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 9eaee3f4b..4f8e41012 100644
--- a/jvm/src/test/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/TranslatorSpec.scala
+++ b/jvm/src/test/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/TranslatorSpec.scala
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ 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 64bf14f99..c65d33210 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 => "_"