diff --git a/maintainers/scripts/luarocks-packages.csv b/maintainers/scripts/luarocks-packages.csv
index 1b85b37468e9..e80e3f08f7d2 100644
--- a/maintainers/scripts/luarocks-packages.csv
+++ b/maintainers/scripts/luarocks-packages.csv
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ luabitop,,,,,
 luaevent,,,,,
 luacheck,,,,,
 luaffi,,http://luarocks.org/dev,,,
+luaposix,,,,,vyp lblasc
 luazip,,,,,
 luuid,,,,,
 markdown,,,,,
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix
index 691ce1ef36cd..c2a1e36cd7bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix
@@ -633,6 +633,25 @@ luaffi = buildLuarocksPackage {
     };
   };
 };
+luaposix = buildLuarocksPackage {
+  pname = "luaposix";
+  version = "34.0.4-1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url    = https://luarocks.org/luaposix-34.0.4-1.src.rock;
+    sha256 = "0yrm5cn2iyd0zjd4liyj27srphvy0gjrjx572swar6zqr4dwjqp2";
+  };
+  disabled = (luaOlder "5.1") || (luaAtLeast "5.4");
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ bit32 lua std_normalize ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/luaposix/luaposix/";
+    description = "Lua bindings for POSIX";
+    license = {
+      fullName = "MIT/X11";
+    };
+  };
+};
 luazip = buildLuarocksPackage {
   pname = "luazip";
   version = "1.2.7-1";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
index c4f9d1429adf..83ec4cdb4e69 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
@@ -345,40 +345,6 @@ with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  luaposix = buildLuaPackage rec {
-    name = "posix-${version}";
-    version = "34.0.4";
-
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "luaposix";
-      repo = "luaposix";
-      rev = "release-v${version}";
-      sha256 = "0p5583vidsm7s97zihf47c34vscwgbl86axrnj44j328v45kxb2z";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ std_normalize bit32 ];
-
-    buildPhase = ''
-      ${lua}/bin/lua build-aux/luke \
-        package="luaposix" \
-        version="${version}"
-    '';
-
-    installPhase = ''
-      ${lua}/bin/lua build-aux/luke install --quiet \
-        INST_LIBDIR="$out/lib/lua/${lua.luaversion}" \
-        INST_LUADIR="$out/share/lua/${lua.luaversion}"
-    '';
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      description = "Lua bindings for POSIX API";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/luaposix/luaposix";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ vyp lblasc ];
-      platforms = platforms.unix;
-    };
-  };
-
   luasec = buildLuaPackage rec {
     name = "sec-0.8";