diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6a3c48cfb2..60b52494f4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ Required by default:
 * openjpeg2
 * gstreamer (Ensure all codecs you want are installed.)
 * zlib
-* luajit (lua 5.1 or 5.2 support optional)
+* lua (lua 5.1, luajit or lua 5.2 support optional)
 * libtiff
 * openssl
 * curl
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 1639a8879f..143ce19dba 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ option('dotnet',
 option('lua-interpreter',
   type: 'combo',
   choices: ['luajit', 'lua'],
-  value: 'luajit',
+  value: 'lua',
   description: 'Which Lua back-end library to use in efl'
 )