diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/girara/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/girara/default.nix
index b25d347ec87..3a7e5da1e73 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/girara/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/girara/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk, gettext }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk, gettext, ncurses }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "girara-0.2.2";
+  name = "girara-0.2.3";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://pwmt.org/projects/girara/download/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0lv6wqhx2avdxj6yx111jfs4j32r0xzmmkhy7pgzxpf73kgxz0k3";
+    sha256 = "1phfmqp8y17zcy9yi6pm2f80x8ldbk60iswpm4bmjz5217jwqzxh";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig gtk gettext ];
 
-  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+  makeFlags = [
+    "PREFIX=$(out)"
+    "TPUT=${ncurses}/bin/tput"
+  ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://pwmt.org/projects/girara/;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
index 5f44f79ebcd..718670f569b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk, girara, gettext, docutils, file, makeWrapper, zathura_icon }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk, girara, ncurses, gettext, docutils, file, makeWrapper, zathura_icon }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.2.9";
+  version = "0.3.1";
   name = "zathura-core-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/download/zathura-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "17z05skjk95115ajp6459k1djadza1w8kck7jn1qnd697r01s1rc";
+    sha256 = "1wwjj7vnzpkvn83674mapapvl2qsn7y44w17lq63283j1lic00mm";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig file gtk girara gettext makeWrapper ];
 
-  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" "RSTTOMAN=${docutils}/bin/rst2man.py" "VERBOSE=1" ];
+  makeFlags = [
+    "PREFIX=$(out)"
+    "RSTTOMAN=${docutils}/bin/rst2man.py"
+    "VERBOSE=1"
+    "TPUT=${ncurses}/bin/tput"
+  ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram "$out/bin/zathura" \
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix
index 1a4ab3d772c..6f1b5f400dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-{ callPackage, pkgs, fetchurl, useMupdf }:
+{ callPackage, pkgs, fetchurl, stdenv, useMupdf }:
 
 rec {
-  inherit (pkgs) stdenv;
+  inherit stdenv;
 
   icon = ./icon.xpm;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/djvu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/djvu/default.nix
index 1a2347f2727..00c5464b7d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/djvu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/djvu/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk, zathura_core, girara, djvulibre, gettext }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "zathura-djvu-0.2.3";
+  name = "zathura-djvu-0.2.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/plugins/download/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "12gd8kb0al5mknh4rlvxzgzwz3vhjggqjh8ws27phaq14paq4vn1";
+    sha256 = "1g1lafmrjbx0xv7fljdmyqxx0k334sq4q6jy4a0q5xfrgz0bh45c";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig djvulibre gettext zathura_core gtk girara ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/pdf-mupdf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/pdf-mupdf/default.nix
index 4e585d852a2..a6f12a64cf0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/pdf-mupdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/pdf-mupdf/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, zathura_core, gtk, girara, mupdf, openssl, openjpeg, libjpeg, jbig2dec }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.2.6";
+  version = "0.2.7";
   name = "zathura-pdf-mupdf-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/plugins/download/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "5df94b6f906008b5f3bca770a552da6d2917d6b8d3e4b3049cb7001302041b20";
+    sha256 = "0gr5kkk75hn7sz9kmzynhhcdd9xb9sz5gdb8p1iz9g0fjhskyd5i";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig zathura_core gtk girara openssl mupdf openjpeg libjpeg jbig2dec ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index eadaf4a3d9d..3c644dbd72b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10926,6 +10926,7 @@ let
     (let callPackage = newScope pkgs.zathuraCollection; in
       import ../applications/misc/zathura {
         inherit callPackage pkgs fetchurl;
+        stdenv = overrideGCC stdenv gcc49;
         useMupdf = config.zathura.useMupdf or false;
       });
 
@@ -10937,6 +10938,7 @@ let
 
   girara = callPackage ../applications/misc/girara {
     gtk = gtk3;
+    stdenv = overrideGCC stdenv gcc49;
   };
 
   zgrviewer = callPackage ../applications/graphics/zgrviewer {};