diff --git a/jvm/src/test/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/TranslatorSpec.scala b/jvm/src/test/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/TranslatorSpec.scala
index 355bf975b..094ea3e23 100644
--- a/jvm/src/test/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/TranslatorSpec.scala
+++ b/jvm/src/test/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/TranslatorSpec.scala
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ class TranslatorSpec extends AnyFunSpec {
         GoCompiler -> "[]uint8{0 + 1, 5}",
         JavaCompiler -> "new byte[] { 0 + 1, 5 }",
         JavaScriptCompiler -> "new Uint8Array([0 + 1, 5])",
-        LuaCompiler -> "???",
+        LuaCompiler -> "string.char(0 + 1, 5)",
         PerlCompiler -> "pack('C*', (0 + 1, 5))",
         PHPCompiler -> "pack('C*', 0 + 1, 5)",
         PythonCompiler -> "struct.pack('2B', 0 + 1, 5)",
diff --git a/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/LuaTranslator.scala b/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/LuaTranslator.scala
index c9ef6ce0f..2e5e6fd73 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/LuaTranslator.scala
+++ b/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/LuaTranslator.scala
@@ -67,10 +67,14 @@ class LuaTranslator(provider: TypeProvider, importList: ImportList) extends Base
 
   override def doBoolLiteral(n: Boolean): String =
     if (n) "true" else "false"
+
   override def doArrayLiteral(t: DataType, value: Seq[Ast.expr]): String =
     "{" + value.map((v) => translate(v)).mkString(", ") + "}"
   override def doByteArrayLiteral(arr: Seq[Byte]): String =
     "\"" + decEscapeByteArray(arr) + "\""
+  override def doByteArrayNonLiteral(values: Seq[Ast.expr]): String =
+    // It is assumed that every expression produces integer in the range [0; 255]
+    "string.char(" + values.map(translate).mkString(", ") + ")"
 
   override def doLocalName(s: String) = s match {
     case Identifier.ITERATOR => "_"