diff --git a/package/prosody/Config.in b/package/prosody/Config.in
index 133b0b1343..c32ca20e23 100644
--- a/package/prosody/Config.in
+++ b/package/prosody/Config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PROSODY
 	bool "prosody"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LUAINTERPRETER
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # luaexpat, luasec, luasocket, luafilesystem
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LUABITOP if !BR2_PACKAGE_LUAJIT # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LUAEXPAT # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LUASEC # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LUASOCKET # runtime
@@ -19,3 +21,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PROSODY
 comment "prosody needs the lua interpreter, dynamic library"
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LUAINTERPRETER || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+
+comment "prosody needs a Lua 5.1/5.2 interpreter"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3