diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f7084b0a5fd2..36ca2cf6f966 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7308,6 +7308,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   lua51Packages = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./lua-packages.nix { lua = lua5_1; });
   lua52Packages = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./lua-packages.nix { lua = lua5_2; });
+  lua53Packages = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./lua-packages.nix { lua = lua5_3; });
   luajitPackages = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./lua-packages.nix { lua = luajit; });
 
   luaPackages = lua52Packages;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
index 311bb1eb63f0..8f109c0fcb7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ let
 
     buildFlags = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "macosx";
 
+    disabled = isLua53;
+
     postPatch = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
       substituteInPlace Makefile --replace 10.4 10.5
     '';
@@ -220,7 +222,7 @@ let
         EXPAT_INC="-I${expat.dev}/include");
     '';
 
-    disabled = isLuaJIT;
+    disabled = isLua53 || isLuaJIT;
 
     meta = with stdenv.lib; {
       description = "SAX XML parser based on the Expat library";
@@ -500,7 +502,7 @@ let
     patches = [ ../development/lua-modules/zip.patch ];
 
     # Does not currently work under Lua 5.2 or LuaJIT.
-    disabled = isLua52 || isLuaJIT;
+    disabled = isLua52 || isLua53 || isLuaJIT;
 
     meta = with stdenv.lib; {
       description = "Lua library to read files stored inside zip files";
@@ -621,6 +623,8 @@ let
       sha256 = "05k8zs8nsdmlwja3hdhckwknf7ww5cvbp3sxhk2xd1i3ij6aa10b";
     };
 
+    disabled = isLua53;
+
     buildInputs = [ sqlite ];
 
     patches = [ ../development/lua-modules/luasql.patch ];