diff --git a/packages/luarocks/build.sh b/packages/luarocks/build.sh
index af1d79458..aa218372b 100644
--- a/packages/luarocks/build.sh
+++ b/packages/luarocks/build.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.4.3
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=4d414d32fed5bb121c72d3ff1280b7f2dc9027a9bc012e41dfbffd5b519b362e
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://luarocks.org/releases/luarocks-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="curl, lua"
+TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="liblua-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=yes
 TERMUX_PKG_PLATFORM_INDEPENDENT=yes