diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.2.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.2.nix
index 5b4c2459872e..70ab0c3bdf8b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.2.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, readline }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, readline, compat ? false }:
 
 let
   dsoPatch = fetchurl {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   patches = [ dsoPatch ];
 
   configurePhase = ''
-    makeFlagsArray=( INSTALL_TOP=$out INSTALL_MAN=$out/share/man/man1 PLAT=linux CFLAGS="-DLUA_USE_LINUX -O2 -fPIC" LDLAGS="-fPIC" V=${majorVersion} R=${version} )
+    makeFlagsArray=( INSTALL_TOP=$out INSTALL_MAN=$out/share/man/man1 PLAT=linux CFLAGS="-DLUA_USE_LINUX -O2 -fPIC${if compat then " -DLUA_COMPAT_ALL" else ""}" LDLAGS="-fPIC" V=${majorVersion} R=${version} )
     installFlagsArray=( TO_BIN="lua luac" TO_LIB="liblua.a liblua.so liblua.so.${majorVersion} liblua.so.${version}" INSTALL_DATA='cp -d' )
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 46a41ed45459..6617d385c0eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3268,6 +3268,9 @@ let
   lua5_0 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/lua-5/5.0.3.nix { };
   lua5_1 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/lua-5/5.1.nix { };
   lua5_2 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/lua-5/5.2.nix { };
+  lua5_2_compat = callPackage ../development/interpreters/lua-5/5.2.nix { 
+    compat = true;
+  };
   lua5 = lua5_1;
 
   luarocks = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/luarocks {