diff --git a/plplot/Makefile b/plplot/Makefile
index 640d296..45f5da8 100644
--- a/plplot/Makefile
+++ b/plplot/Makefile
@@ -9,14 +9,15 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=plplot
 PKG_VERSION:=5.9.7
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/$(PKG_NAME)/$(PKG_VERSION)%20Source
 PKG_MD5SUM:=c53c484ed93ce8446513c31707551b5b
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 PKG_FIXUP:=libtool
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:= plplot/host libtool/host libltdl/host qt4 qt4-gui
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:= plplot/host libtool/host libltdl/host swig/host
 #@INSTALL_GFORTRAN 
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
@@ -137,6 +138,16 @@ $(call Package/plplot/Default/description)
  This package contains the Plplot bindings for Tcl
 endef
 
+define Package/plplot-lua
+$(call Package/plplot/Default)
+  DEPENDS:= +plplot +liblua
+  TITLE+= (Lua bindings)
+endef
+
+define Package/plplot-lua/description
+$(call Package/plplot/Default/description)
+ This package contains the Plplot bindings for Lua
+endef
 
 define Package/plplot-octave
 $(call Package/plplot/Default)
@@ -152,6 +163,7 @@ endef
 TARGET_CFLAGS += -Wl,-rpath-link=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib
 
 CMAKE_FLAGS := \
+	-Wdev \
 	-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
 	-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/toolchain.cmake \
 	-DPKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/pkg-config \
@@ -190,6 +202,12 @@ ifdef CONFIG_PACKAGE_plplot-linuxvga
 		-DPLD_linuxvga=ON
 endif
 
+ifdef CONFIG_PACKAGE_plplot-lua
+	CMAKE_FLAGS +=	\
+		-DSWIG_EXECUTABLE=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/swig \
+		-DENABLE_lua=ON
+endif
+
 ifdef CONFIG_PACKAGE_plplot-tcl
 	CMAKE_FLAGS +=	-DENABLE_tcl=ON 
 endif
@@ -224,6 +242,7 @@ define Build/Configure
 
         # search for programs in the build host directories
 	echo "SET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER)" >> $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/toolchain.cmake
+	echo "SET(CMAKE_PROGRAM_PATH $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin)" >> $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/toolchain.cmake
 
         # for libraries and headers in the target directories
 	echo "SET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)" >> $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/toolchain.cmake
@@ -233,11 +252,8 @@ define Build/Configure
 	cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) && cmake $(CMAKE_FLAGS)
 endef
 
-# todo: remove, once stabilized
-MAKE_FLAGS += -j4
-
 define Build/Compile
-	$(call Build/Compile/Default, VERBOSE=1)	
+	$(call Build/Compile/Default, VERBOSE=1 -j4)	
 endef
 
 
@@ -310,6 +326,11 @@ define Package/plplot-linuxvga/install
 		 $(1)/usr/lib/plplot$(PKG_VERSION)/driversd/
 endef
 
+define Package/plplot-lua/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/lua
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/lua/*/plplot/plplotluac.so $(1)/usr/lib/lua/
+endef
+
 define Package/plplot-tcl/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libplplottcltkd.so* \
@@ -323,6 +344,11 @@ define Package/plplot-tcl/install
 		$(1)/usr/share/plplot$(PKG_VERSION)/tcl/
 endef
 
+define Package/plplot-tcl/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libplplottcltkd.so* \
+		$(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
 
 define Package/plplot-octave/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
@@ -346,6 +372,7 @@ $(eval $(call BuildPackage,plplot-cxx))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,plplot-qt))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,plplot-linuxvga))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,plplot-tcl))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,plplot-lua))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,plplot-octave))
 
 
diff --git a/plplot/patches/005-fix-findswig.patch b/plplot/patches/005-fix-findswig.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36be76e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plplot/patches/005-fix-findswig.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: plplot-5.9.7/cmake/modules/FindSWIG.cmake
+===================================================================
+--- plplot-5.9.7.orig/cmake/modules/FindSWIG.cmake	2011-01-15 16:00:41.000000000 +0100
++++ plplot-5.9.7/cmake/modules/FindSWIG.cmake	2011-01-15 16:01:09.000000000 +0100
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
+     STRING(REGEX REPLACE "[\n\r]+" ";" SWIG_swiglib_output ${SWIG_swiglib_output})
+     # force the path to be computed each time in case SWIG_EXECUTABLE has changed.
+     SET(SWIG_DIR SWIG_DIR-NOTFOUND)
+-    FIND_PATH(SWIG_DIR swig.swg PATHS ${SWIG_swiglib_output})
++    FIND_PATH(SWIG_DIR swig.swg PATHS ${SWIG_swiglib_output} NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH)
+     IF(SWIG_DIR)
+       SET(SWIG_FOUND 1)
+       SET(SWIG_USE_FILE ${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/UseSWIG.cmake)
diff --git a/plplot/patches/006-fix-lua.patch b/plplot/patches/006-fix-lua.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa4e104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plplot/patches/006-fix-lua.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+Index: plplot-5.9.7/cmake/modules/lua.cmake
+===================================================================
+--- plplot-5.9.7.orig/cmake/modules/lua.cmake	2011-01-15 16:08:33.000000000 +0100
++++ plplot-5.9.7/cmake/modules/lua.cmake	2011-01-15 16:12:37.000000000 +0100
+@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@
+   find_program(LUA_EXECUTABLE lua)
+   if(NOT LUA_EXECUTABLE)
+     message(STATUS "WARNING: "
+-      "Lua executable not found. Disabling Lua bindings")
+-    set(ENABLE_lua OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable Lua bindings" FORCE)
++      "Lua executable not found.  But no problem.")
++    #set(ENABLE_lua OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable Lua bindings" FORCE)
+   endif(NOT LUA_EXECUTABLE)
+ endif(ENABLE_lua)
+ 
+@@ -90,22 +90,22 @@
+     ERROR_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+     )
+   #message("(preliminary) LUA_VERSION = ${LUA_VERSION}")
+-  string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]\\.[0-9]\\.[0-9]" LUA_VERSION "${LUA_VERSION}")
++#  string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]\\.[0-9]\\.[0-9]" LUA_VERSION "${LUA_VERSION}")
+   #message("(dotted triplet) LUA_VERSION = ${LUA_VERSION}")
+   # Reduce to just major.minor for purposes of comparison.
+-  string(SUBSTRING "${LUA_VERSION}" 0 3 LUA_VERSION)
+-  message(STATUS "LUA_VERSION = ${LUA_VERSION}")
+-  set(LUA_VERSION_VALID)
+-  if(${LUA_VERSION} STREQUAL "5.0" AND LUA50_FOUND)
+-    set(LUA_VERSION_VALID ON)
+-  elseif(${LUA_VERSION} STREQUAL "5.1" AND LUA51_FOUND)
+-    set(LUA_VERSION_VALID ON)
+-  endif(${LUA_VERSION} STREQUAL "5.0" AND LUA50_FOUND)
++#  string(SUBSTRING "${LUA_VERSION}" 0 3 LUA_VERSION)
++#  message(STATUS "LUA_VERSION = ${LUA_VERSION}")
++  set(LUA_VERSION_VALID ON)
++#  if(${LUA_VERSION} STREQUAL "5.0" AND LUA50_FOUND)
++#    set(LUA_VERSION_VALID ON)
++#  elseif(${LUA_VERSION} STREQUAL "5.1" AND LUA51_FOUND)
++#    set(LUA_VERSION_VALID ON)
++#  endif(${LUA_VERSION} STREQUAL "5.0" AND LUA50_FOUND)
+ 
+   if(NOT LUA_VERSION_VALID)
+     message(STATUS "WARNING: "
+-      "Lua executable found but version not consistent with library. Disabling Lua bindings")
+-    set(ENABLE_lua OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable Lua bindings" FORCE)
++      "Lua executable found but version not consistent with library.  Continuing anyways.")
++   # set(ENABLE_lua OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable Lua bindings" FORCE)
+   endif(NOT LUA_VERSION_VALID)
+ endif(ENABLE_lua)
+