1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/path.lua b/src/luarocks/path.lua
index 598e51d9..519f32b0 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/path.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/path.lua
@@ -251,6 +251,11 @@ function path.path_to_module(file)
       name = file:match("(.*)%."..cfg.lib_extension.."$")
       if name then
          name = name:gsub(dir.separator, ".")
+      else
+         name = file:match("(.*)%."..cfg.static_lib_extension.."$")
+         if name then
+            name = name:gsub(dir.separator, ".")
+         end
       end
    end
    if not name then name = file end