diff --git a/pandoc.cabal b/pandoc.cabal
index 1d9ca19dd..8911cdb1b 100644
--- a/pandoc.cabal
+++ b/pandoc.cabal
@@ -561,6 +561,7 @@ library
                  http-types            >= 0.8      && < 0.13,
                  ipynb                 >= 0.1.0.2  && < 0.2,
                  jira-wiki-markup      >= 1.4      && < 1.5,
+                 lpeg                  >= 1.0      && < 1.1,
                  mtl                   >= 2.2      && < 2.3,
                  network               >= 2.6,
                  network-uri           >= 2.6      && < 2.8,
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Packages.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Packages.hs
index 3a481886a..4fb11a646 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Packages.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Packages.hs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import Text.Pandoc.Lua.PandocLua (PandocLua, liftPandocLua, loadDefaultModule)
 import qualified HsLua as Lua
 import qualified HsLua.Module.Path as Path
 import qualified HsLua.Module.Text as Text
+import qualified Lua.LPeg as LPeg
 import qualified Text.Pandoc.Lua.Module.Pandoc as Pandoc
 import qualified Text.Pandoc.Lua.Module.MediaBag as MediaBag
 import qualified Text.Pandoc.Lua.Module.System as System
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ installPandocPackageSearcher = liftPandocLua $ do
   shiftArray
   Lua.pushHaskellFunction $ Lua.toHaskellFunction pandocPackageSearcher
   Lua.rawseti (Lua.nth 2) 1
+  -- add lpeg searcher as last searcher
+  Lua.pushHaskellFunction $ Lua.state >>= Lua.liftIO . LPeg.lpeg_searcher
+  Lua.rawseti (Lua.nth 2) 6
   Lua.pop 1           -- remove 'package.searchers' from stack
  where
   shiftArray = forM_ [4, 3, 2, 1] $ \i -> do
diff --git a/stack.yaml b/stack.yaml
index 651c25167..656063846 100644
--- a/stack.yaml
+++ b/stack.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ extra-deps:
 - doctemplates-0.10
 - emojis-0.1.2
 - doclayout-0.3.1.1
+- lpeg-1.0.0
 - hslua-2.0.1
 - hslua-classes-2.0.0
 - hslua-core-2.0.0.2