diff --git a/programming/language/lua52/actions.py b/programming/language/lua52/actions.py
index bdc986284b..d5dc1232d9 100755
--- a/programming/language/lua52/actions.py
+++ b/programming/language/lua52/actions.py
@@ -10,15 +10,19 @@ from pisi.actionsapi import pisitools
 from pisi.actionsapi import get
 
 def build():
-    shelltools.system("sed -r -e '/^LUA_(SO|A|T)=/ s/lua/lua5.2/' -e '/^LUAC_T=/ s/luac/luac5.2/' \
-    -i src/Makefile")
-    pisitools.dosed("src/Makefile", "^CFLAGS.*$", "CFLAGS=%s -DLUA_USE_LINUX" % get.CFLAGS())
-    pisitools.dosed("src/Makefile", "^MYLDFLAGS.*$", "MYLDFLAGS=%s" % get.LDFLAGS())
-    autotools.make("linux")
+    shelltools.system("sed -i '/#define LUA_ROOT/s:/usr/local/:/usr/:' src/luaconf.h")
+    shelltools.system("sed -r -e '/^LUA_(SO|A|T)=/ s/lua/lua5.2/' \
+        -e '/^LUAC_T=/ s/luac/luac5.2/'     \
+        -i src/Makefile")
+
+
+    # pisitools.dosed("src/Makefile", "^CFLAGS.*$", "CFLAGS=%s -DLUA_USE_LINUX" % get.CFLAGS())
+    # pisitools.dosed("src/Makefile", "^MYLDFLAGS.*$", "MYLDFLAGS=%s" % get.LDFLAGS())
+    autotools.make("MYCFLAGS=\"-fPIC\" MYLDFLAGS=\"$LDFLAGS\" linux")
 
 def install():
     options = "TO_BIN=\"lua5.2 luac5.2\" \
-               TO_LIB=\"liblua5.2.a liblua5.2.so liblua5.2.so.5.2 liblua5.2.so.5.2.4 \" \
+               TO_LIB='liblua5.2.so liblua5.2.so.5.2 liblua5.2.so.5.2.4'  \
                INSTALL_DATA=\"cp -d\" \
                INSTALL_TOP=\"%s/usr\"  \
                INSTALL_INC=\"%s/usr/include/lua5.2\" \
@@ -29,9 +33,13 @@ def install():
     pisitools.removeDir("/usr/lib/lua")
     
     pisitools.dosym("/usr/lib/liblua5.2.so", "/usr/lib/liblua.so.5.2")
+    pisitools.dosym("/usr/lib/liblua5.2.so", "/usr/lib/liblua.so.5.2.4")
 
     docs = [ "*.html", "*.png", "*.css", "*.gif" ]
     for d in docs:
         pisitools.insinto("/usr/share/doc/lua5.2", "doc/%s" % d)
     pisitools.rename("/usr/share/man/man1/lua.1", "lua.5.2.1")
     pisitools.rename("/usr/share/man/man1/luac.1", "luac.5.2.1")
+
+    pisitools.dosym("/usr/lib/pkgconfig/lua5.2.pc", "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/lua-5.2.pc")
+    pisitools.dosym("/usr/lib/pkgconfig/lua5.2.pc", "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/lua52.pc")
diff --git a/programming/language/lua52/files/lua-5.2.4-shared_library-1.patch b/programming/language/lua52/files/lua-5.2.4-shared_library-1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a37fd64dd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programming/language/lua52/files/lua-5.2.4-shared_library-1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+Submitted By:            Igor Živković <contact at igor hyphen zivkovic dot from dot hr>
+Date:                    2013-06-19
+Initial Package Version: 5.2.2
+Upstream Status:         Rejected
+Origin:                  Arch Linux packages repository
+Description:             Adds the compilation of a shared library.
+
+diff -Naur lua-5.2.2.orig/Makefile lua-5.2.2/Makefile
+--- lua-5.2.2.orig/Makefile	2012-05-17 16:05:54.000000000 +0200
++++ lua-5.2.2/Makefile	2013-06-19 20:04:12.338167412 +0200
+@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
+ all:	$(PLAT)
+ 
+ $(PLATS) clean:
+-	cd src && $(MAKE) $@
++	cd src && $(MAKE) $@ V=$(V) R=$(R)
+ 
+ test:	dummy
+ 	src/lua -v
+diff -Naur lua-5.2.2.orig/src/Makefile lua-5.2.2/src/Makefile
+--- lua-5.2.2.orig/src/Makefile	2012-12-27 11:51:43.000000000 +0100
++++ lua-5.2.2/src/Makefile	2013-06-19 20:04:40.924213226 +0200
+@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
+ PLAT= none
+ 
+ CC= gcc
+-CFLAGS= -O2 -Wall -DLUA_COMPAT_ALL $(SYSCFLAGS) $(MYCFLAGS)
++CFLAGS= -fPIC -O2 -Wall -DLUA_COMPAT_ALL $(SYSCFLAGS) $(MYCFLAGS)
+ LDFLAGS= $(SYSLDFLAGS) $(MYLDFLAGS)
+ LIBS= -lm $(SYSLIBS) $(MYLIBS)
+ 
+@@ -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 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
+@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@
+ LUAC_O=	luac.o
+ 
+ ALL_O= $(BASE_O) $(LUA_O) $(LUAC_O)
+-ALL_T= $(LUA_A) $(LUA_T) $(LUAC_T)
++ALL_T= $(LUA_A) $(LUA_T) $(LUAC_T) $(LUA_SO)
+ ALL_A= $(LUA_A)
+ 
+ # Targets start here.
+@@ -59,6 +60,12 @@
+ 	$(AR) $@ $(BASE_O)
+ 	$(RANLIB) $@
+ 
++$(LUA_SO): $(CORE_O) $(LIB_O)
++	$(CC) -shared -ldl -Wl,-soname,$(LUA_SO).$(V) -o $@.$(R) $? -lm $(MYLDFLAGS)
++	ln -sf $(LUA_SO).$(R) $(LUA_SO).$(V)
++	ln -sf $(LUA_SO).$(R) $(LUA_SO)
++
++
+ $(LUA_T): $(LUA_O) $(LUA_A)
+ 	$(CC) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LUA_O) $(LUA_A) $(LIBS)
+ 
diff --git a/programming/language/lua52/files/lua.pc b/programming/language/lua52/files/lua.pc
index 6a1fe36b28..6ab3fa0728 100755
--- a/programming/language/lua52/files/lua.pc
+++ b/programming/language/lua52/files/lua.pc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ prefix=/usr
 INSTALL_BIN=${prefix}/bin
 INSTALL_INC=${prefix}/include/lua5.2
 INSTALL_LIB=${prefix}/lib
-INSTALL_MAN=${prefix}/man/man1
+INSTALL_MAN=${prefix}/share/man/man1
 INSTALL_LMOD=${prefix}/share/lua/${V}
 INSTALL_CMOD=${prefix}/lib/lua/${V}
 exec_prefix=${prefix}
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ includedir=${prefix}/include/lua5.2
 Name: Lua
 Description: An Extensible Extension Language
 Version: ${R}
-Requires: 
-Libs: -L${libdir} -llua5.2 -lm
+Requires:
+Libs: -L${libdir} -llua5.2 -lm -ldl
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/programming/language/lua52/pspec.xml b/programming/language/lua52/pspec.xml
index 5bb7d59df1..d7b902fafb 100755
--- a/programming/language/lua52/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/lua52/pspec.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
             <Dependency>readline-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
         <Patches>
-            <Patch level="1">liblua.so.patch</Patch> -->
+            <Patch level="1">lua-5.2.4-shared_library-1.patch</Patch>
         </Patches>
     </Source>
 
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="4">
+            <Date>2023-05-20</Date>
+            <Version>5.2.4</Version>
+            <Comment>Rebuild</Comment>
+            <Name>PisiLinux Community</Name>
+            <Email>admins@pisilinux.org</Email>
+        </Update>
 		<Update release="3">
             <Date>2020-01-22</Date>
             <Version>5.2.4</Version>