diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da44a7d73a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, lua, curl}:
+let
+  s = # Generated upstream information
+  rec {
+    baseName="luarocks";
+    version="2.0.13";
+    name="${baseName}-${version}";
+    hash="1cpdi61dwcc2i4bwrn7bb8fibkd1s75jrr0bjcbs8p76rn6hkb2y";
+    url="http://luarocks.org/releases/luarocks-2.0.13-rc1.tar.gz";
+    sha256="1cpdi61dwcc2i4bwrn7bb8fibkd1s75jrr0bjcbs8p76rn6hkb2y";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [
+    lua curl
+  ];
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  inherit (s) name version;
+  inherit buildInputs;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    inherit (s) url sha256;
+  };
+  meta = {
+    inherit (s) version;
+    description = ''A package manager for Lua'';
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit ;
+    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.upstream b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.upstream
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de1fe889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.upstream
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+url http://luarocks.org/releases/
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 94782c1a2a8..89d265c99cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2943,6 +2943,10 @@ let
   lua5_0 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/lua-5/5.0.3.nix { };
   lua5_1 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/lua-5/5.1.nix { };
 
+  luarocks = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/luarocks {
+     lua = lua5;
+  };
+
   maude = callPackage ../development/interpreters/maude { };
 
   octave = callPackage ../development/interpreters/octave {