diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/solc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/solc/default.nix
index d94ce75e3f55..edb7fc61d2a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/solc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/solc/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 { stdenv, fetchzip, fetchFromGitHub, boost, cmake, z3 }:
 
 let
-  version = "0.4.23";
-  rev = "124ca40dc525a987a88176c6e5170978e82fa290";
-  sha256 = "07l8rfqh95yrdmbxc4pfb77s06k5v65dk3rgdqscqmwchkndrmm0";
-  jsoncppURL = https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp/archive/1.7.7.tar.gz;
+  version = "0.4.24";
+  rev = "e67f0147998a9e3835ed3ce8bf6a0a0c634216c5";
+  sha256 = "1gy2miv6ia1z98zy6w4y03balwfr964bnvwzyg8v7pn2mayqnaap";
+  jsoncppURL = https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp/archive/1.8.4.tar.gz;
   jsoncpp = fetchzip {
     url = jsoncppURL;
-    sha256 = "0jz93zv17ir7lbxb3dv8ph2n916rajs8i96immwx9vb45pqid3n0";
+    sha256 = "1z0gj7a6jypkijmpknis04qybs1hkd04d1arr3gy89lnxmp6qzlm";
   };
 in
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "solc-${version}";
 
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   patches = [
-    ./patches/boost-shared-libs.patch
     ./patches/shared-libs-install.patch
   ];
 
@@ -30,17 +28,23 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     echo >commit_hash.txt "${rev}"
     substituteInPlace cmake/jsoncpp.cmake \
       --replace "${jsoncppURL}" ${jsoncpp}
-    substituteInPlace cmake/EthCompilerSettings.cmake \
-      --replace "add_compile_options(-Werror)" ""
+
+    # To allow non-standard CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR (fixed in upstream, not yet released)
+    substituteInPlace cmake/jsoncpp.cmake \
+      --replace "\''${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" "lib" \
+      --replace "# Build static lib but suitable to be included in a shared lib." "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib"
   '';
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DBoost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=OFF"
     "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
     "-DINSTALL_LLLC=ON"
-    "-DTESTS=OFF"
   ];
 
+  doCheck = stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform;
+  checkPhase = "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./libsolc:./libsolidity:./liblll:./libevmasm:./libdevcore:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH " +
+               "./test/soltest -p -- --no-ipc --no-smt --testpath ../test";
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = [ boost z3 ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/solc/patches/boost-shared-libs.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/solc/patches/boost-shared-libs.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 499fc46c6caf..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/solc/patches/boost-shared-libs.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/libsolidity/CMakeLists.txt b/libsolidity/CMakeLists.txt
-index 97b01c83..0bdec4b4 100644
---- a/libsolidity/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/libsolidity/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ else()
- endif()
- 
- add_library(solidity ${sources} ${headers})
--target_link_libraries(solidity PUBLIC evmasm devcore)
-+target_link_libraries(solidity PUBLIC evmasm devcore ${Boost_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY} ${Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY})
- 
- if (${Z3_FOUND})
-   target_link_libraries(solidity PUBLIC ${Z3_LIBRARY})
-diff --git a/lllc/CMakeLists.txt b/lllc/CMakeLists.txt
-index 5c480093..d6538ee2 100644
---- a/lllc/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/lllc/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
- add_executable(lllc main.cpp)
--target_link_libraries(lllc PRIVATE lll)
-+target_link_libraries(lllc PRIVATE lll ${Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY})
- 
- if (INSTALL_LLLC)
- 	include(GNUInstallDirs)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/solc/patches/shared-libs-install.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/solc/patches/shared-libs-install.patch
index 732797e5ae7d..70162bfbcb6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/solc/patches/shared-libs-install.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/solc/patches/shared-libs-install.patch
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 4ac56b43..dacf3853 100644
+index 0c05208f..8893648e 100644
 --- a/CMakeLists.txt
 +++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -48,6 +48,19 @@ add_subdirectory(libevmasm)
+@@ -48,6 +48,20 @@ add_subdirectory(libevmasm)
  add_subdirectory(libsolidity)
  add_subdirectory(libsolc)
  
++
 +install(DIRECTORY libdevcore/
 +        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/libdevcore
 +        FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h")
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ index 86192c1b..e7f15e93 100644
 @@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ file(GLOB headers "*.h")
  
  add_library(evmasm ${sources} ${headers})
- target_link_libraries(evmasm PUBLIC jsoncpp devcore)
+ target_link_libraries(evmasm PUBLIC devcore)
 +install(TARGETS evmasm LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
 diff --git a/liblll/CMakeLists.txt b/liblll/CMakeLists.txt
 index 4cdc073a..b61f03c7 100644
@@ -50,11 +51,10 @@ index 4cdc073a..b61f03c7 100644
  target_link_libraries(lll PUBLIC evmasm devcore)
 +install(TARGETS lll LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
 diff --git a/libsolidity/CMakeLists.txt b/libsolidity/CMakeLists.txt
-index 97b01c83..e876177e 100644
+index 0bdec4b4..e876177e 100644
 --- a/libsolidity/CMakeLists.txt
 +++ b/libsolidity/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ else()
- endif()
+@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ endif()
  
  add_library(solidity ${sources} ${headers})
  target_link_libraries(solidity PUBLIC evmasm devcore ${Boost_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY} ${Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY})