diff --git a/states/nginx/defaults.yaml b/states/nginx/defaults.yaml
index 3b261cc..97a05e3 100644
--- a/states/nginx/defaults.yaml
+++ b/states/nginx/defaults.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ nginx:
   packages:
     - apache2-utils
     - nginx-extras
+    - libnginx-mod-http-lua
   config:
     dir: /etc/nginx
     geoip: false