     , bytestring        >=0.11.3.0
     , deepseq
     , exceptions
-    , template-haskell
     , os-string         >=2.0.1
+  if impl(ghc)
+    build-depends:
+      template-haskell
+  if impl(mhs)
+    build-depends:
+      ghc-compat
 
   ghc-options:      -Wall