diff --git a/package/collectd/Config.in b/package/collectd/Config.in
index 188be3c0fb..276ad17329 100644
--- a/package/collectd/Config.in
+++ b/package/collectd/Config.in
@@ -65,11 +65,14 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_LOGSTASH
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_LUA
 	bool "lua"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LUA
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LUAINTERPRETER
 	help
 	  Embeds a Lua interpreter into collectd and provides an
 	  interface to collectd's plugin system.
 
+comment "lua support needs a Lua interpreter"
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LUAINTERPRETER
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_NOTIFY_EMAIL
 	bool "notify_email"
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # libesmtp
diff --git a/package/collectd/collectd.mk b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
index 24cdad7e1b..6d084dbe42 100644
--- a/package/collectd/collectd.mk
+++ b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ COLLECTD_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_GRPC),grpc) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_IPTABLES),iptables) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_LOGSTASH),yajl) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_LUA),lua) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_LUA),luainterpreter) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_MEMCACHEC),libmemcached) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_MODBUS),libmodbus) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_MQTT),mosquitto) \