diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b58510b20edd..44888e4a2a7f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ INST_BINDIR ?= /usr/bin
 INSTALL ?= install
 UNAME ?= $(shell uname)
 OR_EXEC ?= $(shell which openresty || which nginx)
+LUAROCKS ?= luarocks
 LUAROCKS_VER ?= $(shell luarocks --version | grep -E -o  "luarocks [0-9]+.")
 OR_PREFIX ?= $(shell $(OR_EXEC) -V 2>&1 | grep -Eo 'prefix=(.*)/nginx\s+' | grep -Eo '/.*/')
 OPENSSL_PREFIX ?= $(addprefix $(OR_PREFIX), openssl)
@@ -31,6 +32,16 @@ ifeq ($(shell test -d $(addprefix $(OR_PREFIX), openssl111) && echo -n yes), yes
 	OPENSSL_PREFIX=$(addprefix $(OR_PREFIX), openssl111)
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(UNAME), Darwin)
+LUAROCKS=luarocks --lua-dir=/usr/local/opt/lua@5.1
+ifeq ($(shell test -d /usr/local/opt/openresty-openssl && echo yes), yes)
+	OPENSSL_PREFIX=/usr/local/opt/openresty-openssl
+endif
+ifeq ($(shell test -d /usr/local/opt/openresty-openssl111 && echo yes), yes)
+	OPENSSL_PREFIX=/usr/local/opt/openresty-openssl111
+endif
+endif
+
 SHELL := /bin/bash -o pipefail
 
 VERSION ?= latest
@@ -63,13 +74,13 @@ deps: default
 ifeq ($(LUAROCKS_VER),luarocks 3.)
 	mkdir -p ~/.luarocks
 ifeq ($(shell whoami),root)
-	luarocks config variables.OPENSSL_LIBDIR $(addprefix $(OPENSSL_PREFIX), /lib)
-	luarocks config variables.OPENSSL_INCDIR $(addprefix $(OPENSSL_PREFIX), /include)
+	$(LUAROCKS) config variables.OPENSSL_LIBDIR $(addprefix $(OPENSSL_PREFIX), /lib)
+	$(LUAROCKS) config variables.OPENSSL_INCDIR $(addprefix $(OPENSSL_PREFIX), /include)
 else
-	luarocks config --local variables.OPENSSL_LIBDIR $(addprefix $(OPENSSL_PREFIX), /lib)
-	luarocks config --local variables.OPENSSL_INCDIR $(addprefix $(OPENSSL_PREFIX), /include)
+	$(LUAROCKS) config --local variables.OPENSSL_LIBDIR $(addprefix $(OPENSSL_PREFIX), /lib)
+	$(LUAROCKS) config --local variables.OPENSSL_INCDIR $(addprefix $(OPENSSL_PREFIX), /include)
 endif
-	luarocks install rockspec/apisix-master-0.rockspec --tree=deps --only-deps --local
+	$(LUAROCKS) install rockspec/apisix-master-0.rockspec --tree=deps --only-deps --local
 else
 	@echo "WARN: You're not using LuaRocks 3.x, please add the following items to your LuaRocks config file:"
 	@echo "variables = {"
diff --git a/docs/en/latest/install-dependencies.md b/docs/en/latest/install-dependencies.md
index fc294a861290..4f344aa6fb60 100644
--- a/docs/en/latest/install-dependencies.md
+++ b/docs/en/latest/install-dependencies.md
@@ -149,10 +149,10 @@ nohup etcd &
 
 ```shell
 # install OpenResty, etcd and some compilation tools
-brew install openresty/brew/openresty etcd luarocks curl git
+brew install openresty/brew/openresty luarocks lua@5.1 etcd curl git
 
 # start etcd server
-etcd &
+brew services start etcd
 
 # enable TLS for etcd server
 etcd --cert-file=/path/to/cert --key-file=/path/to/pkey --advertise-client-urls https://127.0.0.1:2379
diff --git a/docs/zh/latest/install-dependencies.md b/docs/zh/latest/install-dependencies.md
index 3e7e5c1d9077..5fa765beb7f2 100644
--- a/docs/zh/latest/install-dependencies.md
+++ b/docs/zh/latest/install-dependencies.md
@@ -149,10 +149,10 @@ nohup etcd &
 
 ```shell
 # 安装 OpenResty, etcd 和 编译工具
-brew install openresty/brew/openresty etcd luarocks curl git
+brew install openresty/brew/openresty luarocks lua@5.1 etcd curl git
 
 # 开启 etcd server
-etcd &
+brew services start etcd
 
 # 为 etcd 服务启用 TLS
 etcd --cert-file=/path/to/cert --key-file=/path/to/pkey --advertise-client-urls https://127.0.0.1:2379