diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/davix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/davix/default.nix
index d9f368455594..1cdb5677eecd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/davix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/davix/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,67 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, pkg-config, openssl, libxml2, boost, python3, libuuid }:
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, cmake
+, pkg-config
+, openssl
+, libxml2
+, boost
+, python3
+, libuuid
+, curl
+, gsoap
+, enableTools ? true
+  # Build the bundled libcurl
+  # and, if defaultToLibCurl,
+  # use instead of an external one
+, useEmbeddedLibcurl ? true
+  # Use libcurl instead of libneon
+  # Note that the libneon used is bundled in the project
+  # See https://github.com/cern-fts/davix/issues/23
+, defaultToLibcurl ? false
+, enableIpv6 ? true
+, enableTcpNodelay ? true
+  # Build davix_copy.so
+, enableThirdPartyCopy ? false
+}:
 
+let
+  boolToUpper = b: lib.toUpper (lib.boolToString b);
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.7.6";
+  version = "0.8.0";
   pname = "davix";
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config python3 ];
-  buildInputs = [ openssl libxml2 boost libuuid ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    openssl
+    libxml2
+    boost
+    libuuid
+  ] ++ lib.optional (defaultToLibcurl && !useEmbeddedLibcurl) curl
+  ++ lib.optional (enableThirdPartyCopy) gsoap;
 
   # using the url below since the github release page states
   # "please ignore the GitHub-generated tarballs, as they are incomplete"
-  # https://github.com/cern-fts/davix/releases/tag/R_0_7_6
+  # https://github.com/cern-fts/davix/releases/tag/R_0_8_0
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/cern-fts/${pname}/releases/download/R_${lib.replaceStrings ["."] ["_"] version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0wq66spnr616cns72f9dvr2xfvkdvfqqmc6d7dx29fpp57zzvrx2";
+    sha256 = "LxCNoECKg/tbnwxoFQ02C6cz5LOg/imNRbDTLSircSQ=";
   };
 
+  preConfigure = ''
+    find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "patch*.sh" -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d ''' file; do
+      patchShebangs "$file"
+    done
+  '';
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DENABLE_TOOLS=${boolToUpper enableTools}"
+    "-DEMBEDDED_LIBCURL=${boolToUpper useEmbeddedLibcurl}"
+    "-DLIBCURL_BACKEND_BY_DEFAULT=${boolToUpper defaultToLibcurl}"
+    "-DENABLE_IPV6=${boolToUpper enableIpv6}"
+    "-DENABLE_TCP_NODELAY=${boolToUpper enableTcpNodelay}"
+    "-DENABLE_THIRD_PARTY_COPY=${boolToUpper enableThirdPartyCopy}"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Toolkit for Http-based file management";
@@ -22,10 +70,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     operations with Http based protocols (WebDav, Amazon S3, ...).
     Davix provides an API and a set of command line tools";
 
-    license     = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
-    homepage    = "http://dmc.web.cern.ch/projects/davix/home";
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.adev ];
-    platforms   = platforms.all;
+    license = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+    homepage = "http://dmc.web.cern.ch/projects/davix/home";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/cern-fts/davix/blob/devel/RELEASE-NOTES.md";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ adev ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
   };
 }
-
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f0ce26d81c31..b277e1a7ed97 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3734,6 +3734,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   davix = callPackage ../tools/networking/davix { };
 
+  davix-copy = appendToName "copy" (davix.override { enableThirdPartyCopy = true; });
+
   cantata = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/audio/cantata { };
 
   cantoolz = python3Packages.callPackage ../tools/networking/cantoolz { };