diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion/default.nix
index 6d5e6983e1b..6ba60aa0f68 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 , saslSupport ? false
 , stdenv, fetchurl, apr, aprutil, neon, zlib, sqlite
 , httpd ? null, expat, swig ? null, jdk ? null, python ? null, perl ? null
-, sasl ? null
+, sasl ? null, serf ? null
 }:
 
 assert bdbSupport -> aprutil.bdbSupport;
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ zlib apr aprutil sqlite ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional httpSupport neon
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional httpSupport serf
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional pythonBindings python
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional perlBindings perl
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional saslSupport sasl;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ${if javahlBindings then "--enable-javahl --with-jdk=${jdk}" else ""}
     ${if stdenv.isDarwin then "--enable-keychain" else "--disable-keychain"}
     ${if saslSupport then "--enable-sasl --with-sasl=${sasl}" else "--disable-sasl"}
+    ${if httpSupport then "--enable-serf --with-serf=${serf}" else "--disable-serf"}
     --with-zlib=${zlib}
     --with-sqlite=${sqlite}
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/serf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/serf/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8a7592547c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/serf/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, apr, scons, openssl, aprutil, zlib, krb5, pkgconfig}:
+let
+  s = # Generated upstream information
+  rec {
+    baseName="serf";
+    version="1.3.3";
+    name="${baseName}-${version}";
+    hash="0axdz1bbdrgvrsqmy1j0kx54y1hhhs6xmc1j7jz4fqr9fr0y1sh2";
+    url="https://serf.googlecode.com/files/serf-1.3.3.tar.bz2";
+    sha256="0axdz1bbdrgvrsqmy1j0kx54y1hhhs6xmc1j7jz4fqr9fr0y1sh2";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [
+    apr scons openssl aprutil zlib krb5 pkgconfig
+  ];
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  inherit (s) name version;
+  inherit buildInputs;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    inherit (s) url sha256;
+  };
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    sed -e '/^env[.]Append(BUILDERS/ienv.Append(ENV={"PATH":os.environ["PATH"]})' -i SConstruct
+    sed -e '/^env[.]Append(BUILDERS/ienv.Append(ENV={"NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE":os.environ["NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE"]})' -i SConstruct
+    sed -e '/^env[.]Append(BUILDERS/ienv.Append(ENV={"NIX_LDFLAGS":os.environ["NIX_LDFLAGS"]})' -i SConstruct
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    scons PREFIX="$out" OPENSSL="${openssl}" ZLIB="${zlib}" APR="$(echo "${apr}"/bin/*-config)" \
+        APU="$(echo "${aprutil}"/bin/*-config)" GSSAPI="${krb5}" CC="${stdenv.gcc}/bin/gcc" 
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    scons install
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    inherit (s) version;
+    description = "HTTP client library based on APR";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.asl20 ;
+    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/serf/default.upstream b/pkgs/development/libraries/serf/default.upstream
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a081905759e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/serf/default.upstream
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+url https://code.google.com/p/serf/downloads/list
+version_link '[.]tar[.][a-z0-9]+$'
+process 'code[.]google[.]com//' ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.nix
index ddd8927a9a4..8139d6e28c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 let
   name = "scons";
-  version = "2.1.0";
+  version = "2.3.0";
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/scons/${name}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "4139ed14f60dd2ebcd47c59984d14705636180eb27b3d1b2949489e514b1921d";
+    sha256 = "0jrv8v5dpdp231n1gsfmirqy27f7qas6m255jjm2qjygk6chchll";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [python makeWrapper];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.upstream b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.upstream
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f9dae2818c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.upstream
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+url http://sourceforge.net/projects/scons/files/scons/
+SF_version_dir
+version_link '[.]tar[.]gz/download$'
+SF_redirect
+ensure_hash
+
+do_overwrite() {
+  set_var_value version "$CURRENT_VERSION"
+  set_var_value sha256 "$CURRENT_HASH"
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3ae64ee5703..d479c74d6eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5647,6 +5647,8 @@ let
   SDL2_gfx = callPackage ../development/libraries/SDL2_gfx { };
 
   serd = callPackage ../development/libraries/serd {};
+  
+  serf = callPackage ../development/libraries/serf {};
 
   silgraphite = callPackage ../development/libraries/silgraphite {};
   graphite2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/silgraphite/graphite2.nix {};