diff --git a/ghc-hslua.spec b/ghc-hslua.spec
index 106cad6..fa368b2 100644
--- a/ghc-hslua.spec
+++ b/ghc-hslua.spec
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ This package provides the Haskell %{pkg_name} library development files.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{pkgver}
-cabal-tweak-drop-dep fail
+cabal-tweak-drop-dep ', fail       >= 4.9    && < 5'
 cabal-tweak-flag system-lua True
 cabal-tweak-flag use-pkgconfig True
 rm -r lua-5.3.4