diff --git a/d/luarocks/SlackBuild b/d/luarocks/SlackBuild
index f429bc88..d8fb2c31 100755
--- a/d/luarocks/SlackBuild
+++ b/d/luarocks/SlackBuild
@@ -46,13 +46,14 @@ cd $PRGNAM
 CFLAGS=$SLCKFLAGS \
 CPPFLAGS=$SLCKFLAGS \
 ./configure \
-    --prefix=$PREFIX
+		  --prefix=$PREFIX \
+		  --lua-version=$(lua -v  | rg -o "[0-9]\.[0-9]" | head -n1)
 
 # compilation
 make -j3 PREFIX=$PREFIX
 
 # installation
-make install DESTDIR=$PKG ROCKS_TREE=$PREFIX/lib64/luarocks #LUADIR=$PREFIX/lib64/lua/5.1
+make install DESTDIR=$PKG ROCKS_TREE=$PREFIX/lib64/luarocks
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/etc/profile.d/
 cat <<EOF > $PKG/etc/profile.d/luarocks.sh