diff --git a/Text/Feed/Import.hs b/Text/Feed/Import.hs
index 8fde5f9..c001cee 100644
--- a/Text/Feed/Import.hs
+++ b/Text/Feed/Import.hs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 --
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 module Text.Feed.Import
         ( parseFeedFromFile -- :: FilePath -> IO Feed
         , parseFeedString   -- :: String -> IO Feed
@@ -32,7 +33,12 @@ import Text.XML.Light.Lexer ( XmlSource )
 
 import Control.Monad
 
+#if MIN_VERSION_utf8_string(1,0,0)
+import Prelude as UTF8 (readFile)
+import Prelude
+#else
 import System.IO.UTF8 as UTF8 ( readFile )
+#endif
 
 -- | 'parseFeedFromFile fp' reads in the contents of the file at @fp@;
 -- the assumed encoding is UTF-8.