diff --git a/awesomeConfig.cmake b/awesomeConfig.cmake
index 34353729a..cc6c80ffb 100644
--- a/awesomeConfig.cmake
+++ b/awesomeConfig.cmake
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ if (NOT LUA_FOUND)
         "You might want to hint it using the LUA_DIR environment variable, "
         "or set the LUA_INCLUDE_DIR / LUA_LIBRARY CMake variables.")
 endif()
+
+set(LUA_FULL_VERSION "${LUA_VERSION_MAJOR}.${LUA_VERSION_MINOR}.${LUA_VERSION_PATCH}")
+# 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()
+
 # }}}
 
 # {{{ Check if documentation can be build
diff --git a/luaa.h b/luaa.h
index d26c43769..fae072702 100644
--- a/luaa.h
+++ b/luaa.h
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
 #include "common/lualib.h"
 #include "common/luaclass.h"
 
+#if !(501 <= LUA_VERSION_NUM && LUA_VERSION_NUM < 504)
+#error "Awesome only supports Lua versions 5.1-5.3 and LuaJIT2, please refer to https://awesomewm.org/apidoc/documentation/10-building-and-testing.md.html#Building"
+#endif
+
 #define luaA_deprecate(L, repl) \
     do { \
         luaA_warn(L, "%s: This function is deprecated and will be removed, see %s", \