diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/build-luarocks-package.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/build-luarocks-package.nix
index 97ac535c9303..cb1b9825e14e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/build-luarocks-package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/build-luarocks-package.nix
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ let
   generatedRockspecFilename = "./${self.pname}-${self.rockspecVersion}.rockspec";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    lua  # for lua.h
     wrapLua
     luarocks
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/wrapper.nix
index bd97e7186b97..b5166739351e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/wrapper.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # Create a lua executable that knows about additional packages.
 let
   env = let
-    paths =  requiredLuaModules (extraLibs ++ [ lua ] );
+    paths = [ lua ] ++ requiredLuaModules extraLibs;
   in buildEnv {
     name = "${lua.name}-env";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
index b4b2bfe4af6a..cc28ca4fec8f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
@@ -641,7 +641,8 @@ in
       tar xf *.tar.gz
     '';
 
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ lua luaposix
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [
+      luaposix
       readline.out
     ];