diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/zip.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/zip.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f6460be16625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/zip.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ pkgs, stdenv, fetchurl, lua5_1, zziplib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.2.3";
+  name = "lua-zip-${version}";
+  isLibrary = true;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/luaforge/luazip/archive/0b8f5c958e170b1b49f05bc267bc0351ad4dfc44.zip";
+    sha256 = "beb9260d606fdd5304aa958d95f0d3c20be7ca0a2cff44e7b75281c138a76a50";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgs.unzip lua5_1 zziplib ];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    makeFlagsArray=(
+      PREFIX=$out
+      LUA_LIBDIR="$out/lib/lua/${lua5_1.luaversion}"
+      LUA_INC="-I${lua5_1}/include");
+  '';
+
+  patches = [ ./zip.patch ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/luaforge/luazip";
+    hydraPlatforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/zip.patch b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/zip.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c3f88f451e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/zip.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+--- a/Makefile	2007-10-30 01:59:10.000000000 +0300
++++ b/Makefile	2014-09-18 11:04:53.176320021 +0400
+@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
+
+ include $(CONFIG)
+
+-ifeq "$(LUA_VERSION_NUM)" "500"
+-COMPAT_O= $(COMPAT_DIR)/compat-5.1.o
+-endif
+-
+ SRCS= src/lua$T.c
+ OBJS= src/lua$T.o $(COMPAT_O)
+
+@@ -19,9 +15,6 @@
+ src/$(LIBNAME): $(OBJS)
+ 	export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="10.3"; $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LIB_OPTION) -o src/$(LIBNAME) $(OBJS) -lzzip
+
+-$(COMPAT_DIR)/compat-5.1.o: $(COMPAT_DIR)/compat-5.1.c
+-	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $(COMPAT_DIR)/compat-5.1.c
+-
+ install: src/$(LIBNAME)
+ 	mkdir -p $(LUA_LIBDIR)
+ 	cp src/$(LIBNAME) $(LUA_LIBDIR)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 95268262ca03..dc567d13238c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3721,6 +3721,7 @@ let
   lua5_expat = callPackage ../development/interpreters/lua-5/expat.nix {};
   lua5_filesystem = callPackage ../development/interpreters/lua-5/filesystem.nix {};
   lua51_filesystem = lua5_filesystem.override { lua5=lua5_1; };
+  lua51_zip = callPackage ../development/interpreters/lua-5/zip.nix { };
   lua5_sec = callPackage ../development/interpreters/lua-5/sec.nix { };
 
   luarocks = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/luarocks {