diff --git a/metadata/categories.conf b/metadata/categories.conf
index 1d70c1b3..e4b34bac 100644
--- a/metadata/categories.conf
+++ b/metadata/categories.conf
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ dev-haskell
 dev-java
 dev-lang
 dev-libs
+dev-lua
 dev-ocaml
 dev-perl
 dev-python
diff --git a/packages/dev-lua/luv/luv-1.30.1_p1.exheres-0 b/packages/dev-lua/luv/luv-1.30.1_p1.exheres-0
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ccf5069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dev-lua/luv/luv-1.30.1_p1.exheres-0
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Copyright 2019 Julian Ospald <hasufell@posteo.de>
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+MY_PV=${PV/_p/-}
+WORK=${WORKBASE}/${PN}-${MY_PV}
+
+require cmake [ api=2 ]
+
+SUMMARY="Bare libuv bindings for lua"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/luvit/luv"
+DOWNLOADS="https://github.com/luvit/luv/releases/download/${MY_PV}/luv-${MY_PV}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENCES="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+PLATFORMS="~amd64 ~x86"
+MYOPTIONS=""
+
+DEPENDENCIES="
+    build:
+        virtual/pkg-config
+    build+run:
+        dev-lang/LuaJIT
+        dev-libs/libuv
+"
+
+BUGS_TO="hasufell@posteo"
+
+CMAKE_SRC_CONFIGURE_PARAMS=(
+    -DBUILD_MODULE=OFF
+    -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
+    -DLUA_BUILD_TYPE=System
+    -DWITH_LUA_ENGINE="LuaJIT"
+    -DWITH_SHARED_LIBUV=ON
+)
+