diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.1.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.1.nix
index 1981c15c5f3e..1c4fcd2811d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.1.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     makeFlagsArray=( INSTALL_TOP=$out INSTALL_MAN=$out/share/man/man1 PLAT=macosx CFLAGS="-DLUA_USE_LINUX -fno-common -O2" LDFLAGS="" CC="$CC" )
     installFlagsArray=( TO_BIN="lua luac" TO_LIB="liblua.5.1.5.dylib" INSTALL_DATA='cp -d' )
   '' else ''
-    makeFlagsArray=( INSTALL_TOP=$out INSTALL_MAN=$out/share/man/man1 PLAT=linux CFLAGS="-DLUA_USE_LINUX -O2 -fPIC" LDFLAGS="-fPIC" )
+    makeFlagsArray=( INSTALL_TOP=$out INSTALL_MAN=$out/share/man/man1 PLAT=linux CFLAGS="-DLUA_USE_LINUX -O2 -fPIC" LDFLAGS="-fPIC" CC="$CC" AR="$AR q" RANLIB="$RANLIB" )
     installFlagsArray=( TO_BIN="lua luac" TO_LIB="liblua.a liblua.so liblua.so.5.1 liblua.so.5.1.5" INSTALL_DATA='cp -d' )
   '';