diff --git a/haskell/haskell-cgi/data-typeable.patch b/haskell/haskell-cgi/data-typeable.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..226c202136
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haskell/haskell-cgi/data-typeable.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- Network/CGI/Protocol.hs.orig	2015-02-22 23:49:07.811998631 +0200
++++ Network/CGI/Protocol.hs	2015-02-22 23:49:47.854998351 +0200
+@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
+ import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8 as BS
+ import Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8 (ByteString)
+ 
+-import Data.Typeable (Typeable(..), mkTyConApp, mkTyCon)
++import Data.OldTypeable (Typeable(..), mkTyConApp, mkTyCon)
+ 
+ import Network.CGI.Header
+ import Network.CGI.Multipart
+--- Network/CGI/Monad.hs.orig	2015-02-22 23:49:22.836998526 +0200
++++ Network/CGI/Monad.hs	2015-02-22 23:50:04.933998232 +0200
+@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
+ import Control.Monad.Reader (ReaderT(..), asks)
+ import Control.Monad.Writer (WriterT(..), tell)
+ import Control.Monad.Trans (MonadTrans, MonadIO, liftIO, lift)
+-import Data.Typeable (Typeable(..), Typeable1(..), 
++import Data.OldTypeable (Typeable(..), Typeable1(..), 
+                       mkTyConApp, mkTyCon)
+ 
+ import Network.CGI.Protocol
diff --git a/haskell/haskell-cgi/haskell-cgi.SlackBuild b/haskell/haskell-cgi/haskell-cgi.SlackBuild
index f6c6c4c360..aa73b56105 100644
--- a/haskell/haskell-cgi/haskell-cgi.SlackBuild
+++ b/haskell/haskell-cgi/haskell-cgi.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for cgi
 
-# Copyright 2013 Mikko Värri, Finland
+# Copyright 2015 Mikko Värri, Finland
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=haskell-cgi
-VERSION=${VERSION:-3001.1.8.3}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-3001.1.8.5}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
  -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
+# make it work with network-uri package, which was spun off from network 2.6
+patch -p0 <$CWD/network-uri.patch
+# make it work with base >= 4.7
+patch -p0 <$CWD/data-typeable.patch
+
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 runghc Setup configure \
diff --git a/haskell/haskell-cgi/haskell-cgi.info b/haskell/haskell-cgi/haskell-cgi.info
index e016b958d2..38684befc7 100644
--- a/haskell/haskell-cgi/haskell-cgi.info
+++ b/haskell/haskell-cgi/haskell-cgi.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="haskell-cgi"
-VERSION="3001.1.8.3"
+VERSION="3001.1.8.5"
 HOMEPAGE="http://hackage.haskell.org/package/cgi"
-DOWNLOAD="http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/cgi/3001.1.8.3/cgi-3001.1.8.3.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="5e1cdb5cb41931a45f549d9eb38c0d07"
+DOWNLOAD="http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/cgi/3001.1.8.5/cgi-3001.1.8.5.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="e01ef7ed24473d1550579e83a842b017"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="haskell-extensible-exceptions haskell-MonadCatchIO-mtl haskell-network haskell-xhtml"
+REQUIRES="haskell-extensible-exceptions haskell-MonadCatchIO-mtl haskell-mtl haskell-network haskell-network-uri haskell-parsec"
 MAINTAINER="Mikko Värri"
 EMAIL="vmj@linuxbox.fi"
diff --git a/haskell/haskell-cgi/network-uri.patch b/haskell/haskell-cgi/network-uri.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4f69d6675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haskell/haskell-cgi/network-uri.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- cgi.cabal.orig	2015-02-22 23:54:01.565996578 +0200
++++ cgi.cabal	2015-02-22 23:54:35.682996339 +0200
+@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
+   ghc-options: -Wall
+ 
+   Build-depends:
+-    network >= 2.0,
++    network >= 2.6,
++    network-uri >= 2.6,
+     parsec >= 2.0,
+     mtl >= 1.0,
+     MonadCatchIO-mtl,