diff --git a/lua-lxc.spec b/lua-lxc.spec
index dbcf411..4d9d377 100644
--- a/lua-lxc.spec
+++ b/lua-lxc.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%if 0%{?fedora}
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} >= 8
 %global luaver 5.3
 %else
 %global luaver 5.1
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 Name:           lua-lxc
 Version:        3.0.2
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Release:        4%{?dist}
 Summary:        Lua binding for LXC
 License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ The lua-lxc package contains the Lua binding for LXC.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Oct 27 2019 Thomas Moschny <thomas.moschny@gmx.de> - 3.0.2-4
+- Build against Lua 5.3 on EPEL8.
+
 * Thu Jul 25 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.0.2-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_31_Mass_Rebuild