diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/interpreter.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/interpreter.nix
index 8128f4416944..c7cc52a75a5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/interpreter.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/interpreter.nix
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
         );
       };
 
+    __structuredAttrs = true;
+
     meta = {
       homepage = "https://www.lua.org";
       description = "Powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language";