--- configure.in
+++ configure.in
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
         LUA_CFLAGS="`[$LUACONFIG --include]`"
         LUA_LIBS="`[$LUACONFIG --static]`"
     else dnl ...otherwise, attempt to guess
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LUA,lua >= 5.1,LUA_FOUND=yes,LUA_FOUND=no)
+        if test "$LUA_FOUND" = no ; then
         LUA_CFLAGS=""
         LUA_LIBS="-ldl"
         AC_CHECK_LIB(lua, lua_setfenv, LUA_LIBS="$LUA_LIBS -llua",
@@ -51,7 +53,8 @@
         [AC_CHECK_LIB(lualib5.0, luaopen_base, LUA_LIBS="$LUA_LIBS -llualib5.0",
             [AC_MSG_ERROR([*** Lualib5 is required.
              You can download lua from http://www.lua.org])],
              $LUA_LIBS)], $LUA_LIBS)], $LUA_LIBS)
+	fi
    fi
 fi
 AC_SUBST(LUA_CFLAGS)