diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/common.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/common.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de36925368d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/common.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ version, sha256 }:
+
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, python2Packages }:
+
+let name = "scons";
+in python2Packages.buildPythonApplication {
+  name = "${name}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/scons/${name}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    inherit sha256;
+  };
+
+  # Fix a regression in 3.0.0 (causes build errors for some packages)
+  patches = stdenv.lib.optional (version == "3.0.0") ./print-statements.patch;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://scons.org/;
+    description = "An improved, cross-platform substitute for Make";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    longDescription = ''
+      SCons is an Open Source software construction tool. Think of
+      SCons as an improved, cross-platform substitute for the classic
+      Make utility with integrated functionality similar to
+      autoconf/automake and compiler caches such as ccache. In short,
+      SCons is an easier, more reliable and faster way to build
+      software.
+    '';
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ primeos ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.nix
index 1b2a8220361..8e40777815c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.nix
@@ -1,30 +1,14 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, python2Packages}:
+{ callPackage, stdenv }:
 
 let
-  name = "scons";
-  version = "2.5.1";
-in python2Packages.buildPythonApplication {
-  name = "${name}-${version}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/scons/${name}-${version}.tar.gz";
+  mkScons = args: callPackage (import ./common.nix args) { };
+in {
+  scons_2_5_1 = mkScons {
+    version = "2.5.1";
     sha256 = "1wji1z9jdkhnmm99apx6fhld9cs52rr56aigniyrcsmlwy52298b";
   };
-  # No tests
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://scons.org/;
-    description = "An improved, cross-platform substitute for Make";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
-    longDescription = ''
-      SCons is an Open Source software construction tool. Think of
-      SCons as an improved, cross-platform substitute for the classic
-      Make utility with integrated functionality similar to
-      autoconf/automake and compiler caches such as ccache. In short,
-      SCons is an easier, more reliable and faster way to build
-      software.
-    '';
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  scons_3_0_0 = mkScons {
+    version = "3.0.0";
+    sha256 = "05jjykllk4icnq6gfrkgkbc4ggxm7983q6r33mrhpilqbd02ylqg";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.upstream b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.upstream
deleted file mode 100644
index f9dae2818c8..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.upstream
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-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/development/tools/build-managers/scons/print-statements.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/print-statements.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a963bf78aba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/print-statements.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/Script/SConscript.py b/src/engine/SCons/Script/SConscript.py
+index 558e28f9..8fea9c4d 100644
+--- src/engine/SCons/Script/SConscript.py
++++ src/engine/SCons/Script/SConscript.py
+@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
+ 
+ """
+ 
+-from __future__ import print_function
+-
+ #
+ # __COPYRIGHT__
+ #
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2ced90b2d0f..1b362df2e59 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7536,7 +7536,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   selendroid = callPackage ../development/tools/selenium/selendroid { };
 
-  scons = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/scons { };
+  sconsPackages = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/scons { };
+  scons = sconsPackages.scons_3_0_0;
+  scons_2_5_1 = sconsPackages.scons_2_5_1;
 
   sbt = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/sbt { };
   sbt-with-scala-native = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/sbt/scala-native.nix { };