diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hslua/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hslua/default.nix
index 117400952841..0cdd309d81bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hslua/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hslua/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-{ cabal, mtl }:
+{ cabal, lua, mtl }:
 
 cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   pname = "hslua";
-  version = "0.3.7";
-  sha256 = "1q5s2b7x9idvdvp31yl86mmy476gfq6rg8f0r8faqxrm45jwgv2q";
+  version = "0.3.8";
+  sha256 = "1yb23cyb3wj70z8lvk6w2sn13kc17v53fd8m587kb4fpqzpdz44d";
   buildDepends = [ mtl ];
+  pkgconfigDepends = [ lua ];
+  configureFlags = "-fsystem-lua";
   meta = {
     description = "A Lua language interpreter embedding in Haskell";
     license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index ba6d34094169..d23df7017453 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1256,7 +1256,9 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.finalReturn x
 
   hsemail = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/hsemail {};
 
-  hslua = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/hslua {};
+  hslua = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/hslua {
+    lua = pkgs.lua5_1;
+  };
 
   HSH = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/HSH {};