diff --git a/hlint-1.9.10-build-fixes.patch b/hlint-1.9.10-build-fixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..177f81b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hlint-1.9.10-build-fixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+diff -up hlint-1.9.10/src/HsColour.hs~ hlint-1.9.10/src/HsColour.hs
+--- hlint-1.9.10/src/HsColour.hs~	2014-10-20 06:20:38.000000000 +0900
++++ hlint-1.9.10/src/HsColour.hs	2016-06-21 09:46:30.231542683 +0900
+@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ hsColourConsole = do
+     return $ TTY.hscolour prefs
+ 
+ hsColourHTML :: String -> String
+-hsColourHTML = CSS.hscolour False
++hsColourHTML = CSS.hscolour False 1
+ 
+ #endif
+diff -up hlint-1.9.10/src/HSE/FreeVars.hs~ hlint-1.9.10/src/HSE/FreeVars.hs
+--- hlint-1.9.10/src/HSE/FreeVars.hs~	2014-10-20 06:20:38.000000000 +0900
++++ hlint-1.9.10/src/HSE/FreeVars.hs	2016-06-21 09:36:14.757740411 +0900
+@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
+ module HSE.FreeVars(FreeVars, freeVars, vars, varss, pvars, declBind) where
+ 
+ import HSE.Type
+-import Data.Monoid
++import Data.Monoid hiding (Alt)
+ import qualified Data.Set as Set
+ import Data.Set(Set)
+ 
+diff -up hlint-1.9.10/src/Util.hs~ hlint-1.9.10/src/Util.hs
+--- hlint-1.9.10/src/Util.hs~	2014-10-20 06:20:38.000000000 +0900
++++ hlint-1.9.10/src/Util.hs	2016-06-21 09:50:15.080178079 +0900
+@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ listM' x = length x `seq` return x
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ -- PRELUDE
+ 
+-notNull = not . null
++notNull p = not $ null p
+ 
+ headDef :: a -> [a] -> a
+ headDef x [] = x
diff --git a/hlint.spec b/hlint.spec
index 6aacf40..630bc17 100644
--- a/hlint.spec
+++ b/hlint.spec
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 
 Name:           %{pkg_name}
 Version:        1.9.10
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Release:        4%{?dist}
 Summary:        Haskell source code suggestions
 
 License:        BSD
 Url:            https://hackage.haskell.org/package/%{name}
 Source0:        https://hackage.haskell.org/package/%{name}-%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         hlint-1.9.10-build-fixes.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  ghc-Cabal-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-rpm-macros
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ This package provides the Haskell %{name} library development files.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .orig
 
 
 %build
@@ -88,6 +90,9 @@ mv %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}-%{version}/hlint.1 %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jun 21 2016 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.9.10-4
+- build fixes for newer ghc8 and newer hscolour
+
 * Wed Feb 03 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.9.10-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild