diff --git a/src/nhlua.c b/src/nhlua.c
index 4f1787a5f..36713a28d 100644
--- a/src/nhlua.c
+++ b/src/nhlua.c
@@ -1412,17 +1412,33 @@ DISABLE_WARNING_CONDEXPR_IS_CONSTANT
 const char *
 get_lua_version(void)
 {
-    size_t len = (size_t) 0;
-    const char *vs = (const char *) 0;
-    lua_State *L;
-
     if (g.lua_ver[0] == 0) {
-        L = nhl_init();
+        lua_State *L = nhl_init();
 
         if (L) {
-            lua_getglobal(L, "_VERSION");
+            size_t len = 0;
+            const char *vs = (const char *) 0;
+
+            /* LUA_VERSION yields "<major>.<minor>" although we check to see
+               whether it is "Lua-<major>.<minor>" and strip prefix if so;
+               LUA_RELEASE is <LUA_VERSION>.<LUA_VERSION_RELEASE> but doesn't
+               get set up as a lua global */
+            lua_getglobal(L, "_RELEASE");
             if (lua_isstring(L, -1))
                 vs = lua_tolstring (L, -1, &len);
+#ifdef LUA_RELEASE
+            else
+                vs = LUA_RELEASE, len = strlen(vs);
+#endif
+            if (!vs) {
+                lua_getglobal(L, "_VERSION");
+                if (lua_isstring(L, -1))
+                    vs = lua_tolstring (L, -1, &len);
+#ifdef LUA_VERSION
+                else
+                    vs = LUA_VERSION, len = strlen(vs);
+#endif
+            }
             if (vs && len < sizeof g.lua_ver) {
                 if (!strncmpi(vs, "Lua", 3)) {
                     vs += 3;
diff --git a/win/Qt/qt_main.cpp b/win/Qt/qt_main.cpp
index 59543bd1f..1b99f3fd9 100644
--- a/win/Qt/qt_main.cpp
+++ b/win/Qt/qt_main.cpp
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ aboutMsg()
     char *p, vbuf[BUFSZ];
     /* nethack's getversionstring() includes a final period
        but we're using it mid-sentence so strip period off */
-    if ((p = strrchr(getversionstring(vbuf), '.')) != 0 && *(p + 1) == '\0')
+    if ((p = strrchr(::getversionstring(vbuf), '.')) != 0 && *(p + 1) == '\0')
         *p = '\0';
     /* it's also long; break it into two pieces */
     (void) strsubst(vbuf, " - ", "\n- ");
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ aboutMsg()
 #endif
         " the Qt %d GUI toolkit.\n"                      // short Qt version
         "\n"
-        "This is %s%s.\n"       // long nethack version and full Qt version
+        "This is %s%s and Lua %s.\n" // long nethack version, Qt & Lua versions
         "\n"
         "NetHack's Qt interface originally developed by Warwick Allison.\n"
         "\n"
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ aboutMsg()
 #else
         "Qt:\n     http://www.troll.no/\n"      // obsolete
 #endif
+        "Lua:\n     https://lua.org/\n"
         "NetHack:\n     %s\n", // DEVTEAM_URL
         // arguments
 #ifdef QT_VERSION_MAJOR
@@ -499,6 +500,7 @@ aboutMsg()
 #else
         "",
 #endif
+        ::get_lua_version(),
         DEVTEAM_URL);
     return msg;
 }