diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 63fbd06..216eab4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ _Note:_ You will need the ICU Unicode library and it's header files in order to
 be able to build Pontarius XMPP. On Debian, you will need to install the
 *libicu-dev* package. In Fedora, the package is called *libicu-devel*.
 
+_Note to GHC 7.0 users:_ You will need *cabal-install*, version *0.14.0* or
+higher, or the build will fail with an "unrecognized option:
+--disable-benchmarks" error. The versions *1.16.0* and higher might not build on
+your system; if so, install *0.14.0* with "cabal install cabal-install-0.14.0".
+
 The first thing to do is to import the modules that we are going to use. We are
 also using the OverloadedStrings LANGUAGE pragma in order to be able to type
 <code>Text</code> values like strings.
diff --git a/pontarius-xmpp.cabal b/pontarius-xmpp.cabal
index cbeacda..c3637a4 100644
--- a/pontarius-xmpp.cabal
+++ b/pontarius-xmpp.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:          pontarius-xmpp
 Version:       0.2.0.1
-Cabal-Version: >= 1.6
+Cabal-Version: >= 1.4
 Build-Type:    Simple
 License:       OtherLicense
 License-File:  LICENSE.md