diff --git a/pkgs/games/wesnoth/default.nix b/pkgs/games/wesnoth/default.nix
index 9afbdf1913b0..54a7aaa822c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/wesnoth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/wesnoth/default.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,31 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
 , cmake, pkg-config, SDL2, SDL2_image, SDL2_mixer, SDL2_net, SDL2_ttf
 , pango, gettext, boost, libvorbis, fribidi, dbus, libpng, pcre, openssl, icu
+, lua, curl
 , Cocoa, Foundation
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "wesnoth";
-  version = "1.16.11";
+  version = "1.18.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     rev = version;
     owner = "wesnoth";
     repo = "wesnoth";
-    hash = "sha256-nnAMMc1pPYOziaHGUfh8LevECBb/lzCkaPyzFWs4zTY=";
+    hash = "sha256-Db1OwBTA/2jjhu/fOZhwGo7dWV3mZ40y6hTNCCjaRJQ=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
 
   buildInputs = [ SDL2 SDL2_image SDL2_mixer SDL2_net SDL2_ttf pango gettext boost
-                  libvorbis fribidi dbus libpng pcre openssl icu ]
+                  libvorbis fribidi dbus libpng pcre openssl icu lua curl ]
                 ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Cocoa Foundation];
 
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DENABLE_SYSTEM_LUA=ON"
+  ];
+
   NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-framework AppKit";
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5543f7f5560b..d48b6dbe9fc4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -37839,6 +37839,12 @@ with pkgs;
 
   wesnoth = callPackage ../games/wesnoth {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa Foundation;
+    # wesnoth requires lua built with c++, see https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/pull/8234
+    lua = lua5_4.override {
+      postConfigure = ''
+        makeFlagsArray+=("CC=$CXX")
+      '';
+    };
   };
 
   wesnoth-dev = wesnoth;