4 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 560d29651f..44a73d1176 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ menu "Lua libraries/modules"
 	source "package/lua-cjson/Config.in"
 	source "package/lua-coat/Config.in"
 	source "package/lua-coatpersistent/Config.in"
+	source "package/lua-compat53/Config.in"
 	source "package/lua-cqueues/Config.in"
 	source "package/lua-csnappy/Config.in"
 	source "package/lua-curl/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/lua-compat53/Config.in b/package/lua-compat53/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ab3d740f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/lua-compat53/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_COMPAT53
+	bool "lua-compat53"
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3
+	help
+	  Compatibility module providing Lua-5.3-style APIs for Lua 5.2
+	  and 5.1
+
+	  https://github.com/keplerproject/lua-compat-5.3
diff --git a/package/lua-compat53/lua-compat53.hash b/package/lua-compat53/lua-compat53.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f1e1bb22f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/lua-compat53/lua-compat53.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally calculated
+sha256 fd0117156f59d1cb3824d5cca63be84c72cb5519b714377545433be3bb31afdf  compat53-0.5-1.src.rock
diff --git a/package/lua-compat53/lua-compat53.mk b/package/lua-compat53/lua-compat53.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..969f816393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/lua-compat53/lua-compat53.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# lua-compat53
+#
+################################################################################
+
+LUA_COMPAT53_VERSION_UPSTREAM = 0.5
+LUA_COMPAT53_VERSION = $(LUA_COMPAT53_VERSION_UPSTREAM)-1
+LUA_COMPAT53_NAME_UPSTREAM = compat53
+LUA_COMPAT53_SUBDIR = lua-compat-5.3-$(LUA_COMPAT53_VERSION_UPSTREAM)
+LUA_COMPAT53_LICENSE = MIT
+LUA_COMPAT53_LICENSE_FILES = $(LUA_COMPAT53_SUBDIR)/LICENSE
+
+$(eval $(luarocks-package))