diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 324578bbca..e188779ebc 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -129,13 +129,12 @@
 (require 'init-dash)
 
 (require 'init-ledger)
+(require 'init-lua)
+
 ;; Extra packages which don't require any configuration
 
 (require-package 'sudo-edit)
 (require-package 'gnuplot)
-(require-package 'lua-mode)
-(reformatter-define lua-format :program "lua-format" :args '("--indent-width=2" "--no-use-tab") :lighter "LuaFmt ")
-(setq-default lua-indent-level 2)
 (require-package 'htmlize)
 (when *is-a-mac*
   (require-package 'osx-location))
diff --git a/lisp/init-lua.el b/lisp/init-lua.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60b7f7492d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lisp/init-lua.el
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+;;; init-lua.el --- Support for Lua programming -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
+;;; Commentary:
+;;; Code:
+
+(require-package 'lua-mode)
+
+(setq-default lua-indent-level 2)
+
+(reformatter-define lua-format
+  :program "lua-format"
+  :args '("--indent-width=2" "--no-use-tab")
+  :lighter "LuaFmt ")
+
+
+(provide 'init-lua)
+;;; init-lua.el ends here