diff --git a/vis-0.9-lua-5.5.patch b/vis-0.9-lua-5.5.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..155a945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vis-0.9-lua-5.5.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+diff -up vis-v0.9/vis-lua.c.lua55 vis-v0.9/vis-lua.c
+--- vis-v0.9/vis-lua.c.lua55	2026-03-16 16:23:43.668922812 -0400
++++ vis-v0.9/vis-lua.c	2026-03-16 16:25:41.892362312 -0400
+@@ -3208,7 +3208,11 @@ static void *alloc_lua(void *ud, void *p
+  * @function init
+  */
+ void vis_lua_init(Vis *vis) {
++#if LUA_VERSION_NUM >= 505
++	lua_State *L = lua_newstate(alloc_lua, vis, luaL_makeseed(0));
++#else
+ 	lua_State *L = lua_newstate(alloc_lua, vis);
++#endif
+ 	if (!L)
+ 		return;
+ 	vis->lua = L;
+diff -up vis-v0.9/vis-lua.h.lua55 vis-v0.9/vis-lua.h
+--- vis-v0.9/vis-lua.h.lua55	2026-03-16 16:13:13.657846463 -0400
++++ vis-v0.9/vis-lua.h	2026-03-16 16:15:26.159364325 -0400
+@@ -14,6 +14,19 @@ typedef void* lua_CFunction;
+ #include "vis.h"
+ #include "vis-subprocess.h"
+ 
++#if LUA_VERSION_NUM >= 505
++
++#define lua_pushunsigned(L,n)   lua_pushinteger(L, (lua_Integer)(n))
++#define lua_tounsignedx(L,i,is) ((lua_Unsigned)lua_tointegerx(L,i,is))
++#define lua_tounsigned(L,i)     lua_tounsignedx(L,(i),NULL)
++#define luaL_checkunsigned(L,a) ((lua_Unsigned)luaL_checkinteger(L,a))
++#define luaL_optunsigned(L,a,d) \
++        ((lua_Unsigned)luaL_optinteger(L,a,(lua_Integer)(d)))
++#define luaL_checkint(L,n)      ((int)luaL_checkinteger(L, (n)))
++
++#endif
++
++
+ /* add a directory to consider when loading lua files */
+ bool vis_lua_path_add(Vis*, const char *path);
+ /* get semicolon separated list of paths to load lua files
diff --git a/vis.spec b/vis.spec
index 9768222..0bde034 100644
--- a/vis.spec
+++ b/vis.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Summary:        A vim-like editor with structural regex from plan9
 License:        ISC AND MIT AND CC0-1.0
 URL:            https://git.sr.ht/~martanne/%{name}
 Source0:        https://git.sr.ht/~martanne/%{name}/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         vis-0.9-lua-5.5.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  make
 BuildRequires:  gcc
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(tre)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(lua) >= 5.2
 BuildRequires:  libacl-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libselinux)
+BuildRequires:  lua-penlight
 Requires:       lua-lpeg >= 0.12
 Requires:       xsel
 
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 %{summary}
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -n vis-v%{version}
+%autosetup -n vis-v%{version} -p1
 
 %build
 %configure