diff --git a/modules/top-level/output.nix b/modules/top-level/output.nix
index 8f1d1332..3d880a35 100644
--- a/modules/top-level/output.nix
+++ b/modules/top-level/output.nix
@@ -172,9 +172,10 @@ in
   config =
     let
       # Optionally byte compile lua library
+      inherit (import ./plugins/byte-compile-lua-lib.nix { inherit lib pkgs; }) byteCompileLuaPackages;
       extraLuaPackages =
         if config.performance.byteCompileLua.enable && config.performance.byteCompileLua.luaLib then
-          ps: map builders.byteCompileLuaDrv (config.extraLuaPackages ps)
+          ps: byteCompileLuaPackages (config.extraLuaPackages ps)
         else
           config.extraLuaPackages;
 
diff --git a/modules/top-level/plugins/byte-compile-lua-lib.nix b/modules/top-level/plugins/byte-compile-lua-lib.nix
index 0d50cf6b..eab3a59e 100644
--- a/modules/top-level/plugins/byte-compile-lua-lib.nix
+++ b/modules/top-level/plugins/byte-compile-lua-lib.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-/*
-  Byte compiling of lua dependencies of normalized plugin list
-
-  Inputs: List of normalized plugins
-  Outputs: List of normalized plugins with all the propagatedBuildInputs byte-compiled
-*/
+# Utilities for byte compiling of lua dependencies
 { lib, pkgs }:
 let
   builders = lib.nixvim.builders.withPkgs pkgs;
@@ -40,4 +35,14 @@ let
   # Byte-compile derivation (but only if it's a lua module) and its dependencies
   byteCompile = drv: byteCompileDeps (mapLuaModule builders.byteCompileLuaDrv drv);
 in
-mapNormalizedPlugins byteCompileDeps
+{
+  # byteCompilePluginDeps compiles propagatedBuildInputs recursively
+  # Inputs: List of normalized plugins
+  # Outputs: List of normalized plugins with all the propagatedBuildInputs byte-compiled
+  byteCompilePluginDeps = mapNormalizedPlugins byteCompileDeps;
+
+  # byteCompileLuaPackages compiles packages and its propagatedBuildInputs
+  # Inputs: List of lua packages
+  # Outputs: List of byte-compiled packages along with all the propagatedBuildInputs
+  byteCompileLuaPackages = map byteCompile;
+}
diff --git a/modules/top-level/plugins/default.nix b/modules/top-level/plugins/default.nix
index b20e98d7..fef96f61 100644
--- a/modules/top-level/plugins/default.nix
+++ b/modules/top-level/plugins/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ in
         byteCompilePlugins = import ./byte-compile-plugins.nix { inherit lib pkgs; };
 
         shouldCompileLuaLib = byteCompileCfg.enable && byteCompileCfg.luaLib;
-        byteCompileLuaLib = import ./byte-compile-lua-lib.nix { inherit lib pkgs; };
+        inherit (import ./byte-compile-lua-lib.nix { inherit lib pkgs; }) byteCompilePluginDeps;
 
         shouldCombinePlugins = config.performance.combinePlugins.enable;
         combinePlugins = import ./combine-plugins.nix {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ in
       lib.pipe config.extraPlugins (
         [ normalizePlugins ]
         ++ lib.optionals shouldCompilePlugins [ byteCompilePlugins ]
-        ++ lib.optionals shouldCompileLuaLib [ byteCompileLuaLib ]
+        ++ lib.optionals shouldCompileLuaLib [ byteCompilePluginDeps ]
         ++ lib.optionals shouldCombinePlugins [ combinePlugins ]
       );
   };
diff --git a/tests/test-sources/modules/performance/byte-compile-lua.nix b/tests/test-sources/modules/performance/byte-compile-lua.nix
index 40c3c01b..c836bd06 100644
--- a/tests/test-sources/modules/performance/byte-compile-lua.nix
+++ b/tests/test-sources/modules/performance/byte-compile-lua.nix
@@ -308,20 +308,17 @@ in
       luaLib = true;
     };
 
-    extraLuaPackages =
-      ps: with ps; [
-        say
-        argparse
-      ];
+    extraLuaPackages = _: pluginStubs.libPack;
 
     extraConfigLuaPost = ''
+      ${pluginStubs.libChecks}
+
       ${isByteCompiledFun}
 
-      -- Lua modules are importable and byte compiled
-      local say = require("say")
-      test_lualib_file(say.set, true)
-      local argparse = require("argparse")
-      test_lualib_file(argparse("test").parse, true)
+      -- Lua modules are byte-compiled
+      ${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (
+        name: "test_lualib_file(require('${name}').name, true)"
+      ) pluginStubs.libNames}
     '';
   };