diff --git a/build/luarocks/BUILD.luarocks.bazel b/build/luarocks/BUILD.luarocks.bazel
index 658066651c8..17f8f6fa1c4 100644
--- a/build/luarocks/BUILD.luarocks.bazel
+++ b/build/luarocks/BUILD.luarocks.bazel
@@ -140,12 +140,21 @@ EOF
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
 
+genrule(
+    name = "prepare_lua_messagepack",
+    srcs = ["@lua_messagepack_src//file"],
+    outs = ["lua-messagepack-0.5.2-1.src.rock"],
+    cmd = "cp $(location @lua_messagepack_src//file) $@",
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+
 genrule(
     name = "luarocks_make",
     srcs = [
         "@kong//:rockspec_srcs",
         ":luarocks_exec",
         ":luarocks_target",  # to avoid concurrency issue, run this after luarocks_target
+        ":prepare_lua_messagepack",
     ],
     outs = ["luarocks_make.log"],
     cmd = """
@@ -160,7 +169,10 @@ genrule(
         # alias LDOC command to true(1) command
         export LDOC=true
 
-        $(location :luarocks_exec) make --no-doc 2>&1 >$@.tmp
+        # Install lua-messagepack
+        $(location :luarocks_exec) install $(location :prepare_lua_messagepack) >>$@.tmp 2>&1
+
+        $(location :luarocks_exec) make --no-doc >>$@.tmp 2>&1
 
         # only generate the output when the command succeeds
         mv $@.tmp $@
diff --git a/build/luarocks/luarocks_repositories.bzl b/build/luarocks/luarocks_repositories.bzl
index de37ea9ee07..fcf3f265089 100644
--- a/build/luarocks/luarocks_repositories.bzl
+++ b/build/luarocks/luarocks_repositories.bzl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """A module defining the third party dependency luarocks"""
 
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive", "http_file")
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:utils.bzl", "maybe")
 load("@kong_bindings//:variables.bzl", "KONG_VAR")
 
@@ -17,3 +17,11 @@ def luarocks_repositories():
             "https://luarocks.org/releases/luarocks-" + version + ".tar.gz",
         ],
     )
+
+    http_file(
+        name = "lua_messagepack_src",
+        urls = [
+            "https://luarocks.org/manifests/fperrad/lua-messagepack-0.5.2-1.src.rock",
+        ],
+        sha256 = "cbb1b7b12834b7f49fd20621446ec4d76eff67d324b8182b7988324b10830a43",
+    )