diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/build-lua-package.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/build-lua-package.nix
index 0bed5efe4f79..b1175c2fa459 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/build-lua-package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/build-lua-package.nix
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 , lua
 , stdenv
 , wrapLua
-, unzip
-, writeText
 # Whether the derivation provides a lua module or not.
 , toLuaModule
 }:
@@ -117,14 +115,16 @@ builtins.removeAttrs attrs ["disabled" "checkInputs"] // {
     cat > ${luarocks_config} <<EOF
     ${luarocks_content}
     EOF
-    export LUAROCKS_CONFIG=$PWD/${luarocks_config};
+    export LUAROCKS_CONFIG="$PWD/${luarocks_config}";
   ''
   + lib.optionalString (knownRockspec != null) ''
 
     # prevents the following type of error:
     # Inconsistency between rockspec filename (42fm1b3d7iv6fcbhgm9674as3jh6y2sh-luv-1.22.0-1.rockspec) and its contents (luv-1.22.0-1.rockspec)
     rockspecFilename="$TMP/$(stripHash ''${knownRockspec})"
-    cp ''${knownRockspec} $rockspecFilename
+    cp ''${knownRockspec} "$rockspecFilename"
+  ''
+  + ''
     runHook postConfigure
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
index fa8fdfc22d7a..a0ea365c7a56 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
@@ -55,4 +55,17 @@ with super;
       install -D completions/zsh/_busted $out/share/zsh/site-functions/_busted
     '';
   });
+
+  luuid = super.luuid.override({
+    buildInputs = [ pkgs.libuuid ];
+    extraConfig = ''
+      variables = {
+        LIBUUID_INCDIR="${pkgs.lib.getDev pkgs.libuuid}/include";
+        LIBUUID_LIBDIR="${pkgs.lib.getLib pkgs.libuuid}/lib";
+      }
+    '';
+    meta = {
+      platforms = pkgs.lib.platforms.linux;
+    };
+  });
  }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
index 2899e91ceb63..ba5e026c5423 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ let
 
   buildLuarocksPackage = with pkgs.lib; makeOverridable( callPackage ../development/interpreters/lua-5/build-lua-package.nix {
     inherit toLuaModule;
-    inherit lua writeText;
+    inherit lua;
   });
 in
 with self; {
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ with self; {
   inherit toLuaModule lua-setup-hook;
   inherit buildLuarocksPackage buildLuaApplication;
   inherit requiredLuaModules luaOlder luaAtLeast
-    isLua51 isLua52 isLuaJIT lua callPackage;
+    isLua51 isLua52 isLua53 isLuaJIT lua callPackage;
 
   # wraps programs in $out/bin with valid LUA_PATH/LUA_CPATH
   wrapLua = callPackage ../development/interpreters/lua-5/wrap-lua.nix {