diff --git a/src/Graphics/Svg/Core.hs b/src/Graphics/Svg/Core.hs
index 4a8fa9a..bd16b5e 100644
--- a/src/Graphics/Svg/Core.hs
+++ b/src/Graphics/Svg/Core.hs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP               #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies      #-}
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ import           Data.ByteString.Lazy (ByteString)
 import           Data.Hashable (Hashable(..))
 import           Data.HashMap.Strict (HashMap)
 import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict as M
-import           Data.Monoid
+import           Data.Monoid (Monoid(..))
+import           Data.Semigroup (Semigroup(..))
 import           Data.String
 import           Data.Text (Text)
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as LT
@@ -61,9 +63,14 @@ newtype Element = Element (HashMap Text Text -> Builder)
 instance Show Element where
   show e = LT.unpack . renderText $ e
 
+instance Semigroup Element where
+  Element e1 <> Element e2 = Element (e1 <> e2)
+
 instance Monoid Element where
   mempty = Element mempty
-  mappend (Element e1) (Element e2) = Element (e1 <> e2)
+#if !(MIN_VERSION_base(4,11,0))
+  mappend = (<>)
+#endif
 
 instance IsString Element where
   fromString = toElement
@@ -140,7 +147,7 @@ makeElementNoEnd name = Element $ \a -> go a
 
 -- | Folding and monoidally appending attributes.
 foldlMapWithKey :: Monoid m => (k -> v -> m) -> HashMap k v -> m
-foldlMapWithKey f = M.foldlWithKey' (\m k v -> m <> f k v) mempty
+foldlMapWithKey f = M.foldlWithKey' (\m k v -> m `mappend` f k v) mempty
 
 s2b :: String -> Builder
 s2b = BB.fromString
diff --git a/svg-builder.cabal b/svg-builder.cabal
index d0f0b33..7459839 100644
--- a/svg-builder.cabal
+++ b/svg-builder.cabal
@@ -31,5 +31,7 @@ library
                        hashable              >= 1.1   && < 1.3,
                        text                  >= 0.11  && < 1.3,
                        unordered-containers  >= 0.2 && < 0.3
+  if !impl(ghc >= 8.0)
+    build-depends:     semigroups            >= 0.16.1 && < 0.19
   hs-source-dirs:      src
   default-language:    Haskell2010