diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/argtable/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/argtable/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bf953d87fe2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/argtable/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "argtable";
+  version = "3.1.5";
+  srcVersion = "v${version}.1c1bb23";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "argtable";
+    repo = "argtable3";
+    rev = srcVersion;
+    sha256 = "sha256-sL6mnxsuL1K0DY26jLF/2Czo0RxHYJ3xU3VyavISiMM=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs tools/build
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://argtable.org";
+    description = "A single-file, ANSI C command-line parsing library";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Argtable is an open source ANSI C library that parses GNU-style
+      command-line options. It simplifies command-line parsing by defining a
+      declarative-style API that you can use to specify what your command-line
+      syntax looks like. Argtable will automatically generate consistent error
+      handling logic and textual descriptions of the command line syntax, which
+      are essential but tedious to implement for a robust CLI program.
+    '';
+    license = with licenses; bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres artuuge ];
+    platforms = with platforms; all;
+  };
+}
+# TODO [ AndersonTorres ]: a NixOS test suite
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libjson-rpc-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libjson-rpc-cpp/default.nix
index 03d77c11bec3..aa23b3f8eafa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libjson-rpc-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libjson-rpc-cpp/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,47 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, jsoncpp, argtable, curl, libmicrohttpd
-, doxygen, catch, pkgconfig
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, pkg-config
+, cmake
+, argtable
+, catch2
+, curl
+, doxygen
+, hiredis
+, jsoncpp
+, libmicrohttpd
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libjson-rpc-cpp";
-  version = "0.7.0";
+  version = "1.3.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "cinemast";
     repo = "libjson-rpc-cpp";
-    sha256 = "07bg4nyvx0yyhy8c4x9i22kwqpx5jlv36dvpabgbb46ayyndhr7a";
+    sha256 = "sha256-EAakiqlfMprwLjloDekOssaB/EnAmn5njcwHGZtYs9w=";
     rev = "v${version}";
   };
 
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${catch}/include/catch";
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${catch2}/include/catch2";
+
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "int-to-MHD_Result.patch";
+      url = "https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/cinemast/libjson-rpc-cpp/pull/299.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-hiey6etzbOxhMElTMX7offKbey7c2OO/UWeN03k0AaM=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config cmake doxygen ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    argtable
+    catch2
+    curl
+    hiredis
+    jsoncpp
+    libmicrohttpd
+  ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     for f in cmake/FindArgtable.cmake \
@@ -26,37 +54,43 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i -re 's#MATCHES "jsoncpp"#MATCHES ".*/jsoncpp/json$"#g' cmake/FindJsoncpp.cmake
   '';
 
-  configurePhase = ''
+  preConfigure = ''
     mkdir -p Build/Install
     pushd Build
-
-    cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(pwd)/Install \
-             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
   '';
 
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out
+  # this hack is needed because the cmake scripts
+  # require write permission to absolute paths
+  configurePhase = ''
+    runHook preConfigure
+    cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(pwd)/Install \
+             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+    runHook postConfigure
+  '';
 
+  preInstall = ''
     function fixRunPath {
       p=$(patchelf --print-rpath $1)
       q="$p:${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ jsoncpp argtable libmicrohttpd curl ]}:$out/lib"
       patchelf --set-rpath $q $1
     }
 
-    make install
+    mkdir -p $out
+  '';
 
-    sed -i -re "s#-([LI]).*/Build/Install(.*)#-\1$out\2#g" Install/lib/pkgconfig/*.pc
-    for f in Install/lib/*.so* $(find Install/bin -executable -type f); do
+  postInstall = ''
+    sed -i -re "s#-([LI]).*/Build/Install(.*)#-\1$out\2#g" Install/lib64/pkgconfig/*.pc
+    for f in Install/lib64/*.so* $(find Install/bin -executable -type f); do
       fixRunPath $f
     done
-
     cp -r Install/* $out
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ cmake jsoncpp argtable curl libmicrohttpd doxygen catch ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    make install
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "C++ framework for json-rpc (json remote procedure call)";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/0.9.72.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/0.9.72.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8eeb94cdc295
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/0.9.72.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{ stdenv, callPackage, fetchurl }:
+
+callPackage ./generic.nix ( rec {
+  version = "0.9.72";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/libmicrohttpd/libmicrohttpd-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Cugl+ODX9BIB/USg3xz0VMHLC8UP6dWcJlUiYCZML/g=";
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/argtable/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/argtable/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 867b2eaba5d0..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/argtable/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv 
-, fetchgit
-}:
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "argtable";
-  version = "3.0.1";
-
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://github.com/argtable/argtable3.git";
-    rev = "de93cfd85f755250285b337cba053a709a270721";
-    sha256 = "0fbvk78s3dwryrzgafdra0lb8w7lb873c6xgldl94ps9828x85i3";
-  };
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    gcc -shared -o libargtable3.so -fPIC argtable3.c
-
-    pushd tests
-    make
-    popd
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/include
-    cp argtable3.h $out/include
-
-    mkdir -p $out/lib
-    cp libargtable3.so $out/lib
-
-    mkdir -p $out/src
-    cp argtable3.c $out/src
-    cp -r examples $out/src
-    ln -s $out/include/argtable3.h $out/src/argtable3.h
-  '';
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = "https://www.argtable.org/";
-    description = "A Cross-Platform, Single-File, ANSI C Command-Line Parsing Library";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ artuuge ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index de3a63f99320..711c3a0f2afb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -905,14 +905,14 @@ in
 
   apitrace = libsForQt514.callPackage ../applications/graphics/apitrace {};
 
+  argtable = callPackage ../development/libraries/argtable { };
+
   arguments = callPackage ../development/libraries/arguments { };
 
   argus = callPackage ../tools/networking/argus {};
 
   argus-clients = callPackage ../tools/networking/argus-clients {};
 
-  argtable = callPackage ../tools/misc/argtable {};
-
   argyllcms = callPackage ../tools/graphics/argyllcms {};
 
   arp-scan = callPackage ../tools/misc/arp-scan { };
@@ -14671,7 +14671,9 @@ in
 
   libjreen = callPackage ../development/libraries/libjreen { };
 
-  libjson-rpc-cpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libjson-rpc-cpp { };
+  libjson-rpc-cpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libjson-rpc-cpp {
+    libmicrohttpd = libmicrohttpd_0_9_72;
+  };
 
   libkate = callPackage ../development/libraries/libkate { };
 
@@ -14710,6 +14712,7 @@ in
 
   libmicrohttpd_0_9_70 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/0.9.70.nix { };
   libmicrohttpd_0_9_71 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/0.9.71.nix { };
+  libmicrohttpd_0_9_72 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/0.9.72.nix { };
   libmicrohttpd = libmicrohttpd_0_9_71;
 
   libmikmod = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmikmod {