diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d530f8c262b..dbdc356f5d2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ unset PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR
 PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="$PKGCONFIG_LIBDIR_TEMP"
 
 ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --disable-shared --with-pic --with-bignum=no"
-AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([src/secp256k1])
+AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([src/secp256k1 src/univalue])
 
 AC_OUTPUT
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 7fdc766e1c9..301880dbc34 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DIST_SUBDIRS = secp256k1
+DIST_SUBDIRS = secp256k1 univalue
 AM_LDFLAGS = $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS) $(LIBTOOL_LDFLAGS)
 
 
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ BITCOIN_CONFIG_INCLUDES=-I$(builddir)/config
 BITCOIN_INCLUDES=-I$(builddir) -I$(builddir)/obj $(BOOST_CPPFLAGS) $(LEVELDB_CPPFLAGS) $(CRYPTO_CFLAGS) $(SSL_CFLAGS)
 
 BITCOIN_INCLUDES += -I$(srcdir)/secp256k1/include
+BITCOIN_INCLUDES += -I$(srcdir)/univalue/include
 
 LIBBITCOIN_SERVER=libbitcoin_server.a
 LIBBITCOIN_WALLET=libbitcoin_wallet.a
@@ -28,12 +29,15 @@ LIBBITCOIN_COMMON=libbitcoin_common.a
 LIBBITCOIN_CLI=libbitcoin_cli.a
 LIBBITCOIN_UTIL=libbitcoin_util.a
 LIBBITCOIN_CRYPTO=crypto/libbitcoin_crypto.a
-LIBBITCOIN_UNIVALUE=univalue/libbitcoin_univalue.a
 LIBBITCOINQT=qt/libbitcoinqt.a
 LIBSECP256K1=secp256k1/libsecp256k1.la
+LIBUNIVALUE=univalue/lib/libunivalue.la
 
 $(LIBSECP256K1): $(wildcard secp256k1/src/*) $(wildcard secp256k1/include/*)
 	$(AM_V_at)$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C $(@D) $(@F)
+  
+$(LIBUNIVALUE): $(wildcard univalue/lib/*) $(wildcard univalue/include/*)
+	$(AM_V_at)$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C $(@D) $(@F)
 
 # Make is not made aware of per-object dependencies to avoid limiting building parallelization
 # But to build the less dependent modules first, we manually select their order here:
@@ -41,7 +45,6 @@ EXTRA_LIBRARIES = \
   crypto/libbitcoin_crypto.a \
   libbitcoin_util.a \
   libbitcoin_common.a \
-  univalue/libbitcoin_univalue.a \
   libbitcoin_server.a \
   libbitcoin_cli.a
 if ENABLE_WALLET
@@ -248,14 +251,6 @@ crypto_libbitcoin_crypto_a_SOURCES = \
   crypto/sha512.cpp \
   crypto/sha512.h
 
-# univalue JSON library
-univalue_libbitcoin_univalue_a_SOURCES = \
-  univalue/univalue.cpp \
-  univalue/univalue.h \
-  univalue/univalue_escapes.h \
-  univalue/univalue_read.cpp \
-  univalue/univalue_write.cpp
-
 # common: shared between bitcoind, and bitcoin-qt and non-server tools
 libbitcoin_common_a_CPPFLAGS = $(BITCOIN_INCLUDES)
 libbitcoin_common_a_SOURCES = \
@@ -332,7 +327,7 @@ endif
 bitcoind_LDADD = \
   $(LIBBITCOIN_SERVER) \
   $(LIBBITCOIN_COMMON) \
-  $(LIBBITCOIN_UNIVALUE) \
+  $(LIBUNIVALUE) \
   $(LIBBITCOIN_UTIL) \
   $(LIBBITCOIN_CRYPTO) \
   $(LIBLEVELDB) \
@@ -360,7 +355,7 @@ endif
 
 bitcoin_cli_LDADD = \
   $(LIBBITCOIN_CLI) \
-  $(LIBBITCOIN_UNIVALUE) \
+  $(LIBUNIVALUE) \
   $(LIBBITCOIN_UTIL)
 
 bitcoin_cli_LDADD += $(BOOST_LIBS) $(SSL_LIBS) $(CRYPTO_LIBS) $(EVENT_LIBS)
@@ -376,7 +371,7 @@ bitcoin_tx_SOURCES += bitcoin-tx-res.rc
 endif
 
 bitcoin_tx_LDADD = \
-  $(LIBBITCOIN_UNIVALUE) \
+  $(LIBUNIVALUE) \
   $(LIBBITCOIN_COMMON) \
   $(LIBBITCOIN_UTIL) \
   $(LIBBITCOIN_CRYPTO) \
diff --git a/src/Makefile.qt.include b/src/Makefile.qt.include
index 3330ed28909..67fd7c1076e 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.qt.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.qt.include
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ endif
 if ENABLE_ZMQ
 qt_bitcoin_qt_LDADD += $(LIBBITCOIN_ZMQ) $(ZMQ_LIBS)
 endif
-qt_bitcoin_qt_LDADD += $(LIBBITCOIN_CLI) $(LIBBITCOIN_COMMON) $(LIBBITCOIN_UTIL) $(LIBBITCOIN_CRYPTO) $(LIBBITCOIN_UNIVALUE) $(LIBLEVELDB) $(LIBMEMENV) \
+qt_bitcoin_qt_LDADD += $(LIBBITCOIN_CLI) $(LIBBITCOIN_COMMON) $(LIBBITCOIN_UTIL) $(LIBBITCOIN_CRYPTO) $(LIBUNIVALUE) $(LIBLEVELDB) $(LIBMEMENV) \
   $(BOOST_LIBS) $(QT_LIBS) $(QT_DBUS_LIBS) $(QR_LIBS) $(PROTOBUF_LIBS) $(BDB_LIBS) $(SSL_LIBS) $(CRYPTO_LIBS) $(MINIUPNPC_LIBS) $(LIBSECP256K1) \
   $(EVENT_PTHREADS_LIBS) $(EVENT_LIBS)
 qt_bitcoin_qt_LDFLAGS = $(RELDFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(QT_LDFLAGS) $(LIBTOOL_APP_LDFLAGS)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.qttest.include b/src/Makefile.qttest.include
index 6554580beab..b8725c872de 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.qttest.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.qttest.include
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ endif
 if ENABLE_ZMQ
 qt_test_test_bitcoin_qt_LDADD += $(LIBBITCOIN_ZMQ) $(ZMQ_LIBS)
 endif
-qt_test_test_bitcoin_qt_LDADD += $(LIBBITCOIN_CLI) $(LIBBITCOIN_COMMON) $(LIBBITCOIN_UTIL) $(LIBBITCOIN_CRYPTO) $(LIBBITCOIN_UNIVALUE) $(LIBLEVELDB) \
+qt_test_test_bitcoin_qt_LDADD += $(LIBBITCOIN_CLI) $(LIBBITCOIN_COMMON) $(LIBBITCOIN_UTIL) $(LIBBITCOIN_CRYPTO) $(LIBUNIVALUE) $(LIBLEVELDB) \
   $(LIBMEMENV) $(BOOST_LIBS) $(QT_DBUS_LIBS) $(QT_TEST_LIBS) $(QT_LIBS) \
   $(QR_LIBS) $(PROTOBUF_LIBS) $(BDB_LIBS) $(SSL_LIBS) $(CRYPTO_LIBS) $(MINIUPNPC_LIBS) $(LIBSECP256K1) \
   $(EVENT_PTHREADS_LIBS) $(EVENT_LIBS)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.test.include b/src/Makefile.test.include
index cee35926a5d..9a6e43631b4 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.test.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.test.include
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ endif
 
 test_test_bitcoin_SOURCES = $(BITCOIN_TESTS) $(JSON_TEST_FILES) $(RAW_TEST_FILES)
 test_test_bitcoin_CPPFLAGS = $(BITCOIN_INCLUDES) -I$(builddir)/test/ $(TESTDEFS)
-test_test_bitcoin_LDADD = $(LIBBITCOIN_SERVER) $(LIBBITCOIN_CLI) $(LIBBITCOIN_COMMON) $(LIBBITCOIN_UTIL) $(LIBBITCOIN_CRYPTO) $(LIBBITCOIN_UNIVALUE) $(LIBLEVELDB) $(LIBMEMENV) \
+test_test_bitcoin_LDADD = $(LIBBITCOIN_SERVER) $(LIBBITCOIN_CLI) $(LIBBITCOIN_COMMON) $(LIBBITCOIN_UTIL) $(LIBBITCOIN_CRYPTO) $(LIBUNIVALUE) $(LIBLEVELDB) $(LIBMEMENV) \
   $(BOOST_LIBS) $(BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB) $(LIBSECP256K1)
 if ENABLE_WALLET
 test_test_bitcoin_LDADD += $(LIBBITCOIN_WALLET)
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ check-local:
 	@echo "Running test/bitcoin-util-test.py..."
 	$(AM_V_at)srcdir=$(srcdir) PYTHONPATH=$(builddir)/test $(srcdir)/test/bitcoin-util-test.py
 	$(AM_V_at)$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C secp256k1 check
+	$(AM_V_at)$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C univalue check
 
 %.json.h: %.json
 	@$(MKDIR_P) $(@D)
diff --git a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
index 7839b3b6b4e..e0fe6aa5bfd 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include <event2/buffer.h>
 #include <event2/keyvalq_struct.h>
 
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp b/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
index 5beab265bc9..f7518fab5d1 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "primitives/transaction.h"
 #include "script/script.h"
 #include "script/sign.h"
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 #include "util.h"
 #include "utilmoneystr.h"
 #include "utilstrencodings.h"
diff --git a/src/core_read.cpp b/src/core_read.cpp
index f762f2c3b70..4be24f8e097 100644
--- a/src/core_read.cpp
+++ b/src/core_read.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "script/script.h"
 #include "serialize.h"
 #include "streams.h"
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 #include "util.h"
 #include "utilstrencodings.h"
 #include "version.h"
diff --git a/src/core_write.cpp b/src/core_write.cpp
index 2ad42baddf3..533fedfe7a6 100644
--- a/src/core_write.cpp
+++ b/src/core_write.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "script/standard.h"
 #include "serialize.h"
 #include "streams.h"
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 #include "util.h"
 #include "utilmoneystr.h"
 #include "utilstrencodings.h"
diff --git a/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp b/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
index 72a3023c9aa..f387a3ec8c5 100644
--- a/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <openssl/crypto.h>
 
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
 #include <db_cxx.h>
diff --git a/src/rest.cpp b/src/rest.cpp
index 226e237fc64..c46d7a8bd2d 100644
--- a/src/rest.cpp
+++ b/src/rest.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
 #include <boost/dynamic_bitset.hpp>
 
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/src/rpcblockchain.cpp b/src/rpcblockchain.cpp
index 1c201ef99d1..545ac128908 100644
--- a/src/rpcblockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcblockchain.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/src/rpcclient.cpp b/src/rpcclient.cpp
index 0c8e6d6d669..4064c2fee32 100644
--- a/src/rpcclient.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcclient.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/case_conv.hpp> // for to_lower()
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/src/rpcclient.h b/src/rpcclient.h
index d68b4ed6aec..8937a56f035 100644
--- a/src/rpcclient.h
+++ b/src/rpcclient.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #ifndef BITCOIN_RPCCLIENT_H
 #define BITCOIN_RPCCLIENT_H
 
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 
 UniValue RPCConvertValues(const std::string& strMethod, const std::vector<std::string>& strParams);
 /** Non-RFC4627 JSON parser, accepts internal values (such as numbers, true, false, null)
diff --git a/src/rpcmining.cpp b/src/rpcmining.cpp
index 8dd0ff2f7e5..c49c3e5194a 100644
--- a/src/rpcmining.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcmining.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <boost/assign/list_of.hpp>
 #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
 
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/src/rpcmisc.cpp b/src/rpcmisc.cpp
index e2b6d5826c2..0f0457c5cfa 100644
--- a/src/rpcmisc.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcmisc.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <boost/assign/list_of.hpp>
 
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/src/rpcnet.cpp b/src/rpcnet.cpp
index 5d490c70cae..7746be25f73 100644
--- a/src/rpcnet.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcnet.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
 
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/src/rpcprotocol.h b/src/rpcprotocol.h
index 5381e4bcfd2..9cf1ab6d99c 100644
--- a/src/rpcprotocol.h
+++ b/src/rpcprotocol.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 
 //! HTTP status codes
 enum HTTPStatusCode
diff --git a/src/rpcrawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpcrawtransaction.cpp
index fa3150cd7f9..4dec53396de 100644
--- a/src/rpcrawtransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcrawtransaction.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 #include <boost/assign/list_of.hpp>
 
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/src/rpcserver.cpp b/src/rpcserver.cpp
index dbee61efc88..fa60f8c833f 100644
--- a/src/rpcserver.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcserver.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "utilstrencodings.h"
 
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 
 #include <boost/bind.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
diff --git a/src/rpcserver.h b/src/rpcserver.h
index 83cc37918ba..dde8dfdcc3d 100644
--- a/src/rpcserver.h
+++ b/src/rpcserver.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 #include <boost/function.hpp>
 
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 
 class CRPCCommand;
 
diff --git a/src/test/base58_tests.cpp b/src/test/base58_tests.cpp
index 9e74f5f4274..9845df697f9 100644
--- a/src/test/base58_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/base58_tests.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
 
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 
 extern UniValue read_json(const std::string& jsondata);
 
diff --git a/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp b/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp
index 1bd59497ff3..2a486f08e43 100644
--- a/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
 
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/src/test/rpc_wallet_tests.cpp b/src/test/rpc_wallet_tests.cpp
index 52f41be8aec..2e652f76e27 100644
--- a/src/test/rpc_wallet_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/rpc_wallet_tests.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
 
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/src/test/script_tests.cpp b/src/test/script_tests.cpp
index 225da0801a1..882f9eb199c 100644
--- a/src/test/script_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/script_tests.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
 
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/src/test/sighash_tests.cpp b/src/test/sighash_tests.cpp
index 4b964615628..6fca64d5da3 100644
--- a/src/test/sighash_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/sighash_tests.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
 
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 
 extern UniValue read_json(const std::string& jsondata);
 
diff --git a/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp b/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp
index e70ebddc2f6..beec3966753 100644
--- a/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
 #include <boost/assign/list_of.hpp>
 
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/src/test/univalue_tests.cpp b/src/test/univalue_tests.cpp
index ee31c0955b0..945c1acbeb4 100644
--- a/src/test/univalue_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/univalue_tests.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
 #include <map>
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 #include "test/test_bitcoin.h"
 
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
index 7e22faac37d..c431fc40131 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
 #include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>
 
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 
 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
 
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index 5d182f3d42c..30b854477b0 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <boost/assign/list_of.hpp>
 
-#include "univalue/univalue.h"
+#include <univalue.h>
 
 using namespace std;