diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 348de8d..65b9da6 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am	2018-08-16 22:23:20.000000000 +0200
+++ b/src/Makefile.am	2021-03-11 07:19:51.422344381 +0100
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ libcore_la_LDFLAGS = \
 	-L$(top_builddir)/ \
 	-Wl,-soname,core.so.$(firstword $(subst ., ,$(VERSION)))
 
-libcore_la_LIBADD = -llxc
+libcore_la_LIBADD = $(LUA_LIBS) -llxc
 
 install-exec-local: install-libLTLIBRARIES
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(lualibdir)/lxc/