diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
index 62ddc14ff93a..d1b47e6bcadd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ with self; {
         );
     '';
 
+    NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-ldl" ];
+
     meta = with lib; {
       description = "Lightweight UNIX I/O and POSIX binding for Lua";
       homepage = "https://www.gitano.org.uk/luxio/";