diff --git a/packages/weechat/build.sh b/packages/weechat/build.sh
index 6916ce1ce..0ecab63bd 100755
--- a/packages/weechat/build.sh
+++ b/packages/weechat/build.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=http://weechat.org/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Fast, light and extensible IRC chat client"
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.6
+TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_REVISION=1
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://www.weechat.org/files/src/weechat-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=73eca5212fadb7056f5f72d9dfc96453dea0342c963d1f1ca36c84def5653c34
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="ncurses, libgcrypt, libcurl, libgnutls, libandroid-support"
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ termux_step_configure () {
 		-DZLIB_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="$TERMUX_STANDALONE_TOOLCHAIN/sysroot/usr/lib/libz.so" \
 		-DZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH="$TERMUX_STANDALONE_TOOLCHAIN/sysroot/usr/include" \
 		-DCA_FILE="$TERMUX_PREFIX/etc/tls/cert.pem" \
-		-DENABLE_LUA=OFF \
+		-DENABLE_LUA=ON \
 		-DENABLE_MAN=ON \
 		-DENABLE_PYTHON3=ON \
 		-DENABLE_PERL=ON \
diff --git a/packages/weechat/weechat-lua-plugin.subpackage.sh b/packages/weechat/weechat-lua-plugin.subpackage.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..440c57223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/weechat/weechat-lua-plugin.subpackage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TERMUX_SUBPKG_INCLUDE="lib/weechat/plugins/lua.so"
+TERMUX_SUBPKG_DESCRIPTION="WeeChat Lua Plugin"
+TERMUX_SUBPKG_DEPENDS="weechat, luajit"