diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 82f951284173..47657c5864c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3687,6 +3687,7 @@ let
   };
   lua5_expat = callPackage ../development/interpreters/lua-5/expat.nix {};
   lua5_filesystem = callPackage ../development/interpreters/lua-5/filesystem.nix {};
+  lua51_filesystem = lua5_filesystem.override { lua5=lua5_1; };
   lua5_sec = callPackage ../development/interpreters/lua-5/sec.nix { };
 
   luarocks = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/luarocks {