diff --git a/packagelibs.sh b/packagelibs.sh
index 9531fdcc..9129ab6a 100755
--- a/packagelibs.sh
+++ b/packagelibs.sh
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 if [[ $1 == "" ]] ; then
     echo "Usage: ./packagelibs.sh version"
 else
-    tar -cjf haste-libs-$1.tar.bz2 --exclude-backups '--exclude=*.hi' '--exclude=*.o' include libraries/rts.pkg libraries/haste-lib/{haste-lib.cabal,src/{Haste.hs,Haste},LICENSE} libraries/time libraries/ghc-7.8/{array/{array.cabal,Data,include,LICENSE,Setup.hs},base/{base.cabal,Control,Data,Debug,Foreign,Foreign.hs,GHC,Haste,include,LICENSE,Numeric.hs,Prelude.hs,Setup.hs,System,Text,Unsafe},ghc-prim/{ghc-prim.cabal,GHC,LICENSE,packageconfig},integer-gmp/{integer-gmp.cabal,GHC,LICENSE,Setup.hs}}
+    tar -cjf haste-libs-$1.tar.bz2 --exclude-backups '--exclude=*.hi' '--exclude=*.o' include popcache/{configure,LICENSE,haste-populate-configure.cabal,Setup.hs} libraries/rts.pkg libraries/haste-lib/{haste-lib.cabal,src/{Haste.hs,Haste},LICENSE} libraries/time libraries/ghc-7.8/{array/{array.cabal,Data,include,LICENSE,Setup.hs},base/{base.cabal,Control,Data,Debug,Foreign,Foreign.hs,GHC,Haste,include,LICENSE,Numeric.hs,Prelude.hs,Setup.hs,System,Text,Unsafe},ghc-prim/{ghc-prim.cabal,GHC,LICENSE,packageconfig},integer-gmp/{integer-gmp.cabal,GHC,LICENSE,Setup.hs}}
 fi
diff --git a/popcache/LICENSE b/popcache/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/popcache/Setup.hs b/popcache/Setup.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a994af6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/popcache/Setup.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/popcache/configure b/popcache/configure
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/popcache/haste-populate-configure.cabal b/popcache/haste-populate-configure.cabal
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b38aa34b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/popcache/haste-populate-configure.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+-- Initial haste-populate-configure.cabal generated by cabal init.  For 
+-- further documentation, see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
+
+name:                haste-populate-configure
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            Dummy package with build type configure for populating setup-exe-cache.
+-- description:         
+license:             PublicDomain
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Anton Ekblad
+maintainer:          anton@ekblad.cc
+-- copyright:           
+-- category:            
+build-type:          Simple
+-- extra-source-files:  
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+library
+  -- exposed-modules:     
+  -- other-modules:       
+  -- other-extensions:    
+  build-depends:       base >=4.7 && <4.8
+  -- hs-source-dirs:      
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/haste-boot.hs b/src/haste-boot.hs
index 4d03b6a1..17013e27 100644
--- a/src/haste-boot.hs
+++ b/src/haste-boot.hs
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ bootHaste cfg tmpdir = inDirectory tmpdir $ do
     when (populateSetupExeCache cfg) $ do
       void $ run "cabal" ["update"] ""
       void $ run "cabal" ["install", "-j", "populate-setup-exe-cache"] ""
+      inDirectory "popcache" . void $ run "cabal" ["install", "-j"] ""
+      void $ run "ghc-pkg" ["unregister", "haste-populate-configure"] ""
       void $ run "ghc-pkg" ["unregister", "populate-setup-exe-cache"] ""
     when (not $ useLocalLibs cfg) $ do
       fetchLibs tmpdir
@@ -224,6 +226,7 @@ buildLibs cfg = do
       -- Install time
       inDirectory "time" $ do
         run_ "autoreconf" [] ""
+        run_ "cabal" ["configure"] ""
         hasteCabal ("install" : ghcOpts)
 
       -- Export monads-tf; it seems to be hidden by default