diff --git a/libexec/flua/linit_flua.c b/libexec/flua/linit_flua.c
--- a/libexec/flua/linit_flua.c
+++ b/libexec/flua/linit_flua.c
@@ -57,18 +57,11 @@
 #endif
   /* FreeBSD Extensions */
   {"lfs", luaopen_lfs},
-  {"posix.fnmatch", luaopen_posix_fnmatch},
-  {"posix.libgen", luaopen_posix_libgen},
-  {"posix.stdlib", luaopen_posix_stdlib},
-  {"posix.sys.stat", luaopen_posix_sys_stat},
-  {"posix.sys.utsname", luaopen_posix_sys_utsname},
-  {"posix.sys.wait", luaopen_posix_sys_wait},
-  {"posix.unistd", luaopen_posix_unistd},
+  {"posix", luaopen_posix},
   {"fbsd", luaopen_fbsd},
   {NULL, NULL}
 };
 
-
 LUALIB_API void luaL_openlibs (lua_State *L) {
   const luaL_Reg *lib;
   /* "require" functions from 'loadedlibs' and set results to global table */
@@ -77,4 +70,3 @@
     lua_pop(L, 1);  /* remove lib */
   }
 }
-
diff --git a/libexec/flua/modules/lposix.h b/libexec/flua/modules/lposix.h
--- a/libexec/flua/modules/lposix.h
+++ b/libexec/flua/modules/lposix.h
@@ -7,10 +7,4 @@
 
 #include <lua.h>
 
-int luaopen_posix_fnmatch(lua_State *L);
-int luaopen_posix_libgen(lua_State *L);
-int luaopen_posix_stdlib(lua_State *L);
-int luaopen_posix_sys_stat(lua_State *L);
-int luaopen_posix_sys_utsname(lua_State *L);
-int luaopen_posix_sys_wait(lua_State *L);
-int luaopen_posix_unistd(lua_State *L);
+int luaopen_posix(lua_State *L);
diff --git a/libexec/flua/modules/lposix.c b/libexec/flua/modules/lposix.c
--- a/libexec/flua/modules/lposix.c
+++ b/libexec/flua/modules/lposix.c
@@ -590,21 +590,21 @@
 #undef REG_SIMPLE
 #undef REG_DEF
 
-int
+static int
 luaopen_posix_libgen(lua_State *L)
 {
 	luaL_newlib(L, libgenlib);
 	return (1);
 }
 
-int
+static int
 luaopen_posix_stdlib(lua_State *L)
 {
 	luaL_newlib(L, stdliblib);
 	return (1);
 }
 
-int
+static int
 luaopen_posix_fnmatch(lua_State *L)
 {
 	luaL_newlib(L, fnmatchlib);
@@ -622,14 +622,21 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
-int
+static int
 luaopen_posix_sys_stat(lua_State *L)
 {
 	luaL_newlib(L, sys_statlib);
 	return (1);
 }
 
-int
+static int
+luaopen_posix_sys_utsname(lua_State *L)
+{
+	luaL_newlib(L, sys_utsnamelib);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int
 luaopen_posix_sys_wait(lua_State *L)
 {
 	luaL_newlib(L, sys_waitlib);
@@ -655,16 +662,38 @@
 	return (1);
 }
 
-int
-luaopen_posix_sys_utsname(lua_State *L)
+static int
+luaopen_posix_unistd(lua_State *L)
 {
-	luaL_newlib(L, sys_utsnamelib);
-	return 1;
+	luaL_newlib(L, unistdlib);
+	return (1);
 }
 
 int
-luaopen_posix_unistd(lua_State *L)
+luaopen_posix(lua_State *L)
 {
-	luaL_newlib(L, unistdlib);
+	lua_newtable(L); /* posix */
+
+	luaL_requiref(L, "posix.fnmatch", luaopen_posix_fnmatch, 0);
+	lua_setfield(L, -2, "fnmatch");
+
+	luaL_requiref(L, "posix.libgen", luaopen_posix_libgen, 0);
+	lua_setfield(L, -2, "libgen");
+
+	luaL_requiref(L, "posix.stdlib", luaopen_posix_stdlib, 0);
+	lua_setfield(L, -2, "stdlib");
+
+	lua_newtable(L); /* posix.sys */
+	luaL_requiref(L, "posix.sys.stat", luaopen_posix_sys_stat, 0);
+	lua_setfield(L, -2, "stat");
+	luaL_requiref(L, "posix.sys.utsname", luaopen_posix_sys_utsname, 0);
+	lua_setfield(L, -2, "utsname");
+	luaL_requiref(L, "posix.sys.wait", luaopen_posix_sys_wait, 0);
+	lua_setfield(L, -2, "wait");
+	lua_setfield(L, -2, "sys");
+
+	luaL_requiref(L, "posix.unistd", luaopen_posix_unistd, 0);
+	lua_setfield(L, -2, "unistd");
+
 	return (1);
 }