diff --git a/packages/liblua51/Makefile.patch b/packages/liblua51/Makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f831360e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/liblua51/Makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
+ 
+ # Where to install. The installation starts in the src and doc directories,
+ # so take care if INSTALL_TOP is not an absolute path.
+-INSTALL_TOP= /usr/local
++INSTALL_TOP= @TERMUX_PREFIX@
+ INSTALL_BIN= $(INSTALL_TOP)/bin
+ INSTALL_INC= $(INSTALL_TOP)/include
+ INSTALL_LIB= $(INSTALL_TOP)/lib
+@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
+ all:	$(PLAT)
+ 
+ $(PLATS) clean:
+-	cd src && $(MAKE) $@
++	cd src && $(MAKE) $@ V=$(V) R=$(R)
+ 
+ test:	dummy
+ 	src/lua test/hello.lua
diff --git a/packages/liblua51/build.sh b/packages/liblua51/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ecdb91778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/liblua51/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://www.lua.org
+TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Shared library for the Lua interpreter (v5.1.x)"
+TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
+TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=5.1.5
+TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION.tar.gz
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=2640fc56a795f29d28ef15e13c34a47e223960b0240e8cb0a82d9b0738695333
+TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="readline"
+TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
+
+termux_step_pre_configure() {
+	CFLAGS+=" -fPIC"
+}
+
+termux_step_configure() {
+	sed -e "s/%VER%/${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION%.*}/g;s/%REL%/${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}/g" \
+		-e "s|@TERMUX_PREFIX@|$TERMUX_PREFIX|" \
+		"$TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_DIR"/lua.pc.in > lua.pc
+}
+
+termux_step_make() {
+	make -j $TERMUX_MAKE_PROCESSES \
+		MYCFLAGS="$CFLAGS" \
+		MYLDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" \
+		CC="$CC" \
+		CXX="$CXX" \
+		linux
+}
+
+termux_step_make_install() {
+	make \
+		TO_BIN="lua5.1 luac5.1" \
+		TO_LIB="liblua5.1.so liblua5.1.so.5.1 liblua5.1.so.${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION} liblua5.1.a" \
+		INSTALL_DATA="cp -d" \
+		INSTALL_TOP="$TERMUX_PREFIX" \
+		INSTALL_INC="$TERMUX_PREFIX/include/lua5.1" \
+		INSTALL_MAN="$TERMUX_PREFIX/share/man/man1" \
+		install
+	install -Dm600 lua.pc "$TERMUX_PREFIX"/lib/pkgconfig/lua51.pc
+
+	mv -f "$TERMUX_PREFIX"/share/man/man1/lua.1 "$TERMUX_PREFIX"/share/man/man1/lua5.1.1
+	mv -f "$TERMUX_PREFIX"/share/man/man1/luac.1 "$TERMUX_PREFIX"/share/man/man1/luac5.1.1
+}
diff --git a/packages/liblua51/lua-5.1.5-CVE-2014-5461.patch b/packages/liblua51/lua-5.1.5-CVE-2014-5461.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14cfd5b1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/liblua51/lua-5.1.5-CVE-2014-5461.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5461
+https://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.2.2-1
+
+--- a/src/ldo.c
++++ b/src/ldo.c
+@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
+     CallInfo *ci;
+     StkId st, base;
+     Proto *p = cl->p;
+-    luaD_checkstack(L, p->maxstacksize);
++    luaD_checkstack(L, p->maxstacksize + p->numparams);
+     func = restorestack(L, funcr);
+     if (!p->is_vararg) {  /* no varargs? */
+       base = func + 1;
diff --git a/packages/liblua51/lua.pc.in b/packages/liblua51/lua.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73f18b784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/liblua51/lua.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+V=%VER%
+R=%REL%
+
+prefix=@TERMUX_PREFIX@
+INSTALL_BIN=${prefix}/bin
+INSTALL_INC=${prefix}/include/lua${V}
+INSTALL_LIB=${prefix}/lib
+INSTALL_MAN=${prefix}/man/man1
+INSTALL_LMOD=${prefix}/share/lua/${V}
+INSTALL_CMOD=${prefix}/lib/lua/${V}
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
+includedir=${prefix}/include/lua${V}
+
+Name: Lua
+Description: An Extensible Extension Language
+Version: ${R}
+Requires: 
+Libs: -L${libdir} -llua${V} -lm
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/packages/liblua51/lua51.subpackage.sh b/packages/liblua51/lua51.subpackage.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5ae32caa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/liblua51/lua51.subpackage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+TERMUX_SUBPKG_DESCRIPTION="Simple, extensible, embeddable programming language"
+TERMUX_SUBPKG_DEPENDS="readline"
+TERMUX_SUBPKG_INCLUDE="bin/ share/man/man1/"
+
+termux_step_create_subpkg_debscripts() {
+	cat <<- EOF > ./postinst
+	#!$TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/sh
+	if [ "$TERMUX_PACKAGE_FORMAT" = "pacman" ] || [ "\$1" = "configure" ] || [ "\$1" = "abort-upgrade" ]; then
+		if [ -x "$TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/update-alternatives" ]; then
+			update-alternatives --install \
+				$TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/lua lua $TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/lua5.1 110
+			update-alternatives --install \
+				$TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/luac luac $TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/luac5.1 110
+		fi
+	fi
+	EOF
+
+	cat <<- EOF > ./prerm
+	#!$TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/sh
+	if [ "$TERMUX_PACKAGE_FORMAT" = "pacman" ] || [ "\$1" != "upgrade" ]; then
+		if [ -x "$TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/update-alternatives" ]; then
+			update-alternatives --remove lua $TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/lua
+			update-alternatives --remove luac $TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/luac
+		fi
+	fi
+	EOF
+}
diff --git a/packages/liblua51/src-Makefile.patch b/packages/liblua51/src-Makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e420c4162
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/liblua51/src-Makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+--- a/src/Makefile
++++ b/src/Makefile
+@@ -22,21 +22,22 @@
+ 
+ PLATS= aix ansi bsd freebsd generic linux macosx mingw posix solaris
+ 
+-LUA_A=	liblua.a
++LUA_A=	liblua5.1.a
++LUA_SO=	liblua5.1.so
+ CORE_O=	lapi.o lcode.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
+ LIB_O=	lauxlib.o lbaselib.o ldblib.o liolib.o lmathlib.o loslib.o ltablib.o \
+ 	lstrlib.o loadlib.o linit.o
+ 
+-LUA_T=	lua
++LUA_T=	lua5.1
+ LUA_O=	lua.o
+ 
+-LUAC_T=	luac
++LUAC_T=	luac5.1
+ LUAC_O=	luac.o print.o
+ 
+ ALL_O= $(CORE_O) $(LIB_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)
+ 
+ default: $(PLAT)
+@@ -51,6 +52,11 @@
+ 	$(AR) $@ $(CORE_O) $(LIB_O)	# DLL needs all object files
+ 	$(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 $@ $(MYLDFLAGS) $(LUA_O) $(LUA_A) $(LIBS)
+ 
+@@ -96,7 +102,7 @@
+ 	$(MAKE) all MYCFLAGS=
+ 
+ linux:
+-	$(MAKE) all MYCFLAGS=-DLUA_USE_LINUX MYLIBS="-Wl,-E -ldl -lreadline -lhistory -lncurses"
++	$(MAKE) all MYCFLAGS="-DLUA_USE_LINUX $(MYCFLAGS)" MYLIBS="-Wl,-E -ldl -lreadline -lhistory -lncurses"
+ 
+ macosx:
+ 	$(MAKE) all MYCFLAGS=-DLUA_USE_LINUX MYLIBS="-lreadline"
diff --git a/packages/liblua51/src-luaconf.h.patch b/packages/liblua51/src-luaconf.h.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..517e1d27b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/liblua51/src-luaconf.h.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+--- a/src/luaconf.h
++++ b/src/luaconf.h
+@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
+ 	".\\?.dll;"  LUA_CDIR"?.dll;" LUA_CDIR"loadall.dll"
+ 
+ #else
+-#define LUA_ROOT	"/usr/local/"
++#define LUA_ROOT	"@TERMUX_PREFIX@/"
+ #define LUA_LDIR	LUA_ROOT "share/lua/5.1/"
+ #define LUA_CDIR	LUA_ROOT "lib/lua/5.1/"
+ #define LUA_PATH_DEFAULT  \
+@@ -645,9 +645,9 @@
+ 
+ #if defined(LUA_USE_MKSTEMP)
+ #include <unistd.h>
+-#define LUA_TMPNAMBUFSIZE	32
++#define LUA_TMPNAMBUFSIZE	256
+ #define lua_tmpnam(b,e)	{ \
+-	strcpy(b, "/tmp/lua_XXXXXX"); \
++	strcpy(b, "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/lua_XXXXXX"); \
+ 	e = mkstemp(b); \
+ 	if (e != -1) close(e); \
+ 	e = (e == -1); }