diff --git a/.latexmkrc b/.latexmkrc
index 9105b9d3a58adc1fc9653975b628124b7766dbfb..b02d1cd096bd231858ef43b57fa341b98dc4acbd 100644
--- a/.latexmkrc
+++ b/.latexmkrc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Add --shell-escape flag needed for minted
 $latex = 'latex  %O  --shell-escape %S';
 #$pdflatex = 'pdflatex  %O  --shell-escape %S';
-$pdflatex = 'lualatex -file-line-error %O %S';
+$pdflatex = 'lualatex -file-line-error %O --shell-escape %S';
 $pdf_mode = 1;