diff --git a/tests/basic/test_repomap.py b/tests/basic/test_repomap.py
index b3520f5c3..01380c7ad 100644
--- a/tests/basic/test_repomap.py
+++ b/tests/basic/test_repomap.py
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ class TestRepoMapAllLanguages(unittest.TestCase):
             "java": ("java", "Greeting"),
             "javascript": ("js", "Person"),
             "kotlin": ("kt", "Greeting"),
+            "lua": ("lua", "greet"),
             # "ocaml": ("ml", "Greeter"), # not supported in tsl-pack (yet?)
             "php": ("php", "greet"),
             "python": ("py", "Person"),
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/languages/lua/test.lua b/tests/fixtures/languages/lua/test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ef930f11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/languages/lua/test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+-- Simple Lua module with a greeting function
+
+-- Person class definition
+local Person = {}
+Person.__index = Person
+
+function Person.new(name)
+    local self = setmetatable({}, Person)
+    self.name = name
+    return self
+end
+
+-- Main greeting function to be detected by ctags
+function greet(person)
+    return "Hello, " .. person.name .. "!"
+end
+
+-- Example usage
+local p = Person.new("World")
+print(greet(p))
+
+return {
+    Person = Person,
+    greet = greet
+}