diff --git a/pandoc.spec b/pandoc.spec
index 92dced7..05cc23e 100644
--- a/pandoc.spec
+++ b/pandoc.spec
@@ -722,6 +722,8 @@ touch %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/%{name}
 %check
 # lua version crashing on ppc64le without patch
 %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/pandoc -v
+# make sure lua enabled
+echo | /usr/bin/pandoc --lua-filter /dev/null
 
 
 %post