diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
index f01fb7df1172..9190f1fff864 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ with prev;
     ];
   });
 
-  ljsyscall = prev.ljsyscall.overrideAttrs(oa: rec {
+  ljsyscall = prev.lib.overrideLuarocks prev.ljsyscall (drv: rec {
     version = "unstable-20180515";
     # package hasn't seen any release for a long time
     src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {