diff --git a/package/lua/lua-01-root-path.patch b/package/lua/5.1.5/lua-01-root-path.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/lua/lua-01-root-path.patch
rename to package/lua/5.1.5/lua-01-root-path.patch
diff --git a/package/lua/lua-02-shared-libs-for-lua.patch b/package/lua/5.1.5/lua-02-shared-libs-for-lua.patch
similarity index 100%
copy from package/lua/lua-02-shared-libs-for-lua.patch
copy to package/lua/5.1.5/lua-02-shared-libs-for-lua.patch
diff --git a/package/lua/lua-11-linenoise.patch b/package/lua/5.1.5/lua-11-linenoise.patch
similarity index 100%
copy from package/lua/lua-11-linenoise.patch
copy to package/lua/5.1.5/lua-11-linenoise.patch
diff --git a/package/lua/5.2.3/lua-01-root-path.patch b/package/lua/5.2.3/lua-01-root-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6f242c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/lua/5.2.3/lua-01-root-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Adjust installation location to /usr.
+
+Signed-off-by: Francois Perrad <francois.perrad@gadz.org>
+
+Index: b/src/luaconf.h
+===================================================================
+--- a/src/luaconf.h
++++ b/src/luaconf.h
+@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
+ #else			/* }{ */
+ 
+ #define LUA_VDIR	LUA_VERSION_MAJOR "." LUA_VERSION_MINOR "/"
+-#define LUA_ROOT	"/usr/local/"
++#define LUA_ROOT	"/usr/"
+ #define LUA_LDIR	LUA_ROOT "share/lua/" LUA_VDIR
+ #define LUA_CDIR	LUA_ROOT "lib/lua/" LUA_VDIR
+ #define LUA_PATH_DEFAULT  \
diff --git a/package/lua/lua-02-shared-libs-for-lua.patch b/package/lua/5.2.3/lua-02-shared-libs-for-lua.patch
similarity index 59%
rename from package/lua/lua-02-shared-libs-for-lua.patch
rename to package/lua/5.2.3/lua-02-shared-libs-for-lua.patch
index 97a7068..4679325 100644
--- a/package/lua/lua-02-shared-libs-for-lua.patch
+++ b/package/lua/5.2.3/lua-02-shared-libs-for-lua.patch
@@ -7,43 +7,43 @@ Index: b/src/Makefile
 ===================================================================
 --- a/src/Makefile
 +++ b/src/Makefile
-@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
+@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
  PLATS= aix ansi bsd freebsd generic linux macosx mingw posix solaris
  
  LUA_A=	liblua.a
 +LUA_SO=	liblua.so
- CORE_O=	lapi.o lcode.o ldebug.o ldo.o ldump.o lfunc.o lgc.o llex.o lmem.o \
- 	lobject.o lopcodes.o lparser.o lstate.o lstring.o ltable.o ltm.o  \
- 	lundump.o lvm.o lzio.o
-@@ -36,8 +37,9 @@
- LUAC_O=	luac.o print.o
+ CORE_O=	lapi.o lcode.o lctype.o ldebug.o ldo.o ldump.o lfunc.o lgc.o llex.o \
+ 	lmem.o lobject.o lopcodes.o lparser.o lstate.o lstring.o ltable.o \
+ 	ltm.o lundump.o lvm.o lzio.o
+@@ -43,8 +44,9 @@
+ LUAC_O=	luac.o
  
- ALL_O= $(CORE_O) $(LIB_O) $(LUA_O) $(LUAC_O)
+ ALL_O= $(BASE_O) $(LUA_O) $(LUAC_O)
 -ALL_T= $(LUA_A) $(LUA_T) $(LUAC_T)
 +ALL_T= $(LUA_A) $(LUA_SO) $(LUA_T) $(LUAC_T)
  ALL_A= $(LUA_A)
 +ALL_SO= $(LUA_SO)
  
+ # Targets start here.
  default: $(PLAT)
- 
-@@ -47,12 +49,18 @@
+@@ -55,12 +57,18 @@
  
  a:	$(ALL_A)
  
 +so:	$(ALL_SO)
 +
- $(LUA_A): $(CORE_O) $(LIB_O)
- 	$(AR) $@ $(CORE_O) $(LIB_O)	# DLL needs all object files
+ $(LUA_A): $(BASE_O)
+ 	$(AR) $@ $(BASE_O)
  	$(RANLIB) $@
  
 -$(LUA_T): $(LUA_O) $(LUA_A)
--	$(CC) -o $@ $(MYLDFLAGS) $(LUA_O) $(LUA_A) $(LIBS)
+-	$(CC) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LUA_O) $(LUA_A) $(LIBS)
 +$(LUA_SO): $(CORE_O) $(LIB_O)
 +	$(CC) -o $@.$(PKG_VERSION) -shared -Wl,-soname="$@.$(PKG_VERSION)" $?
 +	ln -fs $@.$(PKG_VERSION) $@
 +
 +$(LUA_T): $(LUA_O) $(LUA_SO)
-+	$(CC) -o $@ -L. $(MYLDFLAGS) $(LUA_O) -llua $(LIBS)
++	$(CC) -o $@ -L. $(LDFLAGS) $(LUA_O) -llua $(LIBS)
  
  $(LUAC_T): $(LUAC_O) $(LUA_A)
- 	$(CC) -o $@ $(MYLDFLAGS) $(LUAC_O) $(LUA_A) $(LIBS)
+ 	$(CC) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LUAC_O) $(LUA_A) $(LIBS)
diff --git a/package/lua/5.2.3/lua-04-lua-pc.patch b/package/lua/5.2.3/lua-04-lua-pc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62acb20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/lua/5.2.3/lua-04-lua-pc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+add lua.pc
+
+Signed-off-by: Francois Perrad <francois.perrad@gadz.org>
+
+Index: b/etc/lua.pc
+===================================================================
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/etc/lua.pc
+@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
++# lua.pc -- pkg-config data for Lua
++
++# vars from install Makefile
++
++# grep '^V=' ../Makefile
++V= 5.2
++# grep '^R=' ../Makefile
++R= 5.2.3
++
++# grep '^INSTALL_.*=' ../Makefile | sed 's/INSTALL_TOP/prefix/'
++prefix= /usr
++INSTALL_BIN= ${prefix}/bin
++INSTALL_INC= ${prefix}/include
++INSTALL_LIB= ${prefix}/lib
++INSTALL_MAN= ${prefix}/man/man1
++INSTALL_LMOD= ${prefix}/share/lua/${V}
++INSTALL_CMOD= ${prefix}/lib/lua/${V}
++
++# canonical vars
++exec_prefix=${prefix}
++libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
++includedir=${prefix}/include
++
++Name: Lua
++Description: An Extensible Extension Language
++Version: ${R}
++Requires: 
++Libs: -L${libdir} -llua -lm
++Cflags: -I${includedir}
++
++# (end of lua.pc)
diff --git a/package/lua/lua-11-linenoise.patch b/package/lua/5.2.3/lua-11-linenoise.patch
similarity index 60%
rename from package/lua/lua-11-linenoise.patch
rename to package/lua/5.2.3/lua-11-linenoise.patch
index 488c080..b1f228c 100644
--- a/package/lua/lua-11-linenoise.patch
+++ b/package/lua/5.2.3/lua-11-linenoise.patch
@@ -4,21 +4,23 @@ see discussion, http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2010-03/msg00879.html
 
 Signed-off-by: Francois Perrad <francois.perrad@gadz.org>
 
-Index: b/src/luaconf.h
+Index: b/src/lua.c
 ===================================================================
---- a/src/luaconf.h
-+++ b/src/luaconf.h
-@@ -279,6 +279,13 @@
- 	if (lua_strlen(L,idx) > 0)  /* non-empty line? */ \
- 	  add_history(lua_tostring(L, idx));  /* add it to history */
+--- a/src/lua.c
++++ b/src/lua.c
+@@ -72,6 +72,15 @@
+           add_history(lua_tostring(L, idx));  /* add it to history */
  #define lua_freeline(L,b)	((void)L, free(b))
+ 
 +#elif defined(LUA_USE_LINENOISE)
++
 +#include <linenoise.h>
 +#define lua_readline(L,b,p)	((void)L, ((b)=linenoise(p)) != NULL)
 +#define lua_saveline(L,idx) \
-+	if (lua_strlen(L,idx) > 0)  /* non-empty line? */ \
++	if (lua_rawlen(L,idx) > 0)  /* non-empty line? */ \
 +	  linenoiseHistoryAdd(lua_tostring(L, idx));  /* add it to history */
 +#define lua_freeline(L,b)	((void)L, free(b))
- #else
- #define lua_readline(L,b,p)	\
- 	((void)L, fputs(p, stdout), fflush(stdout),  /* show prompt */ \
++
+ #elif !defined(lua_readline)
+ 
+ #define lua_readline(L,b,p) \
diff --git a/package/lua/Config.in b/package/lua/Config.in
index b96ef0e..9b8b6f1 100644
--- a/package/lua/Config.in
+++ b/package/lua/Config.in
@@ -12,6 +12,20 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_LUA_INTERPRETER
 	default "lua"
 
 choice
+	prompt "Lua Version"
+	default BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_1
+	help
+	  Select the version of Lua API/ABI you wish to use.
+
+	config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_1
+		bool "Lua 5.1.x"
+
+	config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_2
+		bool "Lua 5.2.x"
+
+endchoice
+
+choice
 	prompt "Lua Interpreter command-line editing"
 	default BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_INTERPRETER_EDITING_NONE
 
diff --git a/package/lua/lua.mk b/package/lua/lua.mk
index a88a11e..2c867f6 100644
--- a/package/lua/lua.mk
+++ b/package/lua/lua.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_2),y)
+LUA_VERSION = 5.2.3
+else
 LUA_VERSION = 5.1.5
+endif
 LUA_SITE = http://www.lua.org/ftp
 LUA_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LUA_LICENSE = MIT
@@ -13,6 +17,13 @@ LUA_LICENSE_FILES = COPYRIGHT
 LUA_CFLAGS = -Wall -fPIC
 LUA_MYLIBS += -ldl
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_2),y)
+LUA_CFLAGS += -DLUA_COMPAT_ALL
+ifneq ($(BR2_LARGEFILE),y)
+LUA_CFLAGS += -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=32
+endif
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_INTERPRETER_READLINE),y)
 	LUA_DEPENDENCIES = readline ncurses
 	LUA_MYLIBS += -lreadline -lhistory -lncurses
@@ -33,6 +44,10 @@ HOST_LUA_DEPENDENCIES =
 HOST_LUA_CFLAGS = -Wall -fPIC -DLUA_USE_DLOPEN -DLUA_USE_POSIX
 HOST_LUA_MYLIBS = -ldl
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_2),y)
+HOST_LUA_CFLAGS += -DLUA_COMPAT_ALL
+endif
+
 define LUA_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(MAKE) \
 	CC="$(TARGET_CC)" RANLIB="$(TARGET_RANLIB)" \
@@ -70,7 +85,8 @@ define LUA_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D $(@D)/src/liblua.so.$(LUA_VERSION) \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/liblua.so.$(LUA_VERSION)
 	ln -sf liblua.so.$(LUA_VERSION) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/liblua.so
-	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D $(@D)/src/liblua.a $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/liblua.a
+	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/lua/$(LUAINTERPRETER_ABIVER)
+	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/lua/$(LUAINTERPRETER_ABIVER)
 endef
 
 define HOST_LUA_INSTALL_CMDS
diff --git a/package/luainterpreter/Config.in b/package/luainterpreter/Config.in
index 1562145..ec51c1a 100644
--- a/package/luainterpreter/Config.in
+++ b/package/luainterpreter/Config.in
@@ -4,3 +4,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LUA_INTERPRETER
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_LUA_INTERPRETER
 	string
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LUA_INTERPRETER
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LUAINTERPRETER_ABI_VERSION
+	string
+	default "5.1"	if BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_1 || BR2_PACKAGE_LUAJIT
+	default "5.2"	if BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_2
diff --git a/package/luainterpreter/luainterpreter.mk b/package/luainterpreter/luainterpreter.mk
index 04d63d4..c37d621 100644
--- a/package/luainterpreter/luainterpreter.mk
+++ b/package/luainterpreter/luainterpreter.mk
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@
 LUAINTERPRETER_SOURCE =
 LUAINTERPRETER_DEPENDENCIES = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_LUA_INTERPRETER))
 
+LUAINTERPRETER_ABIVER = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_LUAINTERPRETER_ABI_VERSION))
+
 $(eval $(generic-package))
