1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/fs/unix.lua b/src/luarocks/fs/unix.lua
index 41a9ba8b..2c99ff0d 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/fs/unix.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/fs/unix.lua
@@ -145,13 +145,14 @@ function unix.is_actual_binary(filename)
    if not file then
       return true
    end
-   local first = file:read(2)
+   local first = file:read()
    file:close()
    if not first then
       util.warning("could not read "..filename)
       return true
    end
-   return first ~= "#!"
+   -- only create wrapper for lua scripts with `#!/usr/bin/env lua` or `#!/usr/bin/lua`
+   return first:match('^#!.*[ /]lua.*') == first
 end
 
 function unix.copy_binary(filename, dest)