diff --git a/package/lua-cffi/Config.in b/package/lua-cffi/Config.in
index f4a760ce0d..ceef16ee6f 100644
--- a/package/lua-cffi/Config.in
+++ b/package/lua-cffi/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CFFI
 	bool "lua-cffi"
-	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_LUAJIT
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libffi
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CFFI
 	  https://github.com/q66/cffi-lua
 
 comment "lua-cffi needs a toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 4.8, threads"
-	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_LUAJIT
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/lua-cffi/lua-cffi.mk b/package/lua-cffi/lua-cffi.mk
index 30427ac34c..f0127b335a 100644
--- a/package/lua-cffi/lua-cffi.mk
+++ b/package/lua-cffi/lua-cffi.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ LUA_CFFI_SITE = $(call github,q66,cffi-lua,v$(LUA_CFFI_VERSION))
 LUA_CFFI_LICENSE = MIT
 LUA_CFFI_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.md
 
-LUA_CFFI_DEPENDENCIES = libffi lua
+LUA_CFFI_DEPENDENCIES = libffi
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA),y)
+LUA_CFFI_DEPENDENCIES += lua
+LUA_CFFI_CONF_OPTS += -Dlua_version=$(LUAINTERPRETER_ABIVER)
+else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUAJIT),y)
+LUA_CFFI_DEPENDENCIES += luajit
+LUA_CFFI_CONF_OPTS += -Dlua_version=luajit
+endif
 
 $(eval $(meson-package))