diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 93a843a666f..9023c91eb81 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9147,6 +9147,7 @@ let
   };
   awesome-3-5 = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/awesome {
     cairo = cairo.override { xcbSupport = true; };
+    luaPackages = luaPackages.override { inherit lua; };
   };
   awesome = awesome-3-5;