diff --git a/package/lua/Makefile b/package/lua/Makefile
index e5ac938c0..c7706376d 100644
--- a/package/lua/Makefile
+++ b/package/lua/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=lua
 PKG_VERSION:=5.1.3
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.lua.org/ftp/ \
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ define Build/Compile
 		AR="$(TARGET_CROSS)ar rcu" \
 		RANLIB="$(TARGET_CROSS)ranlib" \
 		INSTALL_ROOT=/usr \
-		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_CFLAGS) -fPIC" \
 		MYLDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
 		PKG_VERSION=$(PKG_VERSION) \
 		all linux 
diff --git a/package/lua/patches/015-lnum-ppc-compat.patch b/package/lua/patches/015-lnum-ppc-compat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6c48a775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/lua/patches/015-lnum-ppc-compat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: lua-5.1.3/src/lua.h
+===================================================================
+--- lua-5.1.3.orig/src/lua.h	2008-06-29 11:45:55.000000000 +0200
++++ lua-5.1.3/src/lua.h	2008-06-29 11:46:28.000000000 +0200
+@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
+  *     not acceptable for 5.1, maybe 5.2 onwards?
+  *  9: greater than existing (5.1) type values.
+ */
+-#define LUA_TINT (-2)
++#define LUA_TINT 9
+ 
+ #define LUA_TNIL		0
+ #define LUA_TBOOLEAN		1
diff --git a/tools/lua/patches/015-lnum-ppc-compat.patch b/tools/lua/patches/015-lnum-ppc-compat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6c48a775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lua/patches/015-lnum-ppc-compat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: lua-5.1.3/src/lua.h
+===================================================================
+--- lua-5.1.3.orig/src/lua.h	2008-06-29 11:45:55.000000000 +0200
++++ lua-5.1.3/src/lua.h	2008-06-29 11:46:28.000000000 +0200
+@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
+  *     not acceptable for 5.1, maybe 5.2 onwards?
+  *  9: greater than existing (5.1) type values.
+ */
+-#define LUA_TINT (-2)
++#define LUA_TINT 9
+ 
+ #define LUA_TNIL		0
+ #define LUA_TBOOLEAN		1