diff --git a/srcpkgs/modsecurity/template b/srcpkgs/modsecurity/template
index 91a9466865e..4f550b43027 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/modsecurity/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/modsecurity/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ wrksrc="modsecurity-v${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-standalone-module --enable-htaccess-config"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="apache-devel gdbm-devel libcurl-devel libxml2-devel lua-devel
+makedepends="apache-devel gdbm-devel libcurl-devel libxml2-devel lua53-devel
  pcre-devel yajl-devel lmdb-devel"
 depends="perl-LWP"
 short_desc="Rule based web application firwall (WAF)"