diff --git a/bindings/lua/rrdlua.c b/bindings/lua/rrdlua.c
index bfbc174..b54f787 100644
--- a/bindings/lua/rrdlua.c
+++ b/bindings/lua/rrdlua.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ set_info (lua_State * L)
 
 /**********************************************************/
 
-static const struct luaL_reg rrd[] = {
+static const struct luaL_Reg rrd[] = {
   {"create", lua_rrd_create},
   {"dump", lua_rrd_dump},
   {"fetch", lua_rrd_fetch},
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1a84037..4575f00 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -813,7 +813,12 @@ LUA_EOF
       LIBS=
       lua_havelib=no
       LUA_HAVE_COMPAT51=DONT_HAVE_COMPAT51
-      AC_SEARCH_LIBS(lua_call, lua$lua_vdot lua$lua_vndot lua,
+      if test "$lua_vndot" -ge "52"; then
+        CALL_FUNC=lua_callk
+      else
+        CALL_FUNC=lua_call
+      fi
+      AC_SEARCH_LIBS($CALL_FUNC, lua$lua_vdot lua$lua_vndot lua,
         [AC_SEARCH_LIBS(luaL_register, lua$lua_vdot lua$lua_vndot lua,
           [lua_havelib=LUA$lua_vndot],
           [AC_SEARCH_LIBS(luaL_module, lualib$lua_vndot lualib$lua_vdot lualib,