diff --git a/patching/patches/tasty-0.3.patch b/patching/patches/tasty-0.3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f3506a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patching/patches/tasty-0.3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+diff -ru orig/Test/Tasty/Options.hs new/Test/Tasty/Options.hs
+--- orig/Test/Tasty/Options.hs	2013-10-14 09:05:01.591238893 +0300
++++ new/Test/Tasty/Options.hs	2013-10-14 09:05:01.000000000 +0300
+@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
++{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+ {-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables, DeriveDataTypeable,
+              ExistentialQuantification, GADTs,
+              OverlappingInstances, FlexibleInstances, UndecidableInstances,
+@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@
+ import Data.Monoid
+ 
+ import Options.Applicative
++#if MIN_VERSION_optparse_applicative(0,6,0)
++import Options.Applicative.Types
++#endif
+ 
+ -- | An option is a data type that inhabits the `IsOption` type class.
+ class Typeable v => IsOption v where
+@@ -60,7 +64,11 @@
+       name = untag (optionName :: Tagged v String)
+       helpString = untag (optionHelp :: Tagged v String)
+       parse =
++#if MIN_VERSION_optparse_applicative(0,6,0)
++        ReadM . maybe (Left (ErrorMsg $ "Could not parse " ++ name)) Right .
++#else
+         maybe (Left (ErrorMsg $ "Could not parse " ++ name)) Right .
++#endif
+           parseValue
+ 
+ 
+diff -ru orig/Test/Tasty/UI.hs new/Test/Tasty/UI.hs
+--- orig/Test/Tasty/UI.hs	2013-10-14 09:05:01.591238893 +0300
++++ new/Test/Tasty/UI.hs	2013-10-14 09:05:01.000000000 +0300
+@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@
+ 
+   hSetBuffering stdout NoBuffering
+ 
++  -- Do not retain the reference to the tree more than necessary
++  _ <- evaluate alignment
++
+   st <-
+     flip execStateT initialState $ getApp $ fst $
+       foldTestTree