diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix
index 71d85a776bb..4269d7eb0d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix
@@ -2028,22 +2028,32 @@ buildLuarocksPackage {
   };
 }) {};
 
-luv = callPackage({ buildLuarocksPackage, luaOlder, luaAtLeast
-, fetchurl, lua
+luv = callPackage ({ buildLuarocksPackage, luaOlder, luaAtLeast
+, cmake, fetchurl, lua
 }:
 buildLuarocksPackage {
   pname = "luv";
   version = "1.43.0-0";
   knownRockspec = (fetchurl {
-    url    = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rocks-moonscript-org/moonrocks-mirror/master/luv-1.43.0-0.rockspec";
+    url    = "https://luarocks.org/luv-1.43.0-0.rockspec";
     sha256 = "0z5a7yp20xbb3f9w73skm9fj89gxxqv72nrxjq3kycsc6c2v3m8f";
   }).outPath;
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url    = "https://github.com/luvit/luv/releases/download/1.43.0-0/luv-1.43.0-0.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1qlx1r79sfn8r20yx19bhdr0v58ykpwgwzy5vma9p2ngrlynyyjn";
-  };
+
+  src = fetchgit ( removeAttrs (builtins.fromJSON ''{
+  "url": "https://github.com/luvit/luv.git",
+  "rev": "1.43.0-0",
+  "date": "2022-03-12T16:05:50+08:00",
+  "path": "/nix/store/d7f3sdw5l0cm8xkjdm4m6jkmx794w48j-luv",
+  "sha256": "sha256-CcUX69XzgWlJEwHUhhtqs9sDA5TNIusKek5yV2Nt3Wc=",
+  "fetchLFS": false,
+  "fetchSubmodules": true,
+  "deepClone": false,
+  "leaveDotGit": false
+}
+ '') ["date" "path"]) ;
 
   disabled = with lua; (luaOlder "5.1");
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ lua ];
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
index 9190f1fff86..163dad3fe33 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
@@ -280,34 +280,47 @@ with prev;
     '';
   });
 
+
+  # as advised in https://github.com/luarocks/luarocks/issues/1402
+  # we shouldn't use luarocks machinery to build complex cmake components
+  libluv = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+
+    inherit (prev.luv) pname version meta src;
+
+      cmakeFlags = [
+        "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
+        "-DBUILD_MODULE=OFF"
+        "-DWITH_SHARED_LIBUV=ON"
+      ];
+
+      buildInputs = [ pkgs.libuv ];
+
+      nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkg-config pkgs.fixDarwinDylibNames pkgs.cmake ];
+      # Fixup linking libluv.dylib, for some reason it's not linked against lua correctly.
+      NIX_LDFLAGS = pkgs.lib.optionalString pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin
+        (if isLuaJIT then "-lluajit-${lua.luaversion}" else "-llua");
+  };
+
   luv = prev.lib.overrideLuarocks prev.luv (drv: {
+
+    buildInputs = [ pkgs.pkg-config pkgs.libuv ];
+
+    doInstallCheck = true;
+
     # Use system libuv instead of building local and statically linking
-    # This is a hacky way to specify -DWITH_SHARED_LIBUV=ON which
-    # is not possible with luarocks and the current luv rockspec
-    # While at it, remove bundled libuv source entirely to be sure.
-    # We may wish to drop bundled lua submodules too...
-    preBuild = ''
-     sed -i 's,\(option(WITH_SHARED_LIBUV.*\)OFF,\1ON,' CMakeLists.txt
-     rm -rf deps/libuv
+    extraVariables = {
+      "WITH_SHARED_LIBUV" = "ON";
+    };
+
+    # we unset the LUA_PATH since the hook erases the interpreter defaults (To fix)
+    installCheckPhase = ''
+      unset LUA_PATH
+      rm tests/test-{dns,thread}.lua
+      lua tests/run.lua
     '';
 
-    buildInputs = [ pkgs.libuv ];
+    passthru.libluv = final.libluv;
 
-    passthru = {
-      libluv = final.luv.overrideAttrs (oa: {
-        preBuild = final.luv.preBuild + ''
-          sed -i 's,\(option(BUILD_MODULE.*\)ON,\1OFF,' CMakeLists.txt
-          sed -i 's,\(option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS.*\)OFF,\1ON,' CMakeLists.txt
-          sed -i 's,${"\${.*INSTALL_INC_DIR}"},${placeholder "out"}/include/luv,' CMakeLists.txt
-        '';
-
-        nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.fixDarwinDylibNames ];
-
-        # Fixup linking libluv.dylib, for some reason it's not linked against lua correctly.
-        NIX_LDFLAGS = pkgs.lib.optionalString pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin
-          (if isLuaJIT then "-lluajit-${lua.luaversion}" else "-llua");
-      });
-    };
   });
 
   lyaml = prev.lib.overrideLuarocks prev.lyaml (oa: {