diff --git a/lua-lgi.changes b/lua-lgi.changes
index 34149c6..6714c6b 100644
--- a/lua-lgi.changes
+++ b/lua-lgi.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jul 30 11:43:11 UTC 2015 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Depend on lua = %{%lua_version}. Note: lua_version is only
+  major.minor of lua (e.g 5.2, 5.3[...]). This is needed as the
+  files are installed in /usr/share/lua/5.2 when built against
+  lua 5.2.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr 29 09:21:46 UTC 2015 - sor.alexei@meowr.ru
 
diff --git a/lua-lgi.spec b/lua-lgi.spec
index 5b15db1..af6da2b 100644
--- a/lua-lgi.spec
+++ b/lua-lgi.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gmodule-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gobject-introspection-1.0) >= 0.10.8
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libffi)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(lua)
-Requires:       lua
+# we need the 'branch' of lua this package was built against (lua_version nicely provides this info)
+Requires:       lua = %{lua_version}
 
 %description
 Dynamic Lua binding to any library which is introspectable