diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4490455b63..0b9115a4e7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 os=`uname`
 if [ "$os" == 'Linux' ]; then
 	locations=(/usr/lib /usr/lib64 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/local/lib /opt/lib)
-	sonames=(liblua5.1.so.5.1 liblua5.1.so.0 liblua.so.5.1 liblua-5.1.so liblua5.1.so)
+	sonames=(liblua.so.5.1.5 liblua5.1.so.5.1 liblua5.1.so.0 liblua.so.5.1 liblua-5.1.so liblua5.1.so)
 	for location in "${locations[@]}" ; do
 		for soname in ${sonames[@]} ; do
 			if [ -f $location/$soname ]; then