diff --git a/pkgs/development/emilua-plugins/beast/default.nix b/pkgs/development/emilua-plugins/beast/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..245170cae710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/emilua-plugins/beast/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+  stdenv,
+  emilua,
+  meson,
+  gperf,
+  ninja,
+  asciidoctor,
+  pkg-config,
+  fetchFromGitLab,
+  gitUpdater,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "emilua_beast";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    owner = "emilua";
+    repo = "beast";
+    rev = "v${self.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-HvfEigHJTZelPvHFk22PWxkTFEajHJXfiCndxXHVgq8=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    emilua
+    asciidoctor
+    gperf
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    pkg-config
+    ninja
+  ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { rev-prefix = "v"; };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/emilua/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/emilua/default.nix
index 4ef35441d344..22affc8b9add 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/emilua/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/emilua/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   cmake,
   asciidoctor,
   makeWrapper,
+  gitUpdater
 }:
 
 let
@@ -29,24 +30,41 @@ let
     owner = "breese";
     repo = "trial.protocol";
     rev = "79149f604a49b8dfec57857ca28aaf508069b669";
-    name = "trial-protocol";
-    hash = "sha256-Xd8bX3z9PZWU17N9R95HXdj6qo9at5FBL/+PTVaJgkw=";
+    sparseCheckout = [
+      "include"
+    ];
+    hash = "sha256-QpQ70KDcJyR67PtOowAF6w48GitMJ700B8HiEwDA5sU=";
+    postFetch = ''
+      rm $out/*.*
+      mkdir -p $out/lib/pkgconfig
+      cat > $out/lib/pkgconfig/trial-protocol.pc << EOF
+        Name: trial.protocol
+        Version: 0-unstable-2023-02-10
+        Description:  C++ header-only library with parsers and generators for network wire protocols
+        Requires:
+        Libs:
+        Cflags:
+      EOF
+    '';
   };
+
+  boost = boost182;
 in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (self: {
   pname = "emilua";
-  version = "0.7.3";
+  version = "0.10.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     owner = "emilua";
     repo = "emilua";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-j8ohhqHjSBgc4Xk9PcQNrbADmsz4VH2zCv+UNqiCv4I=";
+    rev = "v${self.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-D6XKXik9nWQ6t6EF6dLbRGB60iFbPUM8/H8iFAz1QlE=";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
     luajit_openresty
-    boost182
+    boost
     fmt
     ncurses
     serd
@@ -55,6 +73,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     liburing
     openssl
     cereal
+    trial-protocol-wrap
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -80,12 +99,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
-    pushd subprojects
-    cp -r ${trial-protocol-wrap} trial-protocol
-    chmod +w trial-protocol
-    cp "packagefiles/trial.protocol/meson.build" "trial-protocol/"
-    popd
-
     patchShebangs src/emilua_gperf.awk --interpreter '${lib.getExe gawk} -f'
   '';
 
@@ -97,12 +110,25 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--no-suite" "libpsx"
   ];
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/nix-support
+    cp ${./setup-hook.sh} $out/nix-support/setup-hook
+    substituteInPlace $out/nix-support/setup-hook \
+      --replace @sitePackages@ "${self.passthru.sitePackages}"
+  '';
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = gitUpdater {rev-prefix = "v";};
+    inherit boost;
+    sitePackages = "lib/emilua-${(lib.concatStringsSep "." (lib.take 2 (lib.splitVersion self.version)))}";
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Lua execution engine";
     mainProgram = "emilua";
     homepage = "https://emilua.org/";
     license = licenses.boost;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ manipuladordedados ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ manipuladordedados lucasew ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/emilua/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/emilua/setup-hook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..034b52796468
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/emilua/setup-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+addEmiluaPath() {
+  addToSearchPathWithCustomDelimiter : EMILUA_PATH $1/@sitePackages@
+}
+
+toEmiluaPath() {
+    local paths="$1"
+    local result=
+    for i in $paths; do
+        p="$i/@sitePackages@"
+        result="${result}${result:+:}$p"
+    done
+    echo $result
+}
+
+if [ -z "${dontAddEmiluaPath:-}" ]; then
+    addEnvHooks "$hostOffset" addEmiluaPath
+fi
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e3d4bc99d2f0..283595a80944 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16620,7 +16620,11 @@ with pkgs;
   zuo = callPackage ../development/interpreters/zuo { };
 
   ### LUA interpreters
-  emilua = callPackage ../development/interpreters/emilua { };
+  emiluaPlugins = recurseIntoAttrs
+    (callPackage ./emilua-plugins.nix {}
+      (callPackage ../development/interpreters/emilua { }));
+
+  inherit (emiluaPlugins) emilua;
 
   luaInterpreters = callPackage ./../development/interpreters/lua-5 { };
   inherit (luaInterpreters) lua5_1 lua5_2 lua5_2_compat lua5_3 lua5_3_compat lua5_4 lua5_4_compat luajit_2_1 luajit_2_0 luajit_openresty;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/emilua-plugins.nix b/pkgs/top-level/emilua-plugins.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a4387b18e653
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/emilua-plugins.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  newScope,
+  pkgs,
+  config,
+}:
+
+emilua:
+(lib.makeScope newScope (self: {
+  inherit emilua;
+  beast = self.callPackage ../development/emilua-plugins/beast { };
+}))