diff --git a/srcpkgs/lua51-MessagePack b/srcpkgs/lua51-MessagePack
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+lua54-MessagePack
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/lua52-MessagePack b/srcpkgs/lua52-MessagePack
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+lua54-MessagePack
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/lua52-MessagePack/template b/srcpkgs/lua52-MessagePack/template
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-# Template file for 'lua52-MessagePack'
-pkgname=lua52-MessagePack
-version=0.5.2
-revision=1
-archs=noarch
-wrksrc="${pkgname/52/}-${version}"
-hostmakedepends="lua52"
-makedepends="lua52"
-depends="lua52>=5.2"
-short_desc="Pure Lua implementation of msgpack.org"
-maintainer="Tj Vanderpoel (bougyman) <tj@rubyists.com>"
-license="MIT"
-homepage="https://framagit.org/fperrad/lua-MessagePack"
-distfiles="${homepage}/-/archive/${version}/${wrksrc}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e8285b1c574fca279e7ec8c09b49073ef48a13c4a12d8db920ca50be34b07394
-replaces="lua-MessagePack>=0"
-
-do_install() {
-	make PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR="${DESTDIR}" LUAVER=5.2 install
-	vlicense COPYRIGHT LICENSE
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lua53-MessagePack b/srcpkgs/lua53-MessagePack
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+lua54-MessagePack
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/lua54-MessagePack/template b/srcpkgs/lua54-MessagePack/template
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+# Template file for 'lua54-MessagePack'
+pkgname=lua54-MessagePack
+version=0.5.2
+revision=2
+archs=noarch
+wrksrc="lua-MessagePack-${version}"
+depends="lua54"
+_desc="Pure Lua implementation of msgpack.org"
+short_desc="${_desc} (5.4.x)"
+maintainer="Tj Vanderpoel (bougyman) <tj@rubyists.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://framagit.org/fperrad/lua-MessagePack"
+distfiles="${homepage}/-/archive/${version}/${wrksrc}.tar.gz"
+checksum=e8285b1c574fca279e7ec8c09b49073ef48a13c4a12d8db920ca50be34b07394
+replaces="lua-MessagePack>=0"
+
+do_install() {
+	# Once the 5.3 version is confirmed to work completely with 5.4,
+	# adjust so that we install the 5.3 version for 5.4 as well
+	for luaver in 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4; do
+		vmkdir usr/share/lua/${luaver}
+		if [ "$luaver" = "5.3" ]; then
+			vinstall src5.3/MessagePack.lua 644 usr/share/lua/${luaver}
+		else
+			vinstall src/MessagePack.lua 644 usr/share/lua/${luaver}
+		fi
+	done
+	vlicense COPYRIGHT LICENSE
+}
+
+lua51-MessagePack_package() {
+	depends="lua51"
+	short_desc="${_desc} (5.1.x)"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vlicense "${wrksrc}/COPYRIGHT" LICENSE
+		vmove usr/share/lua/5.1
+	}
+}
+
+lua52-MessagePack_package() {
+	depends="lua52"
+	short_desc="${_desc} (5.2.x)"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vlicense "${wrksrc}/COPYRIGHT" LICENSE
+		vmove usr/share/lua/5.2
+	}
+}
+
+lua53-MessagePack_package() {
+	depends="lua53"
+	short_desc="${_desc} (5.3.x)"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vlicense "${wrksrc}/COPYRIGHT" LICENSE
+		vmove usr/share/lua/5.3
+	}
+}