diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 3c007ca..270b7e4 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
     "url": "git://github.com/paf31/purescript-nonempty.git"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "purescript-foldable-traversable": "^1.0.0"
+    "purescript-foldable-traversable": "^1.0.0",
+    "purescript-generics": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "purescript-console": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/src/Data/NonEmpty.purs b/src/Data/NonEmpty.purs
index 36bfcc9..edde167 100644
--- a/src/Data/NonEmpty.purs
+++ b/src/Data/NonEmpty.purs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import Control.Alternative (class Alternative)
 import Control.Plus (class Plus, empty)
 
 import Data.Foldable (class Foldable, foldl, foldr, foldMap)
+import Data.Generic (class Generic)
 import Data.Traversable (class Traversable, traverse, sequence)
 
 -- | A non-empty container of elements of type a.
@@ -78,6 +79,8 @@ instance ordNonEmpty :: (Ord a, Ord (f a)) => Ord (NonEmpty f a) where
       EQ -> compare fa1 fa2
       other -> other
 
+derive instance genericNonEmpty :: (Generic (f a), Generic a) => Generic (NonEmpty f a)
+
 instance functorNonEmpty :: Functor f => Functor (NonEmpty f) where
   map f (a :| fa) = f a :| map f fa