diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/hooks/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/hooks/setup-hook.sh
index 3041b7f1c3f7..302702166139 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/hooks/setup-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/hooks/setup-hook.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ addToLuaSearchPathWithCustomDelimiter() {
   # export only if the folder contains lua files
   shopt -s globstar
 
-  for _file in ${absPattern/\?/\*\*}; do
+  local adjustedPattern="${absPattern/\?/\*\*\/\*}"
+  for _file in $adjustedPattern; do
     export "${varName}=${!varName:+${!varName};}${absPattern}"
     shopt -u globstar
     return;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/tests/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/tests/default.nix
index 6ca6b153c0b6..c95d11aefc96 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/tests/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/tests/default.nix
@@ -66,6 +66,21 @@ in
       touch $out
     '');
 
+  # checks that lua's setup-hook adds dependencies to LUA_PATH
+  # Prevents the following regressions
+  # $ env NIX_PATH=nixpkgs=. nix-shell --pure -Q -p luajitPackages.lua luajitPackages.http
+  # nix-shell$ luajit
+  # > require('http.request')
+  # stdin:1: module 'http.request' not found:
+  checkSetupHook = pkgs.runCommandLocal "test-${lua.name}-setup-hook" ({
+      nativeBuildInputs = [lua];
+      buildInputs = [ lua.pkgs.http ];
+      meta.platforms = lua.meta.platforms;
+    }) (''
+      ${lua}/bin/lua -e "require'http.request'"
+      touch $out
+    '');
+
   checkRelativeImports = pkgs.runCommandLocal "test-${lua.name}-relative-imports" ({
     }) (''
       source ${./assert.sh}