diff --git a/awesome-battery_widget-dev-1.rockspec b/awesome-battery_widget-dev-1.rockspec
index 3809332..f793d0d 100644
--- a/awesome-battery_widget-dev-1.rockspec
+++ b/awesome-battery_widget-dev-1.rockspec
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ description = {
    license = "*** please specify a license ***",
 }
 
+dependencies = {
+   "lua >= 5.1, < 5.5",
+}
+
 build = {
    type = "builtin",
    modules = {