diff --git a/mingw-w64-cjson/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-cjson/PKGBUILD
index 7a2ac52263..b7add3bb6d 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-cjson/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-cjson/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ _realname=cjson
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-${_realname}
 pkgname=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}")
 pkgver=1.7.12
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="Ultralightweight JSON parser in ANSI C (mingw-w64)"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON"
diff --git a/mingw-w64-gnucobol/002-gnucobol-3.1-rc1-cobol85_crdiff.patch b/mingw-w64-gnucobol/002-gnucobol-3.1-rc1-cobol85_crdiff.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74dac7f4ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mingw-w64-gnucobol/002-gnucobol-3.1-rc1-cobol85_crdiff.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+diff -Naur ../gnucobol-3.1-rc1/tests/cobol85/Makefile.in ./tests/cobol85/Makefile.in
+--- ../gnucobol-3.1-rc1/tests/cobol85/Makefile.in	2020-07-01 02:22:04.000000000 +0200
++++ ./tests/cobol85/Makefile.in	2020-07-10 14:58:01.823387000 +0200
+@@ -721,6 +721,7 @@
+ 	@export CBL_LIST="`ls $@/*.CBL | cut -b4- | tr "\n" " "`"  && \
+ 	 $(SED) -e 's/##MODULE##/'"$@"'/'            \
+ 	        -e 's|##COB85DIR##|'"$(COB85DIR)"'|' \
++	        -e 's|##DIFF_FLAGS##|'"$(DIFF_FLAGS)"'|' \
+ 	        -e 's|##TESTS##|'"` echo $$CBL_LIST | $(SED) -e 's/\.CBL//g'`"'|' \
+ 	        -e 's|##TESTS_LOCAL##|'"`echo $$CBL_LIST | $(SED) -e 's/\.CBL/-local/g'`"'|' \
+ 	    $(srcdir)/Makefile.module.in > $@/Makefile
+diff -Naur ../gnucobol-3.1-rc1/tests/cobol85/Makefile.module.in ./tests/cobol85/Makefile.module.in
+--- ../gnucobol-3.1-rc1/tests/cobol85/Makefile.module.in	2020-07-01 02:22:04.000000000 +0200
++++ ./tests/cobol85/Makefile.module.in	2020-07-10 14:54:51.994885400 +0200
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ #
+ # Makefile gnucobol/tests/cobol85/##MODULE##
+ #
+-# Copyright (C) 2003-2012, 2015-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
++# Copyright (C) 2003-2012, 2015-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ # Written by Keisuke Nishida, Roger While, Simon Sobisch
+ #
+ # This file is part of GnuCOBOL.
+@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
+ TESTS_LOCAL = ##TESTS_LOCAL##
+ 
+ RM = rm -rf
++DIFF_FLAGS = ##DIFF_FLAGS##
+ 
+ # targets that are only logical targets instead of files
+ .PHONY: test test-local diff test-O test-O-local lib lib-local $\
+@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@
+ diff: report.txt
+ 	@echo
+ 	@echo "Comparing test results for module directory ##MODULE##"
+-	diff ##COB85DIR##/##MODULE##.txt report.txt || true
++	@diff $(DIFF_FLAGS) ##COB85DIR##/##MODULE##.txt report.txt || true
+ 
+ test-O:
+ 	@. ../../atconfig && . ../../atlocal NIST-##MODULE##-O_$@ && $(MAKE) $@-local
diff --git a/mingw-w64-gnucobol/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-gnucobol/PKGBUILD
index 986538f8f0..d8c0f083e6 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-gnucobol/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-gnucobol/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pkgbase=mingw-w64-${_realname}
 pkgname=${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}
 pkgver=3.1rc1
 pkgver_real=3.1-rc1
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 pkgdesc="GnuCOBOL, a free and modern COBOL compiler (mingw-w64)"
 conflicts=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}-svn" "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gnu-cobol-svn")
 replaces=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}-svn" "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gnu-cobol-svn")
@@ -20,26 +20,41 @@ depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gcc"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gmp"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gettext"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-ncurses"
+         "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cjson"
+         "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-libxml2"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-db")
+
 # the optional depencies cannot be used for creating the binary packages, moved to depends
 #optdepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gettext: support for internationalization"
 #            "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-ncurses: support for extended screenio"
-#            "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-pdcurses: support for screenio")
+#            "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-pdcurses: support for screenio"
+#            "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cjson: support for JSON GENERATE"
+#            "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-libxml2: support for XML GENERATE")
+makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-pkg-config")
+checkdepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-perl")
+
+# local definitions
 #source=("https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/${_realname}/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.xz"{,.sig}
 source=("https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/${_realname}/${_realname}-${pkgver_real}.tar.xz"{,.sig}
         "001-mingw-gnucobol-2.2-fixformatwarnings.patch"
-        "cobenv.sh" "cobenv.cmd")
+        "002-gnucobol-3.1-rc1-cobol85_crdiff.patch"
+        "cobenv.sh" "cobenv.cmd"
+        "https://www.itl.nist.gov/div897/ctg/suites/newcob.val.Z")
 sha256sums=('C2E41C2BA520681A67C570D7246D25C31F7F55C8A145AAEC3F6273A500A93A76'
             SKIP
             '3FBFDAF61EB6EC125258DE62B404C97BF6DCCF39BD3B9152510F794B5383CA33'
+            'A80E1284D45EC2069E8DCE76FAB0D2CC86AB497024C09514D95319DF659566BB'
             'EEDFC170CFD6606527DD701C3CF6BBA2029C33CE694F697F8B7EE527B4ED7F1C'
-            '225F7F6E17FC125AF6348028FDB86278C990BEAB07D230A158D9B9373CD58506')
+            '225F7F6E17FC125AF6348028FDB86278C990BEAB07D230A158D9B9373CD58506'
+            '1E9A92DDBD5D730CBEB764281F7810C22B18E0163985B09675393AB22BBD61F9')
 validpgpkeys=('B9459D0CA8A740B323235CDF13E96B53C005604E')
 
 prepare() {
   cd "${_realname}-${pkgver_real}"
   # disabled patch for now, doesn't seem useful any moe
   # patch -Np1 -i ${srcdir}/001-mingw-gnucobol-2.2-fixformatwarnings.patch
+  patch -Np1 -i ${srcdir}/002-gnucobol-3.1-rc1-cobol85_crdiff.patch
+  cp ${srcdir}/newcob.val.Z tests/cobol85/
 }
 
 build() {
@@ -49,6 +64,8 @@ build() {
   cd ${srcdir}/build-${CARCH}
   ./configure \
     CPPLAGS="-D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=1" \
+    --with-db --without-vbisam --without-disam --without-cisam \
+    --with-xml2 --with-cjson --with-curses=ncursesw \
     --build=${MINGW_CHOST} \
     --host=${MINGW_CHOST} \
     --target=${MINGW_CHOST} \
@@ -62,15 +79,15 @@ build() {
     #      all generated COBOL modules would be GPLed (and big)...
     #      ... and only work when all linked together
 
-  #make -j1
-  make "--jobs=$(($(nproc)+1))"
+  make
 }
 
 check() {
   cd ${srcdir}/build-${CARCH}
   # note: strangely multiple tests seem to halt the complete package creation
   #make check TESTSUITEFLAGS="--jobs=$(($(nproc)+1))"
-  make check
+  make check || echo "warning, not all internal tests passed"
+  make test  || echo "warning, not all NIST tests passed"
 }
 
 package() {