diff --git a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
index a67b915b5b..c394f85beb 100644
--- a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
+++ b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ else
 WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_LIBXML2=OFF
 endif
 
-# no support for lua53 yet
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_1),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_4),y)
 WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_LUA=ON
 WIRESHARK_DEPENDENCIES += lua
 else