diff --git a/package/efl/Config.in b/package/efl/Config.in
index 418f41e379..88e2c360f7 100644
--- a/package/efl/Config.in
+++ b/package/efl/Config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_EFL
 	bool "efl"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV # libudev
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LUA # lua 5.1 or better
+	# https://phab.enlightenment.org/T2728
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_1 # needs lua 5.1, broken with 5.2+
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # untested without threads
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # use wchar_t
@@ -185,6 +186,6 @@ comment "efl needs udev /dev management and a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library,
 		|| BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 
-comment "efl needs lua"
-	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_LUA
+comment "efl needs lua 5.1"
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_1
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU