diff --git a/etc/allow-lua.inc b/etc/allow-lua.inc
index fbdee22ee..c3c1baa44 100644
--- a/etc/allow-lua.inc
+++ b/etc/allow-lua.inc
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ include allow-lua.local
 
 noblacklist ${PATH}/lua*
 noblacklist /usr/include/lua*
+noblacklist /usr/lib/liblua*
 noblacklist /usr/lib/lua
 noblacklist /usr/share/lua
diff --git a/etc/disable-interpreters.inc b/etc/disable-interpreters.inc
index ae539e1bc..c51c5fb63 100644
--- a/etc/disable-interpreters.inc
+++ b/etc/disable-interpreters.inc
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ blacklist /usr/lib64/libgjs*
 # Lua
 blacklist ${PATH}/lua*
 blacklist /usr/include/lua*
+blacklist /usr/lib/liblua*
 blacklist /usr/lib/lua
 blacklist /usr/share/lua
 
diff --git a/etc/mpv.profile b/etc/mpv.profile
index 56cd66199..80c45d20b 100644
--- a/etc/mpv.profile
+++ b/etc/mpv.profile
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ noblacklist ${HOME}/.config/mpv
 noblacklist ${HOME}/.config/youtube-dl
 noblacklist ${HOME}/.netrc
 
+# Allow lua (blacklisted by disable-interpreters.inc)
+include allow-lua.inc
 # Allow python (blacklisted by disable-interpreters.inc)
 include allow-python2.inc
 include allow-python3.inc