diff --git a/package/lua-sdl2/lua-sdl2.mk b/package/lua-sdl2/lua-sdl2.mk
index 31375997b3..ef3ede9ccc 100644
--- a/package/lua-sdl2/lua-sdl2.mk
+++ b/package/lua-sdl2/lua-sdl2.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,15 @@ LUA_SDL2_LICENSE = ISC
 LUA_SDL2_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 LUA_SDL2_DEPENDENCIES = luainterpreter sdl2
 
-LUA_SDL2_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_LUAVER=user -DLUA_INCLUDE_DIR=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUAJIT),y)
+LUA_SDL2_LUAVER = JIT
+else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3),y)
+LUA_SDL2_LUAVER = 53
+else
+LUA_SDL2_LUAVER = 51
+endif
+
+LUA_SDL2_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_LUAVER=$(LUA_SDL2_LUAVER) -DLUA_INCLUDE_DIR=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SDL2_IMAGE),y)
 LUA_SDL2_DEPENDENCIES += sdl2_image