diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/faust/faustlive.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/faust/faustlive.nix
index 00682b13bef..907ea3ed7ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/faust/faustlive.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/faust/faustlive.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
-, llvm, qt48Full, qrencode, libmicrohttpd, libjack2, alsaLib, faust, curl
+, llvm, qt48Full, qrencode, libmicrohttpd_0_9_70, libjack2, alsaLib, faust, curl
 , bc, coreutils, which, libsndfile, pkg-config
 }:
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   buildInputs = [
-    llvm qt48Full qrencode libmicrohttpd libjack2 alsaLib faust curl
+    llvm qt48Full qrencode libmicrohttpd_0_9_70 libjack2 alsaLib faust curl
     bc coreutils which libsndfile pkg-config
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xmr-stak/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xmr-stak/default.nix
index b6f05ea3094..cb4233be8ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xmr-stak/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xmr-stak/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, stdenvGcc6, lib
-, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, libmicrohttpd, openssl
+, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, libmicrohttpd_0_9_70, openssl
 , opencl-headers, ocl-icd, hwloc, cudatoolkit
 , devDonationLevel ? "0.0"
 , cudaSupport ? false
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv'.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ lib.optional (!openclSupport) "-DOpenCL_ENABLE=OFF";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
-  buildInputs = [ libmicrohttpd openssl hwloc ]
+  buildInputs = [ libmicrohttpd_0_9_70 openssl hwloc ]
     ++ lib.optional cudaSupport cudatoolkit
     ++ lib.optionals openclSupport [ opencl-headers ocl-icd ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/0.9.70.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/0.9.70.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1cd04b0b277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/0.9.70.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{ stdenv, callPackage, fetchurl }:
+
+callPackage ./generic.nix ( rec {
+  version = "0.9.70";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/libmicrohttpd/libmicrohttpd-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "01vkjy89b1ylmh22dy5yza2r414nfwcfixxh3v29nvzrjv9s7l4h";
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/0.9.71.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/0.9.71.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..74bd6cce42c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/0.9.71.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{ stdenv, callPackage, fetchurl }:
+
+callPackage ./generic.nix ( rec {
+  version = "0.9.71";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/libmicrohttpd/libmicrohttpd-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "10mii4mifmfs3v7kgciqml7f0fj7ljp0sngrx64pnwmgbzl4bx78";
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/generic.nix
similarity index 76%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/generic.nix
index 4a7a228150c..9b817f21b94 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/generic.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, libgcrypt, curl, gnutls, pkgconfig, libiconv, libintl }:
+{ stdenv, libgcrypt, curl, gnutls, pkgconfig, libiconv, libintl, version, src }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libmicrohttpd";
-  version = "0.9.71";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnu/libmicrohttpd/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "10mii4mifmfs3v7kgciqml7f0fj7ljp0sngrx64pnwmgbzl4bx78";
-  };
+  inherit version src;
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" "info" ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/fileshare/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/fileshare/default.nix
index 721efb313eb..90bf2c3a57f 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/fileshare/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/fileshare/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchgit, pkgconfig, git, libmicrohttpd }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchgit, pkgconfig, git, libmicrohttpd_0_9_70 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "fileshare";
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig git ];
-  buildInputs = [ libmicrohttpd ];
+  buildInputs = [ libmicrohttpd_0_9_70 ];
 
   makeFlags = [ "BUILD=release" ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3e3e26dc105..ee84e482e99 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14362,7 +14362,9 @@ in
 
   libmemcached = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmemcached { };
 
-  libmicrohttpd = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmicrohttpd { };
+  libmicrohttpd_0_9_70 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/0.9.70.nix { };
+  libmicrohttpd_0_9_71 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/0.9.71.nix { };
+  libmicrohttpd = libmicrohttpd_0_9_71;
 
   libmikmod = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmikmod {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreAudio;