diff --git a/package/haproxy/haproxy.mk b/package/haproxy/haproxy.mk
index a799e69651..363fc4447f 100644
--- a/package/haproxy/haproxy.mk
+++ b/package/haproxy/haproxy.mk
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3),y)
 HAPROXY_DEPENDENCIES += lua
-HAPROXY_MAKE_OPTS += USE_LUA=1
+HAPROXY_MAKE_OPTS += \
+	LUA_LIB_NAME=lua \
+	USE_LUA=1
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)