diff --git a/xournalpp.changes b/xournalpp.changes
index f2a2aa2..9116740 100644
--- a/xournalpp.changes
+++ b/xournalpp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb 16 21:22:12 UTC 2021 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
+
+- Add BuildRequires(lua) to enable building plugins.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec 18 00:40:09 UTC 2020 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/xournalpp.spec b/xournalpp.spec
index b159b6b..68cecf4 100644
--- a/xournalpp.spec
+++ b/xournalpp.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package xournalpp
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gthread-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gtk+-3.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libxml-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libzip)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(lua) >= 5.3
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(poppler-glib)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(portaudiocpp)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(sndfile)