diff --git a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Debug.hs b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Debug.hs
index 0fbb8f5..9f391cc 100644
--- a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Debug.hs
+++ b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Debug.hs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import Data.Char
 import Data.Version
 import Data.List.Split
 import System.Directory
-import Text.PrettyPrint
+import Pretty
 import Language.Haskell.GhcMod.Monad
 import Language.Haskell.GhcMod.Types
 import Language.Haskell.GhcMod.Internal
diff --git a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Error.hs b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Error.hs
index 4ec373c..362c06e 100644
--- a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Error.hs
+++ b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Error.hs
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ import qualified Data.Set as Set
 import Data.List
 import Data.Version
 import System.Process (showCommandForUser)
-import Text.PrettyPrint
 import Text.Printf
 
 import Exception
 import Panic
+import Pretty
 import Config (cProjectVersion, cHostPlatformString)
 import Paths_ghc_mod (version)
 
diff --git a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/FillSig.hs b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/FillSig.hs
index 3e03ec0..c58e248 100644
--- a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/FillSig.hs
+++ b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/FillSig.hs
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ import Data.Functor
 import Data.List (find, nub, sortBy)
 import qualified Data.Map as M
 import Data.Maybe (catMaybes)
-import Text.PrettyPrint (($$), text, nest)
 import Prelude
 
 import Exception (ghandle, SomeException(..))
 import GHC (GhcMonad, Id, ParsedModule(..), TypecheckedModule(..), DynFlags,
             SrcSpan, Type, GenLocated(L))
+import Pretty (($$), text, nest)
 import qualified GHC as G
 import qualified Name as G
 import Outputable (PprStyle)
diff --git a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/HomeModuleGraph.hs b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/HomeModuleGraph.hs
index e9e2a85..bb1f350 100644
--- a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/HomeModuleGraph.hs
+++ b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/HomeModuleGraph.hs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import Exception
 import Finder
 import GHC
 import HscTypes
+import Pretty
 
 import Control.Arrow ((&&&))
 import Control.Applicative
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ updateHomeModuleGraph' env smp0 = do
           Left errs -> do
             -- TODO: Remember these and present them as proper errors if this is
             -- the file the user is looking at.
-            gmLog GmWarning ("preprocess " ++ show fn) $ Monoid.mempty $+$ (vcat $ map text errs)
+            gmLog GmWarning ("preprocess " ++ show fn) $ Pretty.empty $+$ (vcat $ map text errs)
             return Nothing
 
 
diff --git a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Logger.hs b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Logger.hs
index 74e88f0..62c6e0f 100644
--- a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Logger.hs
+++ b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Logger.hs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import Data.Function
 import Control.Monad.Reader (Reader, ask, runReader)
 import Data.IORef (IORef, newIORef, readIORef, writeIORef, modifyIORef)
 import System.FilePath (normalise)
-import Text.PrettyPrint
 
 import ErrUtils
 import GHC
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ import Language.Haskell.GhcMod.DynFlags (withDynFlags)
 import Language.Haskell.GhcMod.Monad.Types
 import Language.Haskell.GhcMod.Error
 import Language.Haskell.GhcMod.Utils (mkRevRedirMapFunc)
+import Language.Haskell.GhcMod.Pretty
 import qualified Language.Haskell.GhcMod.Gap as Gap
 import Prelude
 
diff --git a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Logging.hs b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Logging.hs
index a7768ff..14f021d 100644
--- a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Logging.hs
+++ b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Logging.hs
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ module Language.Haskell.GhcMod.Logging (
     module Language.Haskell.GhcMod.Logging
   , module Language.Haskell.GhcMod.Pretty
   , GmLogLevel(..)
-  , module Text.PrettyPrint
   , module Data.Monoid
+  , module Pretty
   ) where
 
 import Control.Applicative hiding (empty)
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ import Data.Monoid
 import Data.Maybe
 import System.IO
 import System.FilePath
-import Text.PrettyPrint hiding (style, (<>))
 import Prelude
 
+import Pretty hiding (style, (<>))
+
 import Language.Haskell.GhcMod.Monad.Types
 import Language.Haskell.GhcMod.Types
 import Language.Haskell.GhcMod.Pretty
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ gmLog level loc' doc = do
   let loc | loc' == "" = empty
           | otherwise = text loc' <+>: empty
       msgDoc = sep [loc, doc]
-      msg = dropWhileEnd isSpace $ gmRenderDoc $ gmLogLevelDoc level <+>: msgDoc
+      msg = dropWhileEnd isSpace $ render $ gmLogLevelDoc level <+>: msgDoc
 
   when (level <= level') $ gmErrStrLn msg
   gmLogQuiet level loc' doc
diff --git a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Pretty.hs b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Pretty.hs
index b2d9e7d..2e498e9 100644
--- a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Pretty.hs
+++ b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Pretty.hs
@@ -20,15 +20,24 @@ import Control.Arrow hiding ((<+>))
 import Data.Char
 import Data.List
 import Distribution.Helper
-import Text.PrettyPrint
+import Pretty
+import GHC
+import Outputable (SDoc, withPprStyleDoc)
 
 import Language.Haskell.GhcMod.Types
+import Language.Haskell.GhcMod.Doc
 
 docStyle :: Style
 docStyle = style { ribbonsPerLine = 1.2 }
 
-gmRenderDoc :: Doc -> String
-gmRenderDoc = renderStyle docStyle
+render :: Doc -> String
+render = renderStyle docStyle
+
+renderSDoc :: GhcMonad m => SDoc -> m Doc
+renderSDoc sdoc = do
+  df <- getSessionDynFlags
+  ppsty <- getStyle
+  return $ withPprStyleDoc df ppsty sdoc
 
 gmComponentNameDoc :: ChComponentName -> Doc
 gmComponentNameDoc ChSetupHsName   = text $ "Setup.hs"
diff --git a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Target.hs b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Target.hs
index 30b461b..64fbfdf 100644
--- a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Target.hs
+++ b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Target.hs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import GHC.Paths (libdir)
 import SysTools
 import DynFlags
 import HscTypes
+import Pretty
 
 import Language.Haskell.GhcMod.DynFlags
 import Language.Haskell.GhcMod.Monad.Types
@@ -393,7 +394,7 @@ resolveModule env srcDirs (Left fn') = do
           case emn of
               Left errs -> do
                 gmLog GmWarning ("resolveModule " ++ show fn) $
-                  Monoid.mempty $+$ (vcat $ map text errs)
+                  Pretty.empty $+$ (vcat $ map text errs)
                 return Nothing -- TODO: should expose these errors otherwise
                                -- modules with preprocessor/parse errors are
                                -- going to be missing
diff --git a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Types.hs b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Types.hs
index 2be44cc..4836abb 100644
--- a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Types.hs
+++ b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Types.hs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import qualified MonadUtils as GHC (MonadIO(..))
 import GHC (ModuleName, moduleNameString, mkModuleName)
 import HscTypes (HscEnv)
 import GHC.Generics
-import Text.PrettyPrint (Doc)
+import Pretty (Doc)
 import Prelude
 
 import Language.Haskell.GhcMod.Caching.Types
diff --git a/ghc-mod.cabal b/ghc-mod.cabal
index 062dbfa..a14a02e 100644
--- a/ghc-mod.cabal
+++ b/ghc-mod.cabal
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ Library
                       , hlint             < 1.10 && >= 1.9.27
                       , monad-journal     < 0.8 && >= 0.4
                       , old-time          < 1.2
-                      , pretty            < 1.2
                       , process           < 1.5
                       , syb               < 0.7
                       , temporary         < 1.3
@@ -224,7 +223,6 @@ Executable ghc-mod
   Build-Depends:        base      < 5 && >= 4.0
                       , directory < 1.3
                       , filepath  < 1.5
-                      , pretty    < 1.2
                       , process   < 1.5
                       , split     < 0.3
                       , mtl       < 2.3 && >= 2.0
@@ -306,7 +304,6 @@ Benchmark criterion
   Build-Depends:        base
                       , directory < 1.3
                       , filepath  < 1.5
-                      , pretty    < 1.2
                       , process   < 1.5
                       , split     < 0.3
                       , mtl       < 2.3 && >= 2.0
diff --git a/src/GHCMod.hs b/src/GHCMod.hs
index ed28d56..1cc11d7 100644
--- a/src/GHCMod.hs
+++ b/src/GHCMod.hs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import System.Directory (setCurrentDirectory, getAppUserDataDirectory,
                         removeDirectoryRecursive)
 import System.IO
 import System.Exit
-import Text.PrettyPrint hiding ((<>))
+import Pretty hiding ((<>))
 import GHCMod.Options
 import Prelude