diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libtraceevent/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libtraceevent/default.nix
index 7ec8ac35e62a..7fc577d0ab0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libtraceevent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libtraceevent/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchgit, pkg-config, asciidoc, xmlto, docbook_xml_dtd_45, docbook_xsl }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchgit, pkg-config, asciidoc, xmlto, docbook_xml_dtd_45, docbook_xsl, coreutils }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libtraceevent";
-  version = "1.5.1";
+  version = "1.6.1";
 
   src = fetchgit {
     url = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git";
     rev = "libtraceevent-${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-g4dB8QhCG6SgZVAU3TCtb70vYYh1KN7FrcldzTGAUnI=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Yt7W+ouEZ/pJEKyY2Cgh+mYG0qz0lOIou5JufAD9Zd0=";
   };
 
   # Don't build and install html documentation
   postPatch = ''
     sed -i -e '/^all:/ s/html//' -e '/^install:/ s/install-html//' Documentation/Makefile
+    substituteInPlace scripts/utils.mk --replace /bin/pwd ${coreutils}/bin/pwd
   '';
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devman" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libtracefs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libtracefs/default.nix
index 972a71d50390..c4bec6629874 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libtracefs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libtracefs/default.nix
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libtracefs";
-  version = "1.3.0";
+  version = "1.4.1";
 
   src = fetchgit {
     url = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtracefs.git";
     rev = "libtracefs-${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-Kg1mPjTZ2UCeco18Fa8GqmLo2R35XvUE/q2J1HAmtEc=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-htif1Hty/AQkx6jALHUVMBF1wIpVwLmdINP8QUZmv/s=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/default.nix
index a339c60e8dfa..0bf5a8e2adb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchgit, pkg-config, asciidoc, xmlto, docbook_xsl, libxslt, libtraceevent, libtracefs }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchgit, pkg-config, asciidoc, xmlto, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_45, libxslt, libtraceevent, libtracefs, zstd, sourceHighlight }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "trace-cmd";
-  version = "2.9.7";
+  version = "3.1.1";
 
   src = fetchgit {
     url    = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.git/";
     rev    = "trace-cmd-v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-04qsTlOVYh/jHVWxaGuqYj4DkUpcEYcpfUqnqhphIMg=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-zYw6DObwmroAU3ikUNo9XrwQeDlyLppe7E63WFjn44Q=";
   };
 
   # Don't build and install html documentation
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
        Documentation{,/trace-cmd,/libtracecmd}/Makefile
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ asciidoc libxslt pkg-config xmlto ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ asciidoc libxslt pkg-config xmlto docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_45 sourceHighlight ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ libtraceevent libtracefs ];
+  buildInputs = [ libtraceevent libtracefs zstd ];
 
   outputs = [ "out" "lib" "dev" "man" ];
 
@@ -27,19 +27,28 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
   makeFlags = [
-    "all" "libs" "doc"
     # The following values appear in the generated .pc file
     "prefix=${placeholder "lib"}"
-    "libdir=${placeholder "lib"}/lib"
-    "includedir=${placeholder "dev"}/include"
   ];
 
-  installTargets = [ "install_cmd" "install_libs" "install_doc" ];
+  # We do not mention targets (like "doc") explicitly in makeFlags
+  # because the Makefile would not print warnings about too old
+  # libraries (see "warning:" in the Makefile)
+  postBuild = ''
+    make libs doc -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES -l$NIX_BUILD_CORES
+  '';
+
+  installTargets = [
+    "install_cmd"
+    "install_libs"
+    "install_doc"
+  ];
   installFlags = [
+    "LDCONFIG=false"
     "bindir=${placeholder "out"}/bin"
-    "man_dir=${placeholder "man"}/share/man"
+    "mandir=${placeholder "man"}/share/man"
     "libdir=${placeholder "lib"}/lib"
-    "pkgconfig_dir=${placeholder "lib"}/lib/pkgconfig"
+    "pkgconfig_dir=${placeholder "dev"}/lib/pkgconfig"
     "includedir=${placeholder "dev"}/include"
     "BASH_COMPLETE_DIR=${placeholder "out"}/share/bash-completion/completions"
   ];