diff --git a/awesomeConfig.cmake b/awesomeConfig.cmake
index bec390612..cc6c80ffb 100644
--- a/awesomeConfig.cmake
+++ b/awesomeConfig.cmake
@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ if (NOT LUA_FOUND)
 endif()
 
 set(LUA_FULL_VERSION "${LUA_VERSION_MAJOR}.${LUA_VERSION_MINOR}.${LUA_VERSION_PATCH}")
-if(LUA_FULL_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 5.4.0 OR LUA_FULL_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 5.4.0 )
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Awesome doesn't support Lua versions newer than 5.3, please refer to"
+# 5.1 <= LUA_VERSION < 5.4
+if(NOT ((LUA_FULL_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 5.1.0 OR LUA_FULL_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 5.1.0) AND LUA_FULL_VERSION VERSION_LESS 5.4.0))
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Awesome only supports Lua versions 5.1-5.3, please refer to"
                         "https://awesomewm.org/apidoc/documentation/10-building-and-testing.md.html#Building")
 endif()
 
diff --git a/luaa.h b/luaa.h
index c58ec9b80..2b765c758 100644
--- a/luaa.h
+++ b/luaa.h
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 #include "common/lualib.h"
 #include "common/luaclass.h"
 
-#if LUA_VERSION_NUM > 503
-print("Awesome doesn't support Lua versions newer than 5.3, please refer to https://awesomewm.org/apidoc/documentation/10-building-and-testing.md.html#Building")
+#if !(501 <= LUA_VERSION_NUM && LUA_VERSION_NUM < 504)
+print("Awesome only supports Lua versions 5.1-5.3, please refer to, please refer to https://awesomewm.org/apidoc/documentation/10-building-and-testing.md.html#Building")
 #endif
 
 #define luaA_deprecate(L, repl) \