diff --git a/Control/DeepSeq.hs b/Control/DeepSeq.hs
index f451b1bff5ebd71f7d61282e533ca0ceca486c3f..c6bd510c6033ec3f3182c4b498e4348464ffda72 100644
--- a/Control/DeepSeq.hs
+++ b/Control/DeepSeq.hs
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ import Data.Complex
 import Data.Array
 import Data.Fixed
 import Data.Version
+#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,8,0)
+import Numeric.Natural ( Natural )
+#endif
 
 #if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 702
 import GHC.Generics
@@ -208,6 +211,11 @@ instance NFData Word16   where rnf !_ = ()
 instance NFData Word32   where rnf !_ = ()
 instance NFData Word64   where rnf !_ = ()
 
+#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,8,0)
+-- |/Since: 1.4.0.0/
+instance NFData Natural  where rnf !_ = ()
+#endif
+
 -- |/Since: 1.3.0.0/
 instance NFData (Fixed a) where rnf !_ = ()
 
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 9d1b80d3442c74d9934b7829e0122b59f4fa315e..dd0170e9bb6f9d0a087681b29e9264a9bce1e7b1 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 
         instance NFData XYZ where rnf x = seq x ()
 
+  * New `NFData` instances for `base` types:
+     - `Numeric.Natural.Natural`
+
 ## 1.3.0.2  *Nov 2013*
 
   * Bundled with GHC 7.8.1