diff --git a/lang/luaposix/Makefile b/lang/luaposix/Makefile
index 7aa9a5528f..9b9298d499 100644
--- a/lang/luaposix/Makefile
+++ b/lang/luaposix/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ define Package/luaposix/description
   to various low level libc functions.
 endef
 
+TARGET_PATH_PKG:=$(CURDIR)/scripts:$(TARGET_PATH_PKG)
+
 TARGET_CFLAGS += \
 	-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include
 
diff --git a/lang/luaposix/scripts/uname b/lang/luaposix/scripts/uname
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..787b647f4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/luaposix/scripts/uname
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+echo Linux