diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/toluapp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/toluapp/default.nix
index 5ad9a7c58efb6..90d36c71caa94 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/toluapp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/toluapp/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ sconsPackages.scons_3_0_1 ];
   buildInputs = [ lua ];
 
-  patches = [ ./environ-and-linux-is-kinda-posix.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./environ-and-linux-is-kinda-posix.patch ./headers.patch ];
 
   preConfigure = ''
     substituteInPlace config_posix.py \
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/toluapp/headers.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/toluapp/headers.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..59a47bb989a92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/toluapp/headers.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/include/tolua++.h b/include/tolua++.h
+index ed53449..f57d56d 100644
+--- a/include/tolua++.h
++++ b/include/tolua++.h
+@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ extern "C" {
+
+ typedef int lua_Object;
+
+-#include "lua.h"
+-#include "lauxlib.h"
++#include <lua.h>
++#include <lauxlib.h>
+
+ struct tolua_Error
+ {