diff --git a/srcpkgs/lua51-compat53 b/srcpkgs/lua51-compat53
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+lua52-compat53
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/lua52-compat53/template b/srcpkgs/lua52-compat53/template
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+# Template file for 'lua52-compat53'
+pkgname=lua52-compat53
+version=0.13
+revision=1
+hostmakedepends="lua52 lua51 luarocks-lua52"
+makedepends="lua52-devel lua51-devel"
+depends="lua52"
+short_desc="Compatibility module providing Lua-5.3-style APIs for Lua 5.2 and 5.1"
+maintainer="Luciogi <githubvoidlinux.supremacy429@passinbox.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/lunarmodules/lua-compat5.3"
+distfiles="https://github.com/lunarmodules/lua-compat-5.3/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=f5dc30e7b1fda856ee4d392be457642c1f0c259264a9b9bfbcb680302ce88fc2
+
+_rockname=${pkgname#lua52-}
+_rocksrel=1
+_package() {
+	luarocks --lua-version="$1" --tree="${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/" \
+		make --deps-mode=none --no-manifest "rockspecs/${_rockname}-${version}-${_rocksrel}.rockspec"
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	_package 5.2
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}
+
+lua51-compat53_package() {
+	build_style=meta
+	depends="lua51"
+	pkg_install() {
+		_package 5.1
+	}
+}