diff --git a/pkgs/servers/xmpp/prosody/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/xmpp/prosody/default.nix
index 684a06eff4a0..631073da4d4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/xmpp/prosody/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/xmpp/prosody/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, lua5, luasocket, luasec, luaexpat, luafilesystem, luabitop, luaevent ? null, libidn, openssl, makeWrapper, fetchhg, withLibevent ? false }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, libidn, openssl, makeWrapper, fetchhg
+, lua5, luasocket, luasec, luaexpat, luafilesystem, luabitop, luaevent ? null, luazlib ? null
+, withLibevent ? true, withZlib ? true }:
 
 assert withLibevent -> luaevent != null;
+assert withZlib -> luazlib != null;
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 
 let
-  libs        = [ luasocket luasec luaexpat luafilesystem luabitop ] ++ optional withLibevent luaevent;
+  libs        = [ luasocket luasec luaexpat luafilesystem luabitop ]
+                ++ optional withLibevent luaevent
+                ++ optional withZlib luazlib;
   getPath     = lib : type : "${lib}/lib/lua/${lua5.luaversion}/?.${type};${lib}/share/lua/${lua5.luaversion}/?.${type}";
   getLuaPath  = lib : getPath lib "lua";
   getLuaCPath = lib : getPath lib "so";
@@ -29,7 +34,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ lua5 luasocket luasec luaexpat luabitop libidn openssl makeWrapper ]
-                ++ optional withLibevent luaevent;
+                ++ optional withLibevent luaevent
+                ++ optional withZlib luazlib;
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--ostype=linux"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 766dd90d25a6..d7ec3b8fcbf6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8266,8 +8266,7 @@ let
 
   prosody = callPackage ../servers/xmpp/prosody {
     lua5 = lua5_1;
-    inherit (lua51Packages) luasocket luasec luaexpat luafilesystem luabitop luaevent;
-    withLibevent = true;
+    inherit (lua51Packages) luasocket luasec luaexpat luafilesystem luabitop luaevent luazlib;
   };
 
   elasticmq = callPackage ../servers/elasticmq { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
index ce75904418da..766ff90d5b7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 { fetchurl, stdenv, lua, callPackage, unzip, zziplib, pkgconfig, libtool
 , pcre, oniguruma, gnulib, tre, glibc, sqlite, openssl, expat, cairo
-, perl, gtk, python, glib, gobjectIntrospection, libevent
+, perl, gtk, python, glib, gobjectIntrospection, libevent, zlib
 }:
 
 let
@@ -205,6 +205,37 @@ let
     };
   };
 
+  luazlib = buildLuaPackage rec {
+    name = "zlib-${version}";
+    version = "0.4";
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://github.com/brimworks/lua-zlib/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "1l32nwyh8b4vicxvlhbv9qhkhklbhvjfn8wd72bjk7ac9kz172rd";
+    };
+
+    buildInputs = [ zlib ];
+
+    preBuild = ''
+      makeFlagsArray=(
+        linux
+        LUAPATH="$out/share/lua/${lua.luaversion}"
+        LUACPATH="$out/lib/lua/${lua.luaversion}"
+        INCDIR="-I${lua}/include"
+        LIBDIR="-L$out/lib");
+    '';
+
+    preInstall = "mkdir -p $out/lib/lua/${lua.luaversion}";
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      homepage = https://github.com/brimworks/lua-zlib;
+      hydraPlatforms = platforms.linux;
+      license = licenses.mit;
+      maintainers = [ maintainers.koral ];
+    };
+  };
+      
+
   luastdlib = buildLuaPackage {
     name = "stdlib";
     src = fetchurl {