diff --git a/overlays/default.nix b/overlays/default.nix
index 36c4c82..7b0da9e 100644
--- a/overlays/default.nix
+++ b/overlays/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-{pkgs, ...}: {
+{
+  pkgs,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}: {
   nixpkgs.overlays = [
     (self: super: {
       nsxiv = super.nsxiv.overrideAttrs (old: {
@@ -13,6 +17,15 @@
       ki = super.ki.overrideAttrs (old: {
         patches = old.patches ++ [./ki.diff];
       });
+      awesome = super.awesome.overrideAttrs (old: {
+        postInstall = let
+          pi = lib.strings.splitString "\n" old.postInstall;
+          front = lib.lists.take 5 pi;
+          back = lib.lists.drop 5 pi;
+          add = ''--add-flags '--search ${super.awesome.lua.pkgs.vicious}/lib/lua/${super.awesome.lua.luaversion}' \'';
+        in
+          lib.strings.concatLines (front ++ [add] ++ back);
+      });
     })
   ];
 }