diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/irods/common.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/irods/common.nix
index c2e09220a957..aaa96fdec84b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/irods/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/irods/common.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,71 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, bzip2, zlib, autoconf, automake, cmake, help2man, texinfo, libtool, cppzmq, libarchive
-, avro-cpp, boost, zeromq, openssl, pam, libiodbc, libkrb5, gcc, libcxx, which, catch2, nanodbc, fmt
-, nlohmann_json, spdlog, curl }:
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  bzip2,
+  zlib,
+  autoconf,
+  automake,
+  cmake,
+  help2man,
+  texinfo,
+  libtool,
+  cppzmq,
+  libarchive,
+  avro-cpp,
+  boost,
+  zeromq,
+  openssl,
+  pam,
+  libiodbc,
+  libkrb5,
+  gcc,
+  libcxx,
+  which,
+  catch2,
+  nanodbc,
+  fmt,
+  nlohmann_json,
+  curl,
+  spdlog_rods,
+  bison,
+  flex
+}:
 
 # Common attributes of irods packages
 
 {
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake cmake help2man texinfo which gcc ];
-  buildInputs = [ bzip2 zlib libtool cppzmq libarchive avro-cpp zeromq openssl pam libiodbc libkrb5 boost
-                  libcxx catch2 nanodbc fmt nlohmann_json spdlog curl ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoconf
+    automake
+    cmake
+    help2man
+    texinfo
+    which
+    gcc
+    bison
+    flex
+  ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    bzip2
+    zlib
+    libtool
+    cppzmq
+    libarchive
+    avro-cpp
+    zeromq
+    openssl
+    pam
+    libiodbc
+    libkrb5
+    boost
+    libcxx
+    catch2
+    nanodbc
+    fmt
+    nlohmann_json
+    spdlog_rods
+    curl
+  ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DIRODS_EXTERNALS_FULLPATH_CLANG=${stdenv.cc}"
@@ -21,7 +79,7 @@
     "-DIRODS_EXTERNALS_FULLPATH_NANODBC=${nanodbc}"
     "-DIRODS_EXTERNALS_FULLPATH_FMT=${fmt}"
     "-DIRODS_EXTERNALS_FULLPATH_JSON=${nlohmann_json}"
-    "-DIRODS_EXTERNALS_FULLPATH_SPDLOG=${spdlog}"
+    "-DIRODS_EXTERNALS_FULLPATH_SPDLOG=${spdlog_rods}"
     "-DIRODS_LINUX_DISTRIBUTION_NAME=nix"
     "-DIRODS_LINUX_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION_MAJOR=1.0"
     "-DCPACK_GENERATOR=TGZ"
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/irods/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/irods/default.nix
index beddb6959ba4..ca5fe7fa7329 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/irods/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/irods/default.nix
@@ -1,89 +1,173 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, bzip2, zlib, autoconf, automake, cmake, help2man, texinfo, libtool, cppzmq
-, libarchive, avro-cpp_llvm, boost, zeromq, openssl, pam, libiodbc, libkrb5, gcc, libcxx, which, catch2
-, nanodbc_llvm, fmt, nlohmann_json, spdlog, curl }:
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  bzip2,
+  zlib,
+  autoconf,
+  automake,
+  cmake,
+  help2man,
+  texinfo,
+  libtool,
+  cppzmq,
+  libarchive,
+  avro-cpp_llvm,
+  boost,
+  zeromq,
+  openssl,
+  pam,
+  libiodbc,
+  libkrb5,
+  gcc,
+  libcxx,
+  which,
+  catch2,
+  nanodbc_llvm,
+  fmt,
+  nlohmann_json,
+  spdlog_llvm,
+  curl,
+  bison,
+  flex
+}:
 
+let
+  spdlog_rods = spdlog_llvm.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
+    inherit stdenv;
+    version = "1.10.0";
+    src = attrs.src.override {
+      rev = "v1.10.0";
+      hash = "sha256-c6s27lQCXKx6S1FhZ/LiKh14GnXMhZtD1doltU4Avws=";
+    };
+    postPatch = ''
+      substituteInPlace cmake/spdlog.pc.in \
+        --replace-fail '$'{exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+    '';
+  });
+in
 let
   avro-cpp = avro-cpp_llvm;
   nanodbc = nanodbc_llvm;
 
   common = import ./common.nix {
-    inherit lib stdenv bzip2 zlib autoconf automake cmake
-      help2man texinfo libtool cppzmq libarchive
-      zeromq openssl pam libiodbc libkrb5 gcc libcxx
-      boost avro-cpp which catch2 nanodbc fmt nlohmann_json
-      spdlog curl;
+    inherit
+      lib
+      stdenv
+      bzip2
+      zlib
+      autoconf
+      automake
+      cmake
+      help2man
+      texinfo
+      libtool
+      cppzmq
+      libarchive
+      zeromq
+      openssl
+      pam
+      libiodbc
+      libkrb5
+      gcc
+      libcxx
+      boost
+      avro-cpp
+      which
+      catch2
+      nanodbc
+      fmt
+      nlohmann_json
+      curl
+      spdlog_rods
+      bison
+      flex
+      ;
   };
 in
 rec {
 
   # irods: libs and server package
-  irods = stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: common // {
-    version = "4.3.1";
-    pname = "irods";
+  irods = stdenv.mkDerivation (
+    finalAttrs:
+    common
+    // {
+      version = "4.3.3";
+      pname = "irods";
 
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "irods";
-      repo = "irods";
-      rev = finalAttrs.version;
-      sha256 = "sha256-gWgNY8+zD2lRCV5ydOTF0qAgZ1dlQSQKxtdw+U235vg=";
-      fetchSubmodules = true;
-    };
+      src = fetchFromGitHub {
+        owner = "irods";
+        repo = "irods";
+        rev = finalAttrs.version;
+        hash = "sha256-SmN2FzeoA2/gjiDfGs2oifOVj0mK2WdQCgiSdIlENfk=";
+        fetchSubmodules = true;
+      };
 
-    # fix build with recent llvm versions
-    env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-deprecated-register -Wno-deprecated-declarations";
+      # fix build with recent llvm versions
+      env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-deprecated-register -Wno-deprecated-declarations";
 
-    cmakeFlags = common.cmakeFlags or [ ] ++ [
-      "-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-Wl,-rpath,${placeholder "out"}/lib"
-      "-DCMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS=-Wl,-rpath,${placeholder "out"}/lib"
-      "-DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS=-Wl,-rpath,${placeholder "out"}/lib"
-    ];
+      cmakeFlags = common.cmakeFlags or [ ] ++ [
+        "-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-Wl,-rpath,${placeholder "out"}/lib -D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0"
+        "-DCMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS=-Wl,-rpath,${placeholder "out"}/lib"
+        "-DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS=-Wl,-rpath,${placeholder "out"}/lib"
+      ];
 
-    postPatch = common.postPatch + ''
-      patchShebangs ./test
-      substituteInPlace plugins/database/CMakeLists.txt --replace-fail "COMMAND cpp" "COMMAND ${gcc.cc}/bin/cpp"
-      for file in unit_tests/cmake/test_config/*.cmake
-      do
-        substituteInPlace $file --replace-quiet "CATCH2}/include" "CATCH2}/include/catch2"
-      done
+      postPatch =
+        common.postPatch
+        + ''
+          patchShebangs ./test
+          substituteInPlace plugins/database/CMakeLists.txt --replace-fail "COMMAND cpp" "COMMAND ${gcc.cc}/bin/cpp"
+          for file in unit_tests/cmake/test_config/*.cmake
+          do
+            substituteInPlace $file --replace-quiet "CATCH2}/include" "CATCH2}/include/catch2"
+          done
 
-      substituteInPlace server/auth/CMakeLists.txt --replace-fail SETUID ""
-    '';
-
-    meta = common.meta // {
-      longDescription = common.meta.longDescription + "This package provides the servers and libraries.";
-    };
-  });
+          substituteInPlace server/auth/CMakeLists.txt --replace-fail SETUID ""
+        '';
 
+      meta = common.meta // {
+        longDescription = common.meta.longDescription + "This package provides the servers and libraries.";
+         mainProgram = "irodsServer";
+      };
+    }
+  );
 
   # icommands (CLI) package, depends on the irods package
-  irods-icommands = stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: common // {
-    version = "4.3.1";
-    pname = "irods-icommands";
+  irods-icommands = stdenv.mkDerivation (
+    finalAttrs:
+    common
+    // {
+      version = "4.3.3";
+      pname = "irods-icommands";
 
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "irods";
-      repo = "irods_client_icommands";
-      rev = finalAttrs.version;
-      sha256 = "sha256-BjBg13KrCGRLOtGnp23qXOLudLctvu2gJ7wxHFjM5Ug=";
-    };
+      src = fetchFromGitHub {
+        owner = "irods";
+        repo = "irods_client_icommands";
+        rev = finalAttrs.version;
+        hash = "sha256-cc0V6BztJk3njobWt27VeJNmQUXyH6aBJkvYIDFEzWY=";
+      };
 
-    buildInputs = common.buildInputs ++ [ irods ];
+      buildInputs = common.buildInputs ++ [ irods ];
 
-    postPatch = common.postPatch + ''
-      patchShebangs ./bin
-    '';
+      postPatch =
+        common.postPatch
+        + ''
+          patchShebangs ./bin
+        '';
 
-    cmakeFlags = common.cmakeFlags ++ [
-      "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${stdenv.out}"
-      "-DIRODS_DIR=${irods}/lib/irods/cmake"
-      "-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-Wl,-rpath,${irods}/lib"
-      "-DCMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS=-Wl,-rpath,${irods}/lib"
-      "-DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS=-Wl,-rpath,${irods}/lib"
-    ];
+      cmakeFlags = common.cmakeFlags ++ [
+        "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${stdenv.out}"
+        "-DIRODS_DIR=${irods}/lib/irods/cmake"
+        "-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-Wl,-rpath,${irods}/lib"
+        "-DCMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS=-Wl,-rpath,${irods}/lib"
+        "-DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS=-Wl,-rpath,${irods}/lib"
+      ];
 
-    meta = common.meta // {
-      description = common.meta.description + " CLI clients";
-      longDescription = common.meta.longDescription + "This package provides the CLI clients, called 'icommands'.";
-    };
-  });
+      meta = common.meta // {
+        description = common.meta.description + " CLI clients";
+        longDescription =
+          common.meta.longDescription + "This package provides the CLI clients, called 'icommands'.";
+      };
+    }
+  );
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 52a209e119df..e5e6adaedd9d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8602,6 +8602,7 @@ with pkgs;
     fmt = fmt_8.override { inherit stdenv; };
     nanodbc_llvm = nanodbc.override { inherit stdenv; };
     avro-cpp_llvm = avro-cpp.override { inherit stdenv boost; };
+    spdlog_llvm = spdlog.override { inherit stdenv fmt; };
   })
     irods
     irods-icommands;