diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0118630f..14d2e881 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ AX_PROGVAR([xargs])
 
 AX_RUST_BOILERPLATE
 
+AC_ARG_WITH([luajit],
+            AS_HELP_STRING([--without-luajit],
+                           [Prefer LuaJIT over PUC Lua, even if the latter is newer]))
+AM_CONDITIONAL([LUAJIT], [test "x$with_luajit" != "xno"])
+
 AM_COND_IF([DEPENDENCY_CHECKS], [
 
     # Run time deps
diff --git a/hooks/build b/hooks/build
index b5d0f11e..f2d89881 100755
--- a/hooks/build
+++ b/hooks/build
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ RUNTIME_DEPS='bc bcprov curl decasify entr epubcheck fontconfig ghostscript git
 ' pandoc-sile-git pcre pdftk podofo-tools poppler povray sassc sile sqlite'\
 ' texlive-binextra texlive-xetex texlive-formatsextra texlive-latexextra texlive-langenglish texlive-langother texlive-langcyrillic'\
 ' tex-gyre-fonts ttf-hack yq zint zola zsh'\
-' lua luajit-openresty luarocks lua-decasify lua51-decasify lua-colors-git lua51-colors-git lua-filesystem lua51-filesystem lua-yaml lua51-yaml'\
+' lua lua-yaml lua-decasify'\
+' luajit luarocks lua51-cldr lua51-cosmo lua51-decasify lua51-fluent lua51-lpeg lua51-luautf8 lua51-unicode lua51-yaml'\
 ' perl perl-yaml perl-yaml-merge-simple'\
 ' python python-isbnlib python-deepl python-pandocfilters python-pantable python-ruamel-yaml python-usfm2osis-cw-git'\
 ' xcftools xorg-server-xvfb'