diff --git a/lua/lazy/core/config.lua b/lua/lazy/core/config.lua
index d843db2..58f9e10 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/core/config.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/core/config.lua
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ M.defaults = {
     -- increase downloads a lot.
     filter = true,
   },
+  rocks = {
+    root = vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/lazy-rocks",
+  },
   dev = {
     ---@type string | fun(plugin: LazyPlugin): string directory where you store your local plugin projects
     path = "~/projects",
@@ -212,6 +215,9 @@ M.mapleader = nil
 ---@type string
 M.maplocalleader = nil
 
+---@type {specs:string, tree:string, path:string, cpath:string}
+M.rocks = {}
+
 function M.headless()
   return #vim.api.nvim_list_uis() == 0
 end
@@ -262,6 +268,17 @@ function M.setup(opts)
   M.mapleader = vim.g.mapleader
   M.maplocalleader = vim.g.maplocalleader
 
+  M.rocks = {
+    specs = M.options.rocks.root .. "/specs",
+    tree = M.options.rocks.root .. "/tree",
+    path = M.options.rocks.root .. "/tree/share/lua/5.1",
+    cpath = M.options.rocks.root .. "/tree/lib/lua/5.1",
+  }
+  vim.fn.mkdir(M.rocks.specs, "p")
+  vim.fn.mkdir(M.rocks.tree, "p")
+  package.path = package.path .. ";" .. M.rocks.path .. "/?.lua;" .. M.rocks.path .. "/?/init.lua;"
+  package.cpath = package.cpath .. ";" .. M.rocks.cpath .. "/?." .. (jit.os:find("Windows") and "dll" or "so") .. ";"
+
   if M.headless() then
     require("lazy.view.commands").setup()
   end
diff --git a/lua/lazy/core/loader.lua b/lua/lazy/core/loader.lua
index e07328c..ffd8753 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/core/loader.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/core/loader.lua
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ function M.setup()
     while M.install_missing() do
       count = count + 1
       if count > 5 then
+        Util.error("Too many rounds of missing plugins")
         break
       end
     end
@@ -66,7 +67,11 @@ end
 -- multiple rounds can happen when importing a spec from a missing plugin
 function M.install_missing()
   for _, plugin in pairs(Config.plugins) do
-    if not (plugin._.installed or Plugin.has_errors(plugin)) then
+    local installed = plugin._.installed
+    local has_errors = Plugin.has_errors(plugin)
+    local rocks_installed = plugin._.rocks_installed ~= false
+
+    if not has_errors and not (installed and rocks_installed) then
       for _, colorscheme in ipairs(Config.options.install.colorscheme) do
         if colorscheme == "default" then
           break
diff --git a/lua/lazy/core/plugin.lua b/lua/lazy/core/plugin.lua
index 3de712f..6c8d7da 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/core/plugin.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/core/plugin.lua
@@ -570,6 +570,8 @@ function M.update_state()
     installed[name] = nil
   end
 
+  require("lazy.manage.rocks").update_state()
+
   Config.to_clean = {}
   for pack, dir_type in pairs(installed) do
     table.insert(Config.to_clean, {
diff --git a/lua/lazy/manage/init.lua b/lua/lazy/manage/init.lua
index f5a96a9..308930e 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/manage/init.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/manage/init.lua
@@ -82,12 +82,13 @@ function M.install(opts)
     pipeline = {
       "git.clone",
       { "git.checkout", lockfile = opts.lockfile },
+      "rocks.install",
       "plugin.docs",
       "wait",
       "plugin.build",
     },
     plugins = function(plugin)
-      return plugin.url and not plugin._.installed
+      return plugin.url and not (plugin._.installed and plugin._.rocks_installed ~= false)
     end,
   }, opts):wait(function()
     require("lazy.manage.lock").update()
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ function M.update(opts)
       "git.fetch",
       "git.status",
       { "git.checkout", lockfile = opts.lockfile },
+      "rocks.install",
       "plugin.docs",
       "wait",
       "plugin.build",
diff --git a/lua/lazy/manage/rocks.lua b/lua/lazy/manage/rocks.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efad65d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/lazy/manage/rocks.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+--# selene:allow(incorrect_standard_library_use)
+
+local Config = require("lazy.core.config")
+local Util = require("lazy.core.util")
+
+---@class LazyRock
+---@field plugin string
+---@field name string
+---@field spec string
+---@field installed boolean
+
+local M = {}
+---@type LazyRock[]
+M.rocks = {}
+
+---@param ... string
+---@return string[]
+function M.args(...)
+  local ret = { "--tree", Config.rocks.tree, "--lua-version", "5.1" }
+  vim.list_extend(ret, { ... })
+  return ret
+end
+
+function M.parse(rockspec_file)
+  local rockspec = {}
+  local ret, err = loadfile(rockspec_file, "t", rockspec)
+  if not ret then
+    error(err)
+  end
+  ret()
+  return rockspec
+end
+
+-- dd(M.parse("/home/folke/.local/share/nvim/lazy/neorg/neorg-scm-1.rockspec"))
+
+---@param plugin LazyPlugin
+function M.get_rockspec(plugin)
+  assert(plugin.rocks and #plugin.rocks > 0, plugin.name .. " has no rocks")
+  local rockspec_file = Config.rocks.specs .. "/lazy-" .. plugin.name .. "-0.0-0.rockspec"
+  require("lazy.util").write_file(
+    rockspec_file,
+    ([[
+rockspec_format = "3.0"
+package = "lazy-%s"
+version = "0.0-0"
+source = { url = "%s" }
+dependencies = %s
+build = { type = "builtin" }
+]]):format(plugin.name, plugin.url, vim.inspect(plugin.rocks))
+  )
+  return rockspec_file
+end
+
+function M.update_state()
+  local root = Config.rocks.tree .. "/lib/luarocks/rocks-5.1"
+  ---@type table<string,string>
+  local installed = {}
+  Util.ls(root, function(_, name, type)
+    if type == "directory" then
+      installed[name] = name
+    end
+  end)
+
+  ---@type LazyRock[]
+  local rocks = {}
+  M.rocks = rocks
+
+  for _, plugin in pairs(Config.plugins) do
+    if plugin.rocks then
+      plugin._.rocks = {}
+      plugin._.rocks_installed = true
+      for _, spec in ipairs(plugin.rocks) do
+        spec = vim.trim(spec)
+        local name = spec:gsub("%s.*", "")
+        local rock = {
+          plugin = plugin.name,
+          name = name,
+          spec = spec,
+          installed = installed[name] ~= nil,
+        }
+        plugin._.rocks_installed = plugin._.rocks_installed and rock.installed
+        table.insert(plugin._.rocks, rock)
+        table.insert(rocks, rock)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+return M
diff --git a/lua/lazy/manage/task/rocks.lua b/lua/lazy/manage/task/rocks.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2f61bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/lazy/manage/task/rocks.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+local Rocks = require("lazy.manage.rocks")
+
+---@type table<string, LazyTaskDef>
+local M = {}
+
+local running = false
+local has_rocks = nil ---@type boolean?
+
+M.install = {
+  skip = function(plugin)
+    return plugin._.rocks_installed ~= false
+  end,
+  run = function(self)
+    if has_rocks == nil then
+      has_rocks = vim.fn.executable("luarocks") == 1
+    end
+    if not has_rocks then
+      self.error = "This plugin has luarocks dependencies,\nbut the `luarocks` executable is not found.\nPlease install https://luarocks.org/ to continue.\n"
+        .. "luarock deps: "
+        .. vim.inspect(self.plugin.rocks)
+      return
+    end
+
+    local started = false
+
+    local function install()
+      started = true
+      self.status = "luarocks (install)"
+      vim.api.nvim_exec_autocmds("User", { pattern = "LazyRender", modeline = false })
+      self:spawn("luarocks", {
+        args = Rocks.args("install", "--deps-mode", "one", "--deps-only", Rocks.get_rockspec(self.plugin)),
+        on_exit = function(ok)
+          running = false
+          if ok then
+            self.plugin._.rocks_installed = true
+          end
+        end,
+      })
+    end
+
+    local timer = vim.uv.new_timer()
+    timer:start(0, 100, function()
+      if not running then
+        running = true
+        timer:stop()
+        vim.schedule(install)
+      end
+    end)
+    self.status = "luarocks (pending)"
+
+    table.insert(self._running, function()
+      return not started
+    end)
+  end,
+}
+
+return M
diff --git a/lua/lazy/types.lua b/lua/lazy/types.lua
index 30bf9e5..831327e 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/types.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/types.lua
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 ---@field rtp_loaded? boolean
 ---@field handlers? LazyPluginHandlers
 ---@field cache? table<string,any>
+---@field rocks? LazyRock[]
+---@field rocks_installed? boolean
 
 ---@alias PluginOpts table|fun(self:LazyPlugin, opts:table):table?
 
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@
 ---@field lazy? boolean
 ---@field priority? number Only useful for lazy=false plugins to force loading certain plugins first. Default priority is 50
 ---@field dev? boolean If set, then link to the respective folder under your ~/projects
+---@field rocks? string[]
 
 ---@class LazyPlugin: LazyPluginBase,LazyPluginHandlers,LazyPluginHooks,LazyPluginRef
 ---@field dependencies? string[]