diff --git a/vlc.changes b/vlc.changes
index 6fa1c6e..9ce77e0 100644
--- a/vlc.changes
+++ b/vlc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Apr 15 20:14:20 CEST 2014 - ohering@suse.de
+
+- Require plain lua-devel instead of lua51-devel for 12.1 or older
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Mar  8 21:55:46 UTC 2014 - dap.darkness@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/vlc.spec b/vlc.spec
index ea3e51a..da1b25c 100644
--- a/vlc.spec
+++ b/vlc.spec
@@ -98,7 +98,11 @@ BuildRequires:  lirc-devel
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1310 || 0%{?BUILD_ORIG}
 BuildRequires:  live555-devel
 %endif
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1220
 BuildRequires:  lua51-devel
+%else
+BuildRequires:  lua-devel >= 5.1.0
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  pcre-devel
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1220
 BuildRequires:  projectM-devel