diff --git a/gnu/packages/lua.scm b/gnu/packages/lua.scm
index 3d18e18ca9..4771fa1d42 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lua.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lua.scm
@@ -47,11 +47,15 @@ (define-module (gnu packages lua)
   #:use-module (guix build-system meson)
   #:use-module (guix build-system trivial)
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages base)
   #:use-module (gnu packages bash)
   #:use-module (gnu packages boost)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages curl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages build-tools)
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages gcc)
   #:use-module (gnu packages glib)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages gnupg)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gtk)
   #:use-module (gnu packages libevent)
   #:use-module (gnu packages libffi)
@@ -61,11 +65,15 @@ (define-module (gnu packages lua)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pretty-print)
   #:use-module (gnu packages re2c)
   #:use-module (gnu packages readline)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages rsync)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages ssh)
   #:use-module (gnu packages tls)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages version-control)
   #:use-module (gnu packages vim)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages wget)
   #:use-module (gnu packages xml)
   #:use-module (gnu packages xorg)
-  #:use-module (srfi srfi-1))
+  #:use-module ((srfi srfi-1) #:hide (zip)))
 
 (define-public lua
   (package
@@ -1142,21 +1150,69 @@ (define-public luarocks
                 "1nsfp7cwqcxa8vmkcqkgi5wc0iax0j3gbdfd183kw81cq3nf99mw"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
-     '(#:tests? #f ;upstream has no tests
-       #:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
-                  (add-before 'build 'patch-bin-sh
-                    (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
-                      (substitute* '("GNUmakefile" "src/luarocks/fs/unix.lua"
-                                     "src/luarocks/core/sysdetect.lua")
-                        (("/bin/sh")
-                         (string-append (assoc-ref inputs "bash-minimal")
-                                        "/bin/sh")))))
-                  (replace 'configure
-                    (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
-                      (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
-                        (invoke "./configure"
-                                (string-append "--prefix=" out))))))))
-    (inputs (list lua bash-minimal))
+     `(#:tests? #f ;upstream has no tests
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-before 'build 'patch-bin-sh
+           (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (substitute* '("GNUmakefile" "src/luarocks/fs/unix.lua"
+                            "src/luarocks/core/sysdetect.lua")
+               (("/bin/sh")
+                (string-append (assoc-ref inputs "bash-minimal")
+                               "/bin/sh")))))
+         (replace 'configure
+           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
+               (invoke "./configure"
+                       (string-append "--prefix=" out)))))
+         (add-after 'install 'patch-unzip
+           (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (substitute*
+                 (string-append
+                  (assoc-ref outputs "out") "/etc/luarocks/config-"
+                  ,(substring (package-version lua) 0 3) ".lua") ;e.g. "5.2"
+               (("variables = \\{")
+                (string-append
+                 "variables = {\n"
+                 "   AR = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "binutils") "/bin/ar\";\n"
+                 "   BUNZIP2 = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "bzip2") "/bin/bunzip2\";\n"
+                 "   CC = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "gcc") "/bin/gcc\";\n"
+                 "   CHMOD = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "coreutils") "/bin/chmod\";\n"
+                 "   CMAKE = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "coreutils") "/bin/cmake\";\n"
+                 "   CP = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "coreutils") "/bin/cp\";\n"
+                 "   CURL = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "curl") "/bin/curl\";\n"
+                 "   CVS = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "cvs") "/bin/cvs\";\n"
+                 "   FIND = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "findutils") "/bin/find\";\n"
+                 "   GIT = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "git") "/bin/git\";\n"
+                 "   GPG = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "gnupg") "/bin/gpg\";\n"
+                 "   GUNZIP = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "gzip") "/bin/gunzip\";\n"
+                 "   HG = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "mercurial") "/bin/hg\";\n"
+                 "   LD = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "binutils") "/bin/ld\";\n"
+                 "   LS = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "coreutils") "/bin/ls\";\n"
+                 "   MAKE = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "make") "/bin/make\";\n"
+                 "   MD5SUM = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "coreutils") "/bin/md5sum\";\n"
+                 "   MKDIR = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "coreutils") "/bin/mkdir\";\n"
+                 "   MKTEMP = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "coreutils") "/bin/mktemp\";\n"
+                 "   OPENSSL = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "openssl") "/bin/openssl\";\n"
+                 "   PWD = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "coreutils") "/bin/pwd\";\n"
+                 "   RANLIB = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "binutils") "/bin/ranlib\";\n"
+                 "   RM = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "coreutils") "/bin/rm\";\n"
+                 "   RMDIR = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "coreutils") "/bin/rmdir\";\n"
+                 "   RSYNC = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "rsync") "/bin/rsync\";\n"
+                 "   SCP = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "openssh") "/bin/scp\";\n"
+                 "   SEVENZ = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "p7zip") "/bin/7z\";\n"
+                 "   SVN = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "subversion") "/bin/svn\";\n"
+                 "   TAR = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "tar") "/bin/tar\";\n"
+                 "   TEST = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "coreutils") "/bin/test\";\n"
+                 "   TOUCH = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "coreutils") "/bin/touch\";\n"
+                 "   UNZIP = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "unzip") "/bin/unzip -n\";\n"
+                 "   WGET = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "wget") "/bin/wget\";\n"
+                 "   ZIP = \"" (assoc-ref inputs "zip") "/bin/zip\";"))))))))
+    (inputs (list lua bash-minimal
+                  ;; Executables required by luarocks.
+                  binutils bzip2 coreutils curl cvs findutils gcc git gnupg
+                  gzip gnu-make mercurial openssh openssl p7zip rsync
+                  subversion tar unzip wget zip))
     (native-inputs (list unzip))
     (synopsis "A package manager for Lua modules")
     (description
@@ -1176,6 +1232,12 @@ (define-public luarocks
     ;; "LuaRocks is free software and uses the same license as Lua."
     (license license:x11)))
 
+(define-public lua5.2-luarocks
+  (make-luarocks "lua5.2-luarocks" lua-5.2))
+
+(define-public luarocks
+  (make-luarocks "luarocks" lua))
+
 (define-public emilua
   (package
    (name "emilua")
