diff --git a/.jenkins.d/00-deps.sh b/.jenkins.d/00-deps.sh
index 95c2447..b5671bc 100755
--- a/.jenkins.d/00-deps.sh
+++ b/.jenkins.d/00-deps.sh
@@ -1,29 +1,30 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-
-JDIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
-source "$JDIR"/util.sh
-
-set -x
+set -ex
 
 if has OSX $NODE_LABELS; then
     FORMULAE=(boost openssl pkg-config)
-    brew update
-    if [[ -n $TRAVIS ]]; then
-        # travis images come with a large number of brew packages
-        # pre-installed, don't waste time upgrading all of them
-        for FORMULA in "${FORMULAE[@]}"; do
-            brew outdated $FORMULA || brew upgrade $FORMULA
-        done
-    else
-        brew upgrade
+    if has OSX-10.13 $NODE_LABELS || has OSX-10.14 $NODE_LABELS; then
+        FORMULAE+=(python)
     fi
-    brew install "${FORMULAE[@]}"
-    brew cleanup
-fi
 
-if has Ubuntu $NODE_LABELS; then
+    if [[ -n $TRAVIS ]]; then
+        # Travis images come with a large number of pre-installed
+        # brew packages, don't waste time upgrading all of them
+        brew list --versions "${FORMULAE[@]}" || brew update
+        for FORMULA in "${FORMULAE[@]}"; do
+            brew list --versions "$FORMULA" || brew install "$FORMULA"
+        done
+        # Ensure /usr/local/opt/openssl exists
+        brew reinstall openssl
+    else
+        brew update
+        brew upgrade
+        brew install "${FORMULAE[@]}"
+        brew cleanup
+    fi
+
+elif has Ubuntu $NODE_LABELS; then
     sudo apt-get -qq update
-    sudo apt-get -qy install build-essential pkg-config libboost-all-dev \
-                             libsqlite3-dev libssl-dev
+    sudo apt-get -qy install g++ pkg-config python3-minimal \
+                             libboost-all-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev
 fi
diff --git a/.jenkins.d/01-ndn-cxx.sh b/.jenkins.d/01-ndn-cxx.sh
index 29a41ea..4e0e154 100755
--- a/.jenkins.d/01-ndn-cxx.sh
+++ b/.jenkins.d/01-ndn-cxx.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
+set -ex
 
-JDIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
-source "$JDIR"/util.sh
-
-set -x
-
-pushd "${CACHE_DIR:-/tmp}" >/dev/null
+pushd "$CACHE_DIR" >/dev/null
 
 INSTALLED_VERSION=
 if has OSX $NODE_LABELS; then
@@ -22,35 +17,39 @@
     INSTALLED_VERSION=$(git -C ndn-cxx rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo NONE)
 fi
 
-sudo rm -Rf ndn-cxx-latest
-
-git clone --depth 1 git://github.com/named-data/ndn-cxx ndn-cxx-latest
-
+sudo rm -rf ndn-cxx-latest
+git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/named-data/ndn-cxx.git ndn-cxx-latest
 LATEST_VERSION=$(git -C ndn-cxx-latest rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo UNKNOWN)
 
 if [[ $INSTALLED_VERSION != $LATEST_VERSION ]]; then
-    sudo rm -Rf ndn-cxx
+    sudo rm -rf ndn-cxx
     mv ndn-cxx-latest ndn-cxx
 else
-    sudo rm -Rf ndn-cxx-latest
+    sudo rm -rf ndn-cxx-latest
 fi
 
 sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/ndnsec*
 sudo rm -fr /usr/local/include/ndn-cxx
-sudo rm -f /usr/local/lib/libndn-cxx*
-sudo rm -f /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/libndn-cxx.pc
+sudo rm -f /usr/local/lib{,64}/libndn-cxx*
+sudo rm -f /usr/local/lib{,64}/pkgconfig/libndn-cxx.pc
 
 pushd ndn-cxx >/dev/null
 
-./waf configure --color=yes --enable-shared --disable-static --without-osx-keychain
-./waf build --color=yes -j${WAF_JOBS:-1}
-sudo_preserve_env PATH -- ./waf install --color=yes
+if has CentOS-8 $NODE_LABELS; then
+    # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1721553
+    PCH="--without-pch"
+fi
+
+./waf --color=yes configure --disable-static --enable-shared --without-osx-keychain $PCH
+./waf --color=yes build -j$WAF_JOBS
+sudo_preserve_env PATH -- ./waf --color=yes install
 
 popd >/dev/null
 popd >/dev/null
 
+if has CentOS-8 $NODE_LABELS; then
+    sudo tee /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ndn.conf >/dev/null <<< /usr/local/lib64
+fi
 if has Linux $NODE_LABELS; then
     sudo ldconfig
-elif has FreeBSD10 $NODE_LABELS; then
-    sudo ldconfig -m
 fi
diff --git a/.jenkins.d/10-build.sh b/.jenkins.d/10-build.sh
index 97bc518..7dd67cc 100755
--- a/.jenkins.d/10-build.sh
+++ b/.jenkins.d/10-build.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
+set -ex
 
-JDIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
-source "$JDIR"/util.sh
+git submodule sync
+git submodule update --init
 
-set -x
+# Build in debug mode
+./waf --color=yes configure --debug
+./waf --color=yes build -j$WAF_JOBS
 
-sudo_preserve_env PATH -- ./waf --color=yes distclean
+# Cleanup
+./waf --color=yes distclean
 
+# Build in release mode
 ./waf --color=yes configure
-./waf --color=yes build -j${WAF_JOBS:-1}
+./waf --color=yes build -j$WAF_JOBS
 
+# Install
 sudo_preserve_env PATH -- ./waf --color=yes install
diff --git a/.jenkins.d/README.md b/.jenkins.d/README.md
index eb92f2c..e03f02e 100644
--- a/.jenkins.d/README.md
+++ b/.jenkins.d/README.md
@@ -1,34 +1,26 @@
-CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION SCRIPTS
-==============================
+# CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION SCRIPTS
 
-Environment Variables Used in Build Scripts
--------------------------------------------
+## Environment Variables Used in Build Scripts
 
-- `NODE_LABELS`: the variable defines a list of OS properties.  The set values are used by the
-  build scripts to select proper behavior for different OS.
+- `NODE_LABELS`: space-separated list of platform properties. The included values are used by
+  the build scripts to select the proper behavior for different operating systems and versions.
 
-  The list should include at least `[OS_TYPE]`, `[DISTRO_TYPE]`, and `[DISTRO_VERSION]`.
+  The list should normally contain `[OS_TYPE]`, `[DISTRO_TYPE]`, and `[DISTRO_VERSION]`.
 
-  Possible values for Linux:
+  Example values:
 
-  * `[OS_TYPE]`: `Linux`
-  * `[DISTRO_TYPE]`: `Ubuntu`
-  * `[DISTRO_VERSION]`: `Ubuntu-16.04`, `Ubuntu-18.04`
+  - `[OS_TYPE]`: `Linux`, `OSX`
+  - `[DISTRO_TYPE]`: `Ubuntu`, `CentOS`
+  - `[DISTRO_VERSION]`: `Ubuntu-16.04`, `Ubuntu-18.04`, `CentOS-8`, `OSX-10.14`, `OSX-10.15`
 
-  Possible values for OS X / macOS:
-
-  * `[OS_TYPE]`: `OSX`
-  * `[DISTRO_TYPE]`: `OSX` (can be absent)
-  * `[DISTRO_VERSION]`: `OSX-10.11`, `OSX-10.12`, `OSX-10.13`
-
-- `JOB_NAME`: optional variable to define type of the job.  Depending on the defined job type,
+- `JOB_NAME`: optional variable that defines the type of build job. Depending on the job type,
   the build scripts can perform different tasks.
 
   Possible values:
 
-  * empty: default build process
+  - empty: default build task
 
-- `CACHE_DIR`: the variable defines a path to folder containing cached files from previous builds,
-  e.g., a compiled version of ndn-cxx library.  If not set, `/tmp` is used.
+- `CACHE_DIR`: directory containing cached files from previous builds, e.g., a compiled version
+  of ndn-cxx. If not set, `/tmp` is used.
 
-- `WAF_JOBS`: number of parallel build jobs used by waf, defaults to 1.
+- `WAF_JOBS`: number of parallel build threads used by waf, defaults to 1.
diff --git a/.jenkins.d/util.sh b/.jenkins.d/util.sh
index 8ddc4ba..8077a74 100644
--- a/.jenkins.d/util.sh
+++ b/.jenkins.d/util.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     set ${saved_xtrace}
     return ${ret}
 }
+export -f has
 
 sudo_preserve_env() {
     local saved_xtrace
@@ -35,3 +36,4 @@
     set ${saved_xtrace}
     sudo env "${vars[@]}" "$@"
 }
+export -f sudo_preserve_env