diff --git a/src/mdlib.c b/src/mdlib.c
index 812bc1e73..e252037f1 100644
--- a/src/mdlib.c
+++ b/src/mdlib.c
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ build_options()
     {
         static const char *lua_info[] = {
  "", "NetHack 3.7.* uses the 'Lua' interpreter to process some data:", "",
- "    About Lua: Copyright (c) 1994-2017 Lua.org, PUC-Rio.", "",
+ "    About Lua:LUAVERSION:: Copyright (c) 1994-2017 Lua.org, PUC-Rio.", "",
  /*        1         2         3         4         5         6         7
   1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456
   */
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index a85867908..c4040c1bc 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ static struct rt_opt {
     const char *token, *value;
 } rt_opts[] = {
     { ":PATMATCH:", regex_id },
+    { ":LUAVERSION:", " 5.3.5"}, /* plan is to get this directly from Lua */
 };
 
 /*