diff --git a/srcpkgs/editorconfig-core-lua b/srcpkgs/editorconfig-core-lua
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..471164cd78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/editorconfig-core-lua
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+lua53-editorconfig-core
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/editorconfig-core-lua/patches/testing-not-included.patch b/srcpkgs/editorconfig-core-lua/patches/testing-not-included.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 39dad5031a..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/editorconfig-core-lua/patches/testing-not-included.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
---- CMakeLists.txt.orig
-+++ CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ function(new_ec_test_full_ec_file_path name ec_file src_file regex)
-     set_tests_properties(${name}-open ${name}-parse PROPERTIES PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION "${regex}")
- endfunction()
- 
--add_subdirectory(tests/glob)
--add_subdirectory(tests/properties)
--add_subdirectory(tests/parser)
--add_subdirectory(tests/filetree)
-+#add_subdirectory(tests/glob)
-+#add_subdirectory(tests/properties)
-+#add_subdirectory(tests/parser)
-+#add_subdirectory(tests/filetree)
- #add_subdirectory(tests/cli)
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/editorconfig-core-lua/template b/srcpkgs/editorconfig-core-lua/template
deleted file mode 100644
index 864017d306..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/editorconfig-core-lua/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'editorconfig-lua'
-pkgname=editorconfig-core-lua
-version=0.2.0
-revision=1
-build_style=cmake
-makedepends="editorconfig-devel lua-devel"
-short_desc="EditorConfig core library written in Lua"
-maintainer="Felix Van der Jeugt <felix.vanderjeugt@gmail.com>"
-license="BSD-2-Clause"
-homepage="https://github.com/editorconfig/${pkgname}"
-distfiles="https://github.com/editorconfig/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=cce8fc6a02d41a665bee098b275026ab9b9043f97c553a3019ade650779b13a0
-
-do_install() {
-	vinstall build/editorconfig_core.so 755 usr/lib/lua/5.3/
-}
-
-post_install() {
-	vlicense LICENSE
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lua53-editorconfig-core/template b/srcpkgs/lua53-editorconfig-core/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5db1475fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lua53-editorconfig-core/template
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Template file for 'lua53-editorconfig-core'
+pkgname=lua53-editorconfig-core
+version=0.3.0
+revision=1
+wrksrc=editorconfig-core-lua-${version}
+build_style=cmake
+makedepends="editorconfig-devel lua53-devel"
+short_desc="EditorConfig core library written in Lua (5.3.x)"
+maintainer="Felix Van der Jeugt <felix.vanderjeugt@gmail.com>"
+license="BSD-2-Clause"
+homepage="https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig-core-lua"
+distfiles="https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig-core-lua/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=2dfb764a89e339d9c9140de241ea6b9162c295e78bc3e946c5ce6f40784a74c4
+
+do_install() {
+	vinstall build/editorconfig.so 755 usr/lib/lua/5.3/
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}
+
+editorconfig-core-lua_package() {
+	depends="lua53-editorconfig-core>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" (transitional dummy package)"
+	build_style=meta
+}