diff --git a/Build/EvilSplicer.hs b/Build/EvilSplicer.hs
index 1fd64670b1..70fe2d5bef 100644
--- a/Build/EvilSplicer.hs
+++ b/Build/EvilSplicer.hs
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ expandExpressionSplice sp lls = concat [before, spliced:padding, end]
 {- Tweaks code output by GHC in splices to actually build. Yipes. -}
 mangleCode :: String -> String
 mangleCode = flip_colon
+	. persist_dequalify_hack
 	. remove_unnecessary_type_signatures
 	. lambdaparenhack
 	. lambdaparens
@@ -554,6 +555,13 @@ mangleCode = flip_colon
 	 - The ; is added by case_layout. -}
 	flip_colon = replace "; : _ " "; _ : "
 
+	{- TH for persistent has some qualified symbols in places
+	 - that are not allowed. -}
+	persist_dequalify_hack = replace "Database.Persist.TH.++" "++"
+		. replace "Database.Persist.Sql.Class.sqlType" "sqlType"
+		. replace "Database.Persist.Class.PersistField.toPersistValue" "toPersistValue"
+		. replace "Database.Persist.Class.PersistField.fromPersistValue" "fromPersistValue"
+
 {- Embedded files use unsafe packing, which is problimatic
  - for several reasons, including that GHC sometimes omits trailing
  - newlines in the file content, which leads to the wrong byte
diff --git a/standalone/no-th/evilsplicer-headers.hs b/standalone/no-th/evilsplicer-headers.hs
index 1ba0f3dc3e..68a1eb3b25 100644
--- a/standalone/no-th/evilsplicer-headers.hs
+++ b/standalone/no-th/evilsplicer-headers.hs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import qualified Data.ByteString.Unsafe
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8
 import qualified Database.Persist.Class as Database.Persist.Class.PersistField
 import qualified Database.Persist.Sql as Database.Persist.Sql.Class
+import qualified Database.Persist.Sql.Class as Database.Persist.Types.Base
 {- End EvilSplicer headers. -}