diff --git a/package/lua/Config.in b/package/lua/Config.in
index 309dd6eec2..456f3b8c12 100644
--- a/package/lua/Config.in
+++ b/package/lua/Config.in
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ choice
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_1
 	bool "Lua 5.1.x"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LUAINTERPRETER_ABI_VERSION_5_1
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CVT_N2S
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CVT_S2N
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3
 	bool "Lua 5.3.x"
@@ -43,6 +45,20 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_32BITS
 
 endif
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CVT_N2S
+	bool "automatic coercion from number to string"
+	default y  # legacy
+	help
+	  If unsure, say y, this is the default behavior of the Lua
+	  interpreter. See LUA_NOCVTN2S in luaconf.h
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CVT_S2N
+	bool "automatic coercion from string to number"
+	default y  # legacy
+	help
+	  If unsure, say y, this is the default behavior of the Lua
+	  interpreter. See LUA_NOCVTN2S in luaconf.h
+
 choice
 	prompt "Lua command-line editing"
 	default BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_EDITING_NONE
diff --git a/package/lua/lua.mk b/package/lua/lua.mk
index 01b554eb6b..16086e7bf4 100644
--- a/package/lua/lua.mk
+++ b/package/lua/lua.mk
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3),y)
 LUA_CFLAGS += -DLUA_COMPAT_5_2
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CVT_N2S),)
+LUA_CFLAGS += -DLUA_NOCVTN2S
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CVT_S2N),)
+LUA_CFLAGS += -DLUA_NOCVTS2N
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 LUA_BUILDMODE = static
 else