diff --git a/neovim.changes b/neovim.changes
index 16f5467..61c806a 100644
--- a/neovim.changes
+++ b/neovim.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Apr  8 10:06:46 UTC 2021 - Guillaume GARDET <guillaume.gardet@opensuse.org>
+
+- Build against lua 5.3 (for non-luajit) for Leap/SLE since
+  lua 5.4 is in Tumbleweed only
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan 12 09:36:47 UTC 2021 - Guillaume GARDET <guillaume.gardet@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/neovim.spec b/neovim.spec
index 7e48780..a84b365 100644
--- a/neovim.spec
+++ b/neovim.spec
@@ -26,8 +26,13 @@
 %define luaver 5.1
 %define luaver_nopoint 51
 %else
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500
 %define luaver 5.4
 %define luaver_nopoint 54
+%else
+%define luaver 5.3
+%define luaver_nopoint 53
+%endif
 %endif
 
 %define luv_min_ver 1.30.0
@@ -88,9 +93,11 @@ BuildRequires:  lua%{luaver_nopoint}-luv-devel >= %{luv_min_ver}
 BuildRequires:  lua%{luaver_nopoint}-mpack
 Requires:       lua%{luaver_nopoint}-luv >= %{luv_min_ver}
 # built-in bit32 removed in Lua 5.4
+%if %{luaver_nopoint} > 53
 BuildRequires:  lua%{luaver_nopoint}-compat-5.3
 Requires:       lua%{luaver_nopoint}-compat-5.3
 %endif
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  make
 BuildRequires:  msgpack-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig