diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/nfd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/nfd/default.nix
index 5c2ffabc9b543..1cc8d66044c70 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/nfd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/nfd/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, buildLuarocksPackage, lua, pkg-config, lib
-, substituteAll, zenity, AppKit }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, buildLuarocksPackage, lua51Packages, lua, pkg-config, lib, substituteAll, zenity, AppKit}:
 
 buildLuarocksPackage {
   pname = "nfd";
@@ -22,15 +21,22 @@ buildLuarocksPackage {
   ];
   knownRockspec = "lua/nfd-scm-1.rockspec";
 
-  luarocksConfig.LUA_LIBDIR = "${lua}/lib";
+  luarocksConfig.variables.LUA_LIBDIR = "${lua}/lib";
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
 
   buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ AppKit ];
 
-  fixupPhase = ''
+  postInstall = ''
     find $out -name nfd_zenity.so -execdir mv {} nfd.so \;
   '';
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  installCheckInputs = [ lua.pkgs.busted ];
+  installCheckPhase= ''
+    busted lua/spec/
+ '';
+
+
   meta = {
     description =
       "A tiny, neat lua library that portably invokes native file open and save dialogs.";