diff --git a/dev-haskell/hledger-lib/Manifest b/dev-haskell/hledger-lib/Manifest
index 2f9cc37549..95f62492ac 100644
--- a/dev-haskell/hledger-lib/Manifest
+++ b/dev-haskell/hledger-lib/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 DIST hledger-lib-0.16.1.tar.gz 74036 RMD160 e1a5698d43596b16665a0157ce5001bfd2dd9b70 SHA1 8dfbfe6b235b851b93b16b6ffc9c5d5e9a9b376b SHA256 4d87ea3f511942e2bc3897fd290955821da6a3d32bc3a7a938b95bf767833596
-EBUILD hledger-lib-0.16.1.ebuild 822 RMD160 12acbbbe2b17b5bfc03b73053d9351b00f999f18 SHA1 c387b64bdd20e9459c96f236d843405f6ad699c4 SHA256 a171ad56b32b608814cb3c01e7d924675397a84b3ceeeee951578f22a2c70cb2
+EBUILD hledger-lib-0.16.1.ebuild 975 RMD160 437b6cf824cc1f16adf2a63d96903146539a0e66 SHA1 df38286cf2aad582fd511398f389f5b96df35852 SHA256 8c49a89347ffeffb5cd0f1a08aa708f63888effefefd16d6980f5111d7c21efc
diff --git a/dev-haskell/hledger-lib/hledger-lib-0.16.1.ebuild b/dev-haskell/hledger-lib/hledger-lib-0.16.1.ebuild
index 40b53389ff..1971cb669b 100644
--- a/dev-haskell/hledger-lib/hledger-lib-0.16.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-haskell/hledger-lib/hledger-lib-0.16.1.ebuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
-RDEPEND="=dev-haskell/cmdargs-0.8*
+RDEPEND="=dev-haskell/cmdargs-0.9*
 		dev-haskell/hunit
 		dev-haskell/mtl
 		dev-haskell/parsec
@@ -31,3 +31,8 @@ RDEPEND="=dev-haskell/cmdargs-0.8*
 		>=dev-lang/ghc-6.10.1"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 		>=dev-haskell/cabal-1.6"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	sed -e 's@cmdargs >= 0.8   && < 0.9@cmdargs >= 0.8   \&\& < 0.10@g' \
+		-i "${S}/${PN}.cabal" || die "Could not loosen dependencies"
+}