diff --git a/package/rpm/Config.in b/package/rpm/Config.in
index adaf7c96ec..8730e15200 100644
--- a/package/rpm/Config.in
+++ b/package/rpm/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 comment "rpm needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, threads and lua >= 5.3"
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS \
-		|| !BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3
+		|| !BR2_PACKAGE_LUA || BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_1
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_RPM
 	bool "rpm"
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlfcn.h
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LUA && !BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_1
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL if !BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT