diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generic/default.nix
index 183a958b4e1f1..7f07c6602dacd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generic/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 { disabled ? false
 , propagatedBuildInputs ? [ ]
+, makeFlags ? [ ]
 , ...
 } @ attrs:
 
@@ -9,18 +10,16 @@ if disabled then
   throw "${attrs.name} not supported by interpreter lua-${lua.luaversion}"
 else
   toLuaModule (lua.stdenv.mkDerivation (
-    {
+    attrs // {
+      name = "lua${lua.luaversion}-" + attrs.pname + "-" + attrs.version;
+
       makeFlags = [
         "PREFIX=$(out)"
-        "LUA_LIBDIR=$(out)/lib/lua/${lua.luaversion}"
         "LUA_INC=-I${lua}/include"
-      ];
-    }
-    //
-    attrs
-    //
-    {
-      name = "lua${lua.luaversion}-" + attrs.pname + "-" + attrs.version;
+        "LUA_LIBDIR=$(out)/lib/lua/${lua.luaversion}"
+        "LUA_VERSION=${lua.luaversion}"
+      ] ++ makeFlags;
+
       propagatedBuildInputs = propagatedBuildInputs ++ [
         lua # propagate it for its setup-hook
       ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
index 73a4efae15b71..5ea0e298f0a6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ let
     lib.concatMapStringsSep ";" (path: "${drv}/${path}") pathListForVersion;
 
 in
-{
+rec {
 
   # Dont take luaPackages from "global" pkgs scope to avoid mixing lua versions
   luaPackages = self;
@@ -59,6 +59,46 @@ in
   # a fork of luarocks used to generate nix lua derivations from rockspecs
   luarocks-nix = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/luarocks/luarocks-nix.nix { };
 
+ lua-resty-core = callPackage ({ fetchFromGitHub }: buildLuaPackage rec {
+    pname = "lua-resty-core";
+    version = "0.1.24";
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "openresty";
+      repo = "lua-resty-core";
+      rev = "v${version}";
+      sha256 = "sha256-obwyxHSot1Lb2c1dNqJor3inPou+UIBrqldbkNBCQQk=";
+    };
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ lua-resty-lrucache ];
+
+    meta = with lib; {
+      description = "New FFI-based API for lua-nginx-module";
+      homepage = "https://github.com/openresty/lua-resty-core";
+      license = licenses.bsd3;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
+    };
+  }) {};
+
+ lua-resty-lrucache = callPackage ({ fetchFromGitHub }: buildLuaPackage rec {
+    pname = "lua-resty-lrucache";
+    version = "0.13";
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "openresty";
+      repo = "lua-resty-lrucache";
+      rev = "v${version}";
+      sha256 = "sha256-J8RNAMourxqUF8wPKd8XBhNwGC/x1KKvrVnZtYDEu4Q=";
+    };
+
+    meta = with lib; {
+      description = "Lua-land LRU Cache based on LuaJIT FFI";
+      homepage = "https://github.com/openresty/lua-resty-lrucache";
+      license = licenses.bsd3;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
+    };
+  }) {};
+
   luxio = callPackage ({ fetchurl, which, pkg-config }: buildLuaPackage rec {
     pname = "luxio";
     version = "13";