diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix
index b15924b34f3c..f03e689233e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
               --suffix LUA_PATH ";" "$(echo "$out"/share/lua/*/)?/init.lua" \
               --suffix LUA_CPATH ";" "$(echo "$out"/lib/lua/*/)?.so" \
               --suffix LUA_CPATH ";" "$(echo "$out"/share/lua/*/)?/init.lua" \
-              --suffix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath finalAttrs.propagatedBuildInputs}
+              --suffix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath finalAttrs.propagatedNativeBuildInputs}
         }
     done
   '';
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zip unzip cmake ];
+  propagatedNativeBuildInputs = [ zip unzip cmake ];
 
   # unpack hook for src.rock and rockspec files
   setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/luarocks-nix.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/luarocks-nix.nix
index 1a0466596fdc..9441c40616a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/luarocks-nix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/luarocks-nix.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ luarocks_bootstrap.overrideAttrs (old: {
     hash = "sha256-hsjv+jlLsoIDM4gB/0mFeoVu1YZ1I9ELDALLTEnlCF0=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = old.propagatedBuildInputs ++ [
+  propagatedNativeBuildInputs = old.propagatedNativeBuildInputs ++ [
     file
     nurl
   ];