diff --git a/lua/Makefile.am b/lua/Makefile.am
index 2833e20..f978417 100644
--- a/lua/Makefile.am
+++ b/lua/Makefile.am
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ libluaguestfs_la_LIBADD = \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/libguestfs.la \
 	$(LIBXML2_LIBS) \
 	$(LIBVIRT_LIBS) \
+	$(LUA_LIBS) \
 	../gnulib/lib/libgnu.la
 
 libluaguestfs_la_LDFLAGS = -avoid-version -shared
diff --git a/lua/Makefile.in b/lua/Makefile.in
index 360d255..7e0473e 100644
--- a/lua/Makefile.in
+++ b/lua/Makefile.in
@@ -1513,6 +1513,7 @@ CLEANFILES = *~ guestfs.so
 @HAVE_LUA_TRUE@	$(top_builddir)/src/libguestfs.la \
 @HAVE_LUA_TRUE@	$(LIBXML2_LIBS) \
 @HAVE_LUA_TRUE@	$(LIBVIRT_LIBS) \
+@HAVE_LUA_TRUE@	$(LUA_LIBS) \
 @HAVE_LUA_TRUE@	../gnulib/lib/libgnu.la
 
 @HAVE_LUA_TRUE@libluaguestfs_la_LDFLAGS = -avoid-version -shared