diff --git a/databases/hs-HDBC-mysql/Makefile b/databases/hs-HDBC-mysql/Makefile
index 0b46d0eddcd..caa900ab46f 100644
--- a/databases/hs-HDBC-mysql/Makefile
+++ b/databases/hs-HDBC-mysql/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.24 2016/08/30 15:01:28 dcoppa Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.25 2016/09/21 09:22:07 dcoppa Exp $
 
 COMMENT=		mysql driver for HDBC
 
-DISTNAME=		HDBC-mysql-0.6.6.4
+DISTNAME=		HDBC-mysql-0.7.0.0
 CATEGORIES=		databases
 
 HOMEPAGE=		https://github.com/bos/hdbc-mysql
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ MODULES=		lang/ghc
 
 MODGHC_BUILD=		cabal hackage haddock register
 
-MODGHC_PACKAGE_KEY =	0SFmcWquuxDEamxRT0O3BM
+MODGHC_PACKAGE_KEY =	B89nA9IKWpvEHMJpgDMAcx
 
 RUN_DEPENDS +=		databases/hs-HDBC>=2.1.0 \
 			databases/mariadb \
diff --git a/databases/hs-HDBC-mysql/distinfo b/databases/hs-HDBC-mysql/distinfo
index 9eba4ca767f..9f4acc4fc7d 100644
--- a/databases/hs-HDBC-mysql/distinfo
+++ b/databases/hs-HDBC-mysql/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (ghc/HDBC-mysql-0.6.6.4.tar.gz) = Ad+BkguaAFzZ4RRnql4FsQU00oSTP93DSZFADliIBIs=
-SIZE (ghc/HDBC-mysql-0.6.6.4.tar.gz) = 23135
+SHA256 (ghc/HDBC-mysql-0.7.0.0.tar.gz) = zEa3rmhAYpmKPrT45xBDbV4s7ZTgnUB3cRbPIKQ98eQ=
+SIZE (ghc/HDBC-mysql-0.7.0.0.tar.gz) = 23013
diff --git a/databases/hs-HDBC-mysql/patches/patch-HDBC-mysql_cabal b/databases/hs-HDBC-mysql/patches/patch-HDBC-mysql_cabal
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..23aa7096ecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/databases/hs-HDBC-mysql/patches/patch-HDBC-mysql_cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+$OpenBSD: patch-HDBC-mysql_cabal,v 1.3 2016/09/21 09:22:07 dcoppa Exp $
+--- HDBC-mysql.cabal.orig	Wed Sep 21 11:17:11 2016
++++ HDBC-mysql.cabal	Wed Sep 21 11:18:02 2016
+@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ homepage:         http://github.com/ryantm/hdbc-mysql
+ bug-reports:      http://github.com/ryantm/hdbc-mysql/issues
+ build-type:       Custom
+ tested-with:      GHC
+-cabal-version:    >= 1.24
++cabal-version:    >= 1.22
+ description:
+             This package provides a MySQL driver for HDBC, implemented via
+             bindings to the C @mysqlclient@ library.
+@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ extra-source-files:
+                    ChangeLog
+                    README.md
+ 
+-custom-setup
+-  setup-depends:
+-                base >= 4.9 && < 5,
+-                Cabal >= 1.24
+-
+ library
+   exposed-modules:  Database.HDBC.MySQL
+   other-modules:
+@@ -32,7 +27,7 @@ library
+                 Database.HDBC.MySQL.RTS
+   build-depends:
+                 HDBC >= 2.1.0,
+-                base >= 4.9 && < 5,
++                base >= 2 && < 4.9,
+                 bytestring,
+                 time,
+                 utf8-string
diff --git a/databases/hs-HDBC-mysql/patches/patch-Setup_lhs b/databases/hs-HDBC-mysql/patches/patch-Setup_lhs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f49c81728e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/databases/hs-HDBC-mysql/patches/patch-Setup_lhs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+$OpenBSD: patch-Setup_lhs,v 1.3 2016/09/21 09:22:07 dcoppa Exp $
+--- Setup.lhs.orig	Wed Sep 21 09:22:29 2016
++++ Setup.lhs	Wed Sep 21 09:22:36 2016
+@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ main = defaultMainWithHooks simpleUserHooks {
+ 
+ mysqlConfigProgram = (simpleProgram "mysql_config") {
+     programFindLocation = \verbosity _ -> do
+-      mysql_config  <- findProgramOnSearchPath verbosity defaultProgramSearchPath "mysql_config"
+-      mysql_config5 <- findProgramOnSearchPath verbosity defaultProgramSearchPath "mysql_config5"
++      mysql_config  <- findProgramLocation verbosity "mysql_config" 
++      mysql_config5 <- findProgramLocation verbosity "mysql_config5"
+       return (mysql_config `mplus` mysql_config5)
+   }
+