diff --git a/lang/luarocks/Makefile b/lang/luarocks/Makefile
index 3428ef838..683bb9e55 100644
--- a/lang/luarocks/Makefile
+++ b/lang/luarocks/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=luarocks
 PKG_VERSION:=2.2.2
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=e4cf874c9bce34a5accd41daaf51a3213763b8b6f7f658ca4d13a70a7ddb1c0c
diff --git a/lang/luarocks/patches/01_dont_modify_bin_shebang.diff b/lang/luarocks/patches/01_dont_modify_bin_shebang.diff
index a1bad2151..69ab5c593 100644
--- a/lang/luarocks/patches/01_dont_modify_bin_shebang.diff
+++ b/lang/luarocks/patches/01_dont_modify_bin_shebang.diff
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ diff -rupN luarocks/Makefile luarocks.new/Makefile
  	do \
  	   sed "1d" src/bin/$$f > src/bin/$$f.bak ;\
 -	   echo "#!$(LUA_BINDIR)/lua$(LUA_SUFFIX)" > src/bin/$$f ;\
-+	   echo "#!/usr/bin/env lua" > src/bin/$$f ;\
++	   echo "#!/usr/bin/env lua5.1" > src/bin/$$f ;\
  	   echo "package.path = [[$(LUADIR)/?.lua;]]..package.path" | sed "s,//,/,g" >> src/bin/$$f ;\
  	   cat src/bin/$$f.bak >> src/bin/$$f ;\
  	   chmod +x src/bin/$$f ;\