diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
index bd24eb501670..03b70fd1f9a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
@@ -386,6 +386,11 @@ with prev;
     ];
   });
 
+  lua-resty-session =  prev.lua-resty-session.overrideAttrs (oa: {
+    # lua_pack and lua-ffi-zlib are unpackaged, causing this package to not evaluate
+    meta.broken = true;
+  });
+
   lua-yajl =  prev.lua-yajl.overrideAttrs (oa: {
     buildInputs = oa.buildInputs ++ [
       yajl