diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bade6d8b3da5e3e54693addfd5ba1ac7cc31a051..94e928d681b452d3d24e1cd325da9ff0d4482468 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 build
 repo
+source
+source.tar
 stage
 stage.tar
diff --git a/cook.sh b/cook.sh
index 6736008f1b853ea05696eb6e9956c860bf883339..9a20c173aea9b21da5616a3cacca441207e5ac93 100755
--- a/cook.sh
+++ b/cook.sh
@@ -48,19 +48,45 @@ function op {
             op $1 unfetch
             ;;
         fetch)
-            if [ ! -d build ]
+            if [ -n "$TAR" ]
             then
-                git clone --recursive "$GIT" build
+                if [ ! -f source.tar ]
+                then
+                    wget "$TAR" -O source.tar
+                fi
+
+                if [ ! -d source ]
+                then
+                    mkdir source
+                    tar xvf source.tar -C source --strip-components 1
+                fi
+
+                rm -rf build
+                cp -r source build
+            elif [ -n "$GIT" ]
+            then
+                if [ ! -d source ]
+                then
+                    git clone --recursive "$GIT" source
+                fi
+
+                pushd source > /dev/null
+                git pull
+                git submodule sync
+                git submodule update --init --recursive
+                popd > /dev/null
+
+                rm -rf build
+                cp -r source build
             fi
 
-            pushd build > /dev/null
-            git pull
-            git submodule sync
-            git submodule update --init --recursive
-            popd > /dev/null
             ;;
         unfetch)
-            rm -rfv build
+            rm -rfv build source
+            if [ -n "$TAR" ]
+            then
+                rm -f source.tar
+            fi
             ;;
         version)
             pushd build > /dev/null
diff --git a/recipes/lua/recipe.sh b/recipes/lua/recipe.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..453c9e04910ffc84d437119a257508cabb559e9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/lua/recipe.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+VERSION=5.3.1
+TAR=http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-$VERSION.tar.gz
+
+function recipe_version {
+    echo "$VERSION"
+    return 1
+}
+
+function recipe_update {
+    echo "skipping update"
+    return 1
+}
+
+function recipe_build {
+    make generic CC="$CC -std=gnu99"
+    return 1
+}
+
+function recipe_test {
+    echo "skipping test"
+    return 1
+}
+
+function recipe_clean {
+    make clean
+    return 1
+}
+
+function recipe_stage {
+    mkdir -pv "$1/bin"
+    cp src/lua src/luac "$1/bin"
+    return 1
+}