diff --git a/packages/liblua/build.sh b/packages/liblua/build.sh
index 8b27001fc..e03bfa36e 100644
--- a/packages/liblua/build.sh
+++ b/packages/liblua/build.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_MAKE_ARGS=linux
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=yes
 TERMUX_PKG_CONFLICTS=libluajit
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES=libluajit
+TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="readline-dev"
 
 termux_step_pre_configure () {
 	AR+=" rcu"