diff --git a/gnu/packages/lua.scm b/gnu/packages/lua.scm
index 3a528599fabf92efba3305b5770249af26054c8e..3fd1c43d4a0dec01a1c72df78b1ddadbdfedd85d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lua.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lua.scm
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ (define-public lua5.1-socket
               (uri (string-append
                     "https://github.com/diegonehab/luasocket/archive/v"
                     version ".tar.gz"))
+              (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
                 "0j8jx8bjicvp9khs26xjya8c495wrpb7parxfnabdqa5nnsxjrwb"))))