diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.2.darwin.patch b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.2.darwin.patch
index be0e206bbfc7..0f73c35bd5d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.2.darwin.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.2.darwin.patch
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ index d2c7db4..dc107b3 100644
  TO_BIN= lua luac
  TO_INC= lua.h luaconf.h lualib.h lauxlib.h lua.hpp
 -TO_LIB= liblua.a
-+TO_LIB= liblua.${version}.dylib
++TO_LIB= liblua.${pkgversion}.dylib
  TO_MAN= lua.1 luac.1
  
  # Lua version and release.
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ index d2c7db4..dc107b3 100644
  	cd src && $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TO_INC) $(INSTALL_INC)
  	cd src && $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TO_LIB) $(INSTALL_LIB)
  	cd doc && $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TO_MAN) $(INSTALL_MAN)
-+	ln -s -f liblua.${version}.dylib $(INSTALL_LIB)/liblua.${luaversion}.dylib
++	ln -s -f liblua.${pkgversion}.dylib $(INSTALL_LIB)/liblua.${luaversion}.dylib
 +	ln -s -f liblua.${luaversion}.dylib $(INSTALL_LIB)/liblua.dylib
  
  uninstall:
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ index 7b4b2b7..25001e5 100644
  PLATS= aix ansi bsd freebsd generic linux macosx mingw posix solaris
  
 -LUA_A=	liblua.a
-+LUA_A=	liblua.${version}.dylib
++LUA_A=	liblua.${pkgversion}.dylib
  CORE_O=	lapi.o lcode.o lctype.o ldebug.o ldo.o ldump.o lfunc.o lgc.o llex.o \
  	lmem.o lobject.o lopcodes.o lparser.o lstate.o lstring.o ltable.o \
  	ltm.o lundump.o lvm.o lzio.o
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ index 7b4b2b7..25001e5 100644
  $(LUA_A): $(BASE_O)
 -	$(AR) $@ $(BASE_O)
 -	$(RANLIB) $@
-+	$(CC) -dynamiclib -install_name $(out)/lib/liblua.${version}.dylib \
-+		-compatibility_version ${version} -current_version ${version} \
-+		-o liblua.${version}.dylib $^
++	$(CC) -dynamiclib -install_name $(out)/lib/liblua.${pkgversion}.dylib \
++		-compatibility_version ${pkgversion} -current_version ${pkgversion} \
++		-o liblua.${pkgversion}.dylib $^
  
  $(LUA_T): $(LUA_O) $(LUA_A)
 -	$(CC) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LUA_O) $(LUA_A) $(LIBS)
 +	$(CC) -fno-common $(MYLDFLAGS) \
-+		-o $@ $(LUA_O) $(LUA_A) -L. -llua.${version} $(LIBS)
++		-o $@ $(LUA_O) $(LUA_A) -L. -llua.${pkgversion} $(LIBS)
  
  $(LUAC_T): $(LUAC_O) $(LUA_A)
  	$(CC) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LUAC_O) $(LUA_A) $(LIBS)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.4.darwin.patch b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.4.darwin.patch
index eb16ed9c6897..25fcf127b17d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.4.darwin.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/5.4.darwin.patch
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  TO_BIN= lua luac
  TO_INC= lua.h luaconf.h lualib.h lauxlib.h lua.hpp
 -TO_LIB= liblua.a
-+TO_LIB= liblua.${version}.dylib
++TO_LIB= liblua.${pkgversion}.dylib
  TO_MAN= lua.1 luac.1
  
  # Lua version and release.
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  	cd src && $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TO_INC) $(INSTALL_INC)
  	cd src && $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TO_LIB) $(INSTALL_LIB)
  	cd doc && $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TO_MAN) $(INSTALL_MAN)
-+	ln -s -f liblua.${version}.dylib $(INSTALL_LIB)/liblua.${luaversion}.dylib
++	ln -s -f liblua.${pkgversion}.dylib $(INSTALL_LIB)/liblua.${luaversion}.dylib
 +	ln -s -f liblua.${luaversion}.dylib $(INSTALL_LIB)/liblua.dylib
  
  uninstall:
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  PLATS= guess aix bsd c89 freebsd generic linux linux-readline macosx mingw posix solaris
  
 -LUA_A=	liblua.a
-+LUA_A=	liblua.${version}.dylib
++LUA_A=	liblua.${pkgversion}.dylib
  CORE_O=	lapi.o lcode.o lctype.o ldebug.o ldo.o ldump.o lfunc.o lgc.o llex.o lmem.o lobject.o lopcodes.o lparser.o lstate.o lstring.o ltable.o ltm.o lundump.o lvm.o lzio.o
  LIB_O=	lauxlib.o lbaselib.o lcorolib.o ldblib.o liolib.o lmathlib.o loadlib.o loslib.o lstrlib.o ltablib.o lutf8lib.o linit.o
  BASE_O= $(CORE_O) $(LIB_O) $(MYOBJS)
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@
  $(LUA_A): $(BASE_O)
 -	$(AR) $@ $(BASE_O)
 -	$(RANLIB) $@
-+	$(CC) -dynamiclib -install_name $(out)/lib/liblua.${version}.dylib \
-+		-compatibility_version ${version} -current_version ${version} \
-+		-o liblua.${version}.dylib $^
++	$(CC) -dynamiclib -install_name $(out)/lib/liblua.${pkgversion}.dylib \
++		-compatibility_version ${pkgversion} -current_version ${pkgversion} \
++		-o liblua.${pkgversion}.dylib $^
  
  $(LUA_T): $(LUA_O) $(LUA_A)
 -	$(CC) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LUA_O) $(LUA_A) $(LIBS)
 +	$(CC) -fno-common $(MYLDFLAGS) \
-+		-o $@ $(LUA_O) $(LUA_A) -L. -llua.${version} $(LIBS)
++		-o $@ $(LUA_O) $(LUA_A) -L. -llua.${pkgversion} $(LIBS)
  
  $(LUAC_T): $(LUAC_O) $(LUA_A)
  	$(CC) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LUAC_O) $(LUA_A) $(LIBS)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/interpreter.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/interpreter.nix
index 2af4246f0def..c6db643eb79b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/interpreter.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/interpreter.nix
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
         cat ${./lua-dso.make} >> src/Makefile
       '';
 
+    env = {
+      inherit luaversion;
+      pkgversion = version;
+    };
+
     # see configurePhase for additional flags (with space)
     makeFlags = [
       "INSTALL_TOP=${placeholder "out"}"