diff --git a/modules/lang/lua/config.el b/modules/lang/lua/config.el
index ec8d58591..fb0bceb10 100644
--- a/modules/lang/lua/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/lua/config.el
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@
     moonscript-indent-offset tab-width)
   (add-hook! 'moonscript-mode-hook
              #'+lua|moonscript-fix-single-quotes
-             #'+lua|moonscript-fontify-interpolation))
+             #'+lua|moonscript-fontify-interpolation)
+  (when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+    (require 'flycheck-moonscript nil t)))
 
 
 ;;
diff --git a/modules/lang/lua/packages.el b/modules/lang/lua/packages.el
index c5fe05e07..c4e8e4f7b 100644
--- a/modules/lang/lua/packages.el
+++ b/modules/lang/lua/packages.el
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 ;;; lang/lua/packages.el
 
 (package! lua-mode)
-(package! moonscript)
+
+(when (featurep! +moonscript)
+  (package! moonscript)
+  (when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+    (package! flycheck-moonscript
+      :recipe (:host github :repo "hlissner/emacs-flycheck-moonscript"))))
 
 (when (featurep! :completion company)
   (package! company-lua))