diff --git a/cmake/FindLuaJIT.cmake b/cmake/FindLuaJIT.cmake
--- a/cmake/FindLuaJIT.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindLuaJIT.cmake
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-SET (LuaJIT_FOUND FALSE)
-SET (LUAJIT_LIBRARY_NAME luajit-5.1)
-SET (LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIRS /usr/include/luajit-2.0 /usr/local/include/luajit-2.0)
+find_package(PkgConfig)
 
-FIND_PATH    (LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIR lua.h ${LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
-FIND_LIBRARY (LUAJIT_LIBRARY NAMES ${LUAJIT_LIBRARY_NAME} PATHS ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH})
+pkg_check_modules(LUAJIT QUIET luajit)
 
-IF (LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIR AND LUAJIT_LIBRARY)
-    SET (LuaJIT_FOUND TRUE)
-ENDIF (LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIR AND LUAJIT_LIBRARY)
+find_path(LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIR lua.hpp HINTS ${LUAJIT_INCLUDEDIR} ${LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+find_library(LUAJIT_LIBRARY NAMES luajit-5.1 luajit HINTS ${LUAJIT_LIBDIR} ${LUAJIT_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 
-INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(LuaJIT DEFAULT_MSG LUAJIT_LIBRARY LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIR)
-MARK_AS_ADVANCED ( LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIR LUAJIT_LIBRARY)
+set(LUAJIT_LIBRARIES ${LUAJIT_LIBRARY})
+set(LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIRS ${LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(LuaJIT DEFAULT_MSG LUAJIT_LIBRARY LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIR)
+mark_as_advanced(LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIR LUAJIT_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/src/backends/lua/luaexpression.cpp b/src/backends/lua/luaexpression.cpp
--- a/src/backends/lua/luaexpression.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/lua/luaexpression.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include "imageresult.h"
 #include "helpresult.h"
 
-#include <luajit-2.0/lua.hpp> // need the luajit-2.0 prefix to avoid conflicts with Lua 5.2
+#include <lua.hpp>
 
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QString>
diff --git a/src/backends/lua/luahelper.cpp b/src/backends/lua/luahelper.cpp
--- a/src/backends/lua/luahelper.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/lua/luahelper.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "luahelper.h"
 
-#include <luajit-2.0/lua.hpp> // need the luajit-2.0 prefix to avoid conflicts with Lua 5.2
+#include <lua.hpp>
 #include <QString>
 #include <QStringList>
 
diff --git a/src/backends/lua/luasession.h b/src/backends/lua/luasession.h
--- a/src/backends/lua/luasession.h
+++ b/src/backends/lua/luasession.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #define _LUASESSION_H
 
 #include "session.h"
-#include <luajit-2.0/lua.hpp> // need the luajit-2.0 prefix to avoid conflicts with Lua 5.2
+#include <lua.hpp>
 
 class LuaExpression;