diff --git a/srcpkgs/lua-zlib b/srcpkgs/lua-zlib
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..0c83671d18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lua-zlib
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+lua54-zlib
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lua51-zlib b/srcpkgs/lua51-zlib
index 7625f86193..0c83671d18 120000
--- a/srcpkgs/lua51-zlib
+++ b/srcpkgs/lua51-zlib
@@ -1 +1 @@
-lua-zlib
\ No newline at end of file
+lua54-zlib
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lua52-zlib b/srcpkgs/lua52-zlib
index 7625f86193..0c83671d18 120000
--- a/srcpkgs/lua52-zlib
+++ b/srcpkgs/lua52-zlib
@@ -1 +1 @@
-lua-zlib
\ No newline at end of file
+lua54-zlib
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lua53-zlib b/srcpkgs/lua53-zlib
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..0c83671d18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lua53-zlib
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+lua54-zlib
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lua-zlib/template b/srcpkgs/lua54-zlib/template
similarity index 70%
rename from srcpkgs/lua-zlib/template
rename to srcpkgs/lua54-zlib/template
index dfb6701cb6..7f78d9410f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lua-zlib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lua54-zlib/template
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-# Template file for 'lua-zlib'
-pkgname=lua-zlib
+# Template file for 'lua54-zlib'
+pkgname=lua54-zlib
 version=1.2
-revision=1
+revision=2
+wrksrc="lua-zlib-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="lua51-devel lua52-devel lua-devel zlib-devel"
-short_desc="Zlib streamng interface for lua"
+makedepends="lua51-devel lua52-devel lua53-devel lua54-devel zlib-devel"
+_desc="Zlib streamng interface for lua"
+short_desc="${_desc} (5.4.x)"
 maintainer="John Regan <john@jrjrtech.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/brimworks/lua-zlib/"
@@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ post_extract() {
 	mv * lua51 || true
 	cp -a lua51 lua52
 	cp -a lua51 lua53
+	cp -a lua51 lua54
 }
 
 do_build() {
-	for luaver in 5.1 5.2 5.3; do
+	for luaver in 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4; do
 		(
 		cd lua${luaver//.}
 		make \
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ do_build() {
 }
 
 do_install() {
-	for luaver in 5.1 5.2 5.3; do
+	for luaver in 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4; do
 		(
 		mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}/$(pkg-config --variable=INSTALL_CMOD lua${luaver})"
 		cd lua${luaver//.}
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ do_install() {
 }
 
 lua51-zlib_package() {
-	short_desc+=" - Lua 5.1"
+	short_desc="${_desc} (5.1.x)"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/lib/lua/5.1
 		vlicense "${wrksrc}/lua51/README"
@@ -65,9 +68,23 @@ lua51-zlib_package() {
 }
 
 lua52-zlib_package() {
-	short_desc+=" - Lua 5.2"
+	short_desc="${_desc} (5.2.x)"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/lib/lua/5.2
 		vlicense "${wrksrc}/lua52/README"
 	}
 }
+
+lua53-zlib_package() {
+	short_desc="${_desc} (5.3.x)"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/lua/5.3
+		vlicense "${wrksrc}/lua53/README"
+	}
+}
+
+lua-zlib_package() {
+	depends="lua53-zlib>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+="${_desc} (5.3.x) (transitional dummy package)"
+	build_style=meta
+}