diff --git a/pkgs/servers/xmpp/prosody/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/xmpp/prosody/default.nix
index 1e60f430586f..5d0ed06b5ae0 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/xmpp/prosody/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/xmpp/prosody/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 , withDBI ? true
 # use withExtraLibs to add additional dependencies of community modules
 , withExtraLibs ? [ ]
+, withExtraLuaPackages ? _: [ ]
 , withOnlyInstalledCommunityModules ? [ ]
 , withCommunityModules ? [ ] }:
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ let
     ]
     ++ lib.optional withLibevent p.luaevent
     ++ lib.optional withDBI p.luadbi
+    ++ withExtraLuaPackages p
   );
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -63,23 +65,26 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     make -C tools/migration
   '';
 
+  luaEnvPath = lua.pkgs.lib.genLuaPathAbsStr luaEnv;
+  luaEnvCPath = lua.pkgs.lib.genLuaCPathAbsStr luaEnv;
+
   # the wrapping should go away once lua hook is fixed
   postInstall = ''
       ${concatMapStringsSep "\n" (module: ''
         cp -r $communityModules/mod_${module} $out/lib/prosody/modules/
       '') (lib.lists.unique(nixosModuleDeps ++ withCommunityModules ++ withOnlyInstalledCommunityModules))}
       wrapProgram $out/bin/prosody \
-        --prefix LUA_PATH ';' "$LUA_PATH" \
-        --prefix LUA_CPATH ';' "$LUA_CPATH"
+        --set LUA_PATH "$luaEnvPath" \
+        --set LUA_CPATH "$luaEnvCPath"
       wrapProgram $out/bin/prosodyctl \
         --add-flags '--config "/etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua"' \
-        --prefix LUA_PATH ';' "$LUA_PATH" \
-        --prefix LUA_CPATH ';' "$LUA_CPATH"
+        --set LUA_PATH "$luaEnvPath" \
+        --set LUA_CPATH "$luaEnvCPath"
 
       make -C tools/migration install
       wrapProgram $out/bin/prosody-migrator \
-        --prefix LUA_PATH ';' "$LUA_PATH" \
-        --prefix LUA_CPATH ';' "$LUA_CPATH"
+        --set LUA_PATH "$luaEnvPath" \
+        --set LUA_CPATH "$luaEnvCPath"
     '';
 
   passthru = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1af93f995069..d926658b72ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21056,6 +21056,7 @@ with pkgs;
     # _compat can probably be removed on next minor version after 0.10.0
     lua = lua5_2_compat;
     withExtraLibs = [];
+    withExtraLuaPackages = _: [];
   };
 
   prosody-filer = callPackage ../servers/xmpp/prosody-filer { };