diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.1.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.1.nix
index ee5dac265bc7..303ea1d74711 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.1.nix
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   configurePhase =
     if stdenv.isDarwin
     then ''
-    makeFlagsArray=( INSTALL_TOP=$out INSTALL_MAN=$out/share/man/man1 PLAT=macosx CFLAGS="-DLUA_USE_LINUX -fno-common -O2" LDLAGS="" )
+    makeFlagsArray=( INSTALL_TOP=$out INSTALL_MAN=$out/share/man/man1 PLAT=macosx CFLAGS="-DLUA_USE_LINUX -fno-common -O2" LDFLAGS="" )
     installFlagsArray=( TO_BIN="lua luac" TO_LIB="liblua.5.1.5.dylib" INSTALL_DATA='cp -d' )
   '' else ''
-    makeFlagsArray=( INSTALL_TOP=$out INSTALL_MAN=$out/share/man/man1 PLAT=linux CFLAGS="-DLUA_USE_LINUX -O2 -fPIC" LDLAGS="-fPIC" )
+    makeFlagsArray=( INSTALL_TOP=$out INSTALL_MAN=$out/share/man/man1 PLAT=linux CFLAGS="-DLUA_USE_LINUX -O2 -fPIC" LDFLAGS="-fPIC" )
     installFlagsArray=( TO_BIN="lua luac" TO_LIB="liblua.a liblua.so liblua.so.5.1 liblua.so.5.1.5" INSTALL_DATA='cp -d' )
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.2.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.2.nix
index f346b1b09868..3bcc85fb4342 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.2.nix
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   configurePhase =
     if stdenv.isDarwin
     then ''
-    makeFlagsArray=( INSTALL_TOP=$out INSTALL_MAN=$out/share/man/man1 PLAT=macosx CFLAGS="-DLUA_USE_LINUX -fno-common -O2 -fPIC${if compat then " -DLUA_COMPAT_ALL" else ""}" LDLAGS="-fPIC" V=${majorVersion} R=${version} )
+    makeFlagsArray=( INSTALL_TOP=$out INSTALL_MAN=$out/share/man/man1 PLAT=macosx CFLAGS="-DLUA_USE_LINUX -fno-common -O2 -fPIC${if compat then " -DLUA_COMPAT_ALL" else ""}" LDFLAGS="-fPIC" V=${majorVersion} R=${version} )
     installFlagsArray=( TO_BIN="lua luac" TO_LIB="liblua.${version}.dylib" INSTALL_DATA='cp -d' )
   '' else ''
-    makeFlagsArray=( INSTALL_TOP=$out INSTALL_MAN=$out/share/man/man1 PLAT=linux CFLAGS="-DLUA_USE_LINUX -O2 -fPIC${if compat then " -DLUA_COMPAT_ALL" else ""}" LDLAGS="-fPIC" V=${majorVersion} R=${version} )
+    makeFlagsArray=( INSTALL_TOP=$out INSTALL_MAN=$out/share/man/man1 PLAT=linux CFLAGS="-DLUA_USE_LINUX -O2 -fPIC${if compat then " -DLUA_COMPAT_ALL" else ""}" LDFLAGS="-fPIC" V=${majorVersion} R=${version} )
     installFlagsArray=( TO_BIN="lua luac" TO_LIB="liblua.a liblua.so liblua.so.${majorVersion} liblua.so.${version}" INSTALL_DATA='cp -d' )
   '';