diff --git a/maintainers/scripts/luarocks-packages.csv b/maintainers/scripts/luarocks-packages.csv
index e80e3f08f7d2..b958d2e72779 100644
--- a/maintainers/scripts/luarocks-packages.csv
+++ b/maintainers/scripts/luarocks-packages.csv
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ http,,,,,
 inspect,,,,,
 ldoc,,,,,
 lgi,,,,,
+lpeg,,,,,vyp
 lpeg_patterns,,,,,
 lpeglabel,,,,,
 lpty,,,,,
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix
index c2a1e36cd7bd..d5641cf4ce21 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix
@@ -239,6 +239,25 @@ lgi = buildLuarocksPackage {
     };
   };
 };
+lpeg = buildLuarocksPackage {
+  pname = "lpeg";
+  version = "1.0.2-1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url    = https://luarocks.org/lpeg-1.0.2-1.src.rock;
+    sha256 = "1g5zmfh0x7drc6mg2n0vvlga2hdc08cyp3hnb22mh1kzi63xdl70";
+  };
+  disabled = (luaOlder "5.1");
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ lua ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg.html";
+    description = "Parsing Expression Grammars For Lua";
+    license = {
+      fullName = "MIT/X11";
+    };
+  };
+};
 lpeg_patterns = buildLuarocksPackage {
   pname = "lpeg_patterns";
   version = "0.5-0";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
index 83ec4cdb4e69..5df75d4e4605 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
@@ -556,35 +556,6 @@ with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  lpeg = buildLuaPackage rec {
-    name = "lpeg-${version}";
-    version = "1.0.1";
-
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "62d9f7a9ea3c1f215c77e0cadd8534c6ad9af0fb711c3f89188a8891c72f026b";
-    };
-
-    preBuild = ''
-      makeFlagsArray=(CC=$CC);
-    '';
-
-    buildFlags = platformString;
-
-    installPhase = ''
-      mkdir -p $out/lib/lua/${lua.luaversion}
-      install -p lpeg.so $out/lib/lua/${lua.luaversion}
-      install -p re.lua $out/lib/lua/${lua.luaversion}
-    '';
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      description = "Parsing Expression Grammars For Lua";
-      homepage = "http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg/";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ vyp ];
-      platforms = platforms.all;
-    };
-  };
 
   vicious = toLuaModule(stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     name = "vicious-${version}";