diff --git a/libquvi-0.9.4-lua-5.2.patch b/libquvi-0.9.4-lua-5.2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d76dd7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libquvi-0.9.4-lua-5.2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Index: libquvi-0.9.4/src/lua/init.c
+===================================================================
+--- libquvi-0.9.4.orig/src/lua/init.c
++++ libquvi-0.9.4/src/lua/init.c
+@@ -80,10 +80,17 @@ QuviError l_init(_quvi_t q)
+     return (QUVI_ERROR_LUA_INIT);
+ 
+   luaL_openlibs(q->handle.lua);
++#if LUA_VERSION_NM < 502
+   luaL_register(q->handle.lua, "quvi", quvi_reg_meth);
+   luaL_register(q->handle.lua, "quvi.http", quvi_http_reg_meth);
+   luaL_register(q->handle.lua, "quvi.crypto", quvi_crypto_reg_meth);
+   luaL_register(q->handle.lua, "quvi.base64", quvi_base64_reg_meth);
++#else
++  luaL_newlib(q->handle.lua, quvi_reg_meth);
++  luaL_newlib(q->handle.lua, quvi_http_reg_meth);
++  luaL_newlib(q->handle.lua, quvi_crypto_reg_meth);
++  luaL_newlib(q->handle.lua, quvi_base64_reg_meth);
++#endif
+ 
+   return (QUVI_OK);
+ }
diff --git a/libquvi.changes b/libquvi.changes
index 1222585..c3928a3 100644
--- a/libquvi.changes
+++ b/libquvi.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Jul 18 02:45:31 UTC 2015 - i@marguerite.su
+
+- add patch: libquvi-0.9.4-lua-5.2.patch
+  * compatibility w/ lua 5.2+
+  * luaL_register replaced by luaL_newlib 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar 10 13:00:17 CET 2015 - sbrabec@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/libquvi.spec b/libquvi.spec
index b84b807..df13ad3 100644
--- a/libquvi.spec
+++ b/libquvi.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ Source:         http://sourceforge.net/projects/quvi/files/0.9/libquvi/libquvi-0
 Source1:        %{name}.rpmlintrc
 # PATCH-FEATURE-OPENSUSE libquvi-stable-build-date.patch sbrabec@suse.cz -- Don't embed build date. Triggers rebuild.
 Patch0:         %{name}-stable-build-date.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM marguerite@opensuse.org -- compatibility for lua 5.2+
+Patch1:         %{name}-%{version}-lua-5.2.patch
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  libtool
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ if test -f %{_sourcedir}/%{name}.changes ; then
 echo "timestamp for BUILD_TIME" >stamp-build-time
 touch -d "$(sed -n '2s/ - .*$//p' <%{_sourcedir}/%{name}.changes)" stamp-build-time
 fi
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -DLUA_COMPAT_MODULE"