diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1cecee85..3f46ab68 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ Miscellaneous:
 * enhancement: Add ``Search contents'' button to the cache manager with
   which one can search through the cache items' data rather than their
   metadata.
+* link against lua51 not lua50
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 The following changes should be removed from NEWS before ELinks 0.13.0
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index f01aaec6..cf99d471 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -900,10 +900,10 @@ if test -z "$disable_lua"; then
 		withval="";
 	fi
 	for luadir in "$withval" "" /usr /usr/local; do
-		for suffix in "" 50; do
+		for suffix in "" 51; do
 			if test "$cf_result" = no && ( test -f "$luadir/include/lua.h" || \
 			   test -f "$luadir/include/lua$suffix/lua.h" ) ; then
-				LUA_LIBS="-L$luadir/lib -llua$suffix -llualib$suffix -lm"
+				LUA_LIBS="-L$luadir/lib -llua$suffix -lm"
 				LUA_CFLAGS="-I$luadir/include -I$luadir/include/lua$suffix"
 
 				LIBS="$LUA_LIBS $LIBS_X"
@@ -911,13 +911,11 @@ if test -z "$disable_lua"; then
 				CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS_X $LUA_CFLAGS"
 
 				# Check that it is a compatible Lua version
-				AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[	#include <lua.h>
-						#include <lualib.h>]], [[	lua_State *L = lua_open();
-						luaopen_base(L);
-						luaopen_table(L);
-						luaopen_io(L);
-						luaopen_string(L);
-						luaopen_math(L);
+				AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[	#include <lauxlib.h>]
+						#include <lua.h>
+						#include <lualib.h>
+						], [[	lua_State *L = luaL_newstate();
+						luaL_openlibs(L);
 						lua_pushboolean(L, 1);
 						lua_close(L);]])],[cf_result=yes],[cf_result=no])
 			fi
diff --git a/src/scripting/lua/core.c b/src/scripting/lua/core.c
index 0700cc98..5c19056c 100644
--- a/src/scripting/lua/core.c
+++ b/src/scripting/lua/core.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <lauxlib.h>
 #include <lua.h>
 #include <lualib.h>
 
@@ -659,7 +660,7 @@ do_hooks_file(LS, unsigned char *prefix, unsigned char *filename)
 	if (file_can_read(file)) {
 		int oldtop = lua_gettop(S);
 
-		if (lua_dofile(S, file) != 0)
+		if (luaL_dofile(S, file) != 0)
 			sleep(3); /* Let some time to see error messages. */
 		lua_settop(S, oldtop);
 	}
@@ -670,13 +671,9 @@ do_hooks_file(LS, unsigned char *prefix, unsigned char *filename)
 void
 init_lua(struct module *module)
 {
-	L = lua_open();
+	L = luaL_newstate();
 
-	luaopen_base(L);
-	luaopen_table(L);
-	luaopen_io(L);
-	luaopen_string(L);
-	luaopen_math(L);
+	luaL_openlibs(L);
 
 	lua_register(L, LUA_ALERT, l_alert);
 	lua_register(L, "current_url", l_current_url);
@@ -781,7 +778,7 @@ handle_ret_eval(struct session *ses)
 		int oldtop = lua_gettop(L);
 
 		if (prepare_lua(ses) == 0) {
-			lua_dostring(L, expr);
+			luaL_dostring(L, expr);
 			lua_settop(L, oldtop);
 			finish_lua();
 		}
diff --git a/src/scripting/lua/hooks.c b/src/scripting/lua/hooks.c
index d79ad80e..49b64141 100644
--- a/src/scripting/lua/hooks.c
+++ b/src/scripting/lua/hooks.c
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
 
+#include <lauxlib.h>
+#include <lua.h>
+#include <lualib.h>
+
 #include "elinks.h"
 
 #include "cache/cache.h"
@@ -200,7 +204,7 @@ static enum evhook_status
 script_hook_quit(va_list ap, void *data)
 {
 	if (!prepare_lua(NULL)) {
-		lua_dostring(lua_state, "if quit_hook then quit_hook() end");
+		luaL_dostring(lua_state, "if quit_hook then quit_hook() end");
 		finish_lua();
 	}