diff --git a/packages/lang/lua52/config/lua52.pc b/packages/lang/lua52/config/lua52.pc
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+++ b/packages/lang/lua52/config/lua52.pc
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+prefix=/usr
+libdir=${prefix}/lib
+includedir=${prefix}/include/lua@@VERSION_MM@@
+
+Name: Lua
+Description: An Extensible Extension Language
+Version: @@VERSION@@
+Requires:
+Libs: -L${libdir} -llua@@VERSION_MM@@ -lm
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/packages/lang/lua52/package.mk b/packages/lang/lua52/package.mk
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+++ b/packages/lang/lua52/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Copyright (C) 2022-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+
+PKG_NAME="lua52"
+PKG_VERSION="5.2.4"
+PKG_SHA256="b9e2e4aad6789b3b63a056d442f7b39f0ecfca3ae0f1fc0ae4e9614401b69f4b"
+PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
+PKG_SITE="https://www.lua.org"
+PKG_URL="http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_LONGDESC="Lua is a powerful, efficient, lightweight, embeddable scripting language."
+
+make_target() {
+  make CC=${CC} AR="${AR} rcu" posix
+}
+
+makeinstall_target() {
+  mkdir -p ${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/include/lua$(get_pkg_version_maj_min)
+  cp src/lua.h src/luaconf.h src/lualib.h src/lauxlib.h ${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/include/lua$(get_pkg_version_maj_min)
+
+  mkdir -p ${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/lib
+  cp src/liblua.a ${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/lib/liblua$(get_pkg_version_maj_min).a
+
+  mkdir -p ${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+  cp ${PKG_DIR}/config/lua52.pc ${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+  sed -e "s/@@VERSION@@/${PKG_VERSION}/g" \
+      -e "s/@@VERSION_MM@@/$(get_pkg_version_maj_min)/g" \
+      -i ${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/lib/pkgconfig/lua52.pc
+}