diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.3.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.3.nix
index 7f0703c62884..5a4893db0637 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.3.nix
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     Libs: -L$out/lib -llua -lm
     Cflags: -I$out/include
     EOF
+    ln -s "$out/lib/pkgconfig/lua.pc" "$out/lib/pkgconfig/lua${luaversion}.pc"
   '';
 
   meta = {