diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/default.nix
index 5a35df4c513d..b639a07ad9df 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/default.nix
@@ -9,5 +9,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   makeFlags = [ "CFLAGS=-fPIC" ];
   buildFlags = "linux"; # TODO: support for non-linux systems
   installFlags = "install INSTALL_TOP=\${out}";
+  postInstall = ''
+    sed -i -e "s@/usr/local@$out@" etc/lua.pc
+    sed -i -e "s@-llua -lm@-llua -lm -ldl@" etc/lua.pc
+    install -D -m 644 etc/lua.pc $out/lib/pkgconfig/lua.pc
+  '';
   buildInputs = [ ncurses readline ];
 }