diff --git a/0001-lua-Define-luaL_checkint-which-was-deprecated-in-lua.patch b/0001-lua-Define-luaL_checkint-which-was-deprecated-in-lua.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d94e81d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-lua-Define-luaL_checkint-which-was-deprecated-in-lua.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From 4f3c288a1bac741fbcc9a8cd790d30618093a03e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
+Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 07:38:58 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] lua: Define luaL_checkint which was deprecated in lua 5.3.
+
+---
+ generator/lua.ml | 6 ++++++
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/generator/lua.ml b/generator/lua.ml
+index c1fa6f0..f2aa8c7 100644
+--- a/generator/lua.ml
++++ b/generator/lua.ml
+@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ let generate_lua_c () =
+ #endif
+ #endif
+ 
++#if LUA_VERSION_NUM >= 503
++#ifndef luaL_checkint
++#define luaL_checkint(L,n) ((int)luaL_checkinteger(L, (n)))
++#endif
++#endif
++
+ #include <guestfs.h>
+ #include \"guestfs-internal-frontend.h\"
+ 
+-- 
+2.2.1
+
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 8e86146..81addce 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ Source0:       http://libguestfs.org/download/1.29-development/%{name}-%{version
 # Upstream patch to allow LVM test to be skipped in check section.
 Patch1:        0001-tests-lvm-Allow-test-lvm-mapping.pl-to-be-skipped.patch
 
+# Upstream patch which fixes LUA 5.3 (beta) in Rawhide.
+Patch2:        0001-lua-Define-luaL_checkint-which-was-deprecated-in-lua.patch
+
 # Basic build requirements:
 BuildRequires: perl(Pod::Simple)
 BuildRequires: perl(Pod::Man)
@@ -733,6 +736,7 @@ for %{name}.
 %setup -q
 
 %patch1 -p1
+%patch2 -p1
 
 if [ "$(getenforce | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]')" != "disabled" ]; then
     # For sVirt to work, the local temporary directory we use in the
@@ -1235,10 +1239,11 @@ popd
 
 
 %changelog
-* Sat Jan 17 2015 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.29.20-1
+* Sun Jan 18 2015 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.29.20-1
 - New upstream version 1.29.20.
 - Rebuild upstream with automake 1.15.
 - Add upstream patch to allow LVM test to be skipped.
+- Add upstream patch which fixes LUA 5.3 (beta) in Rawhide.
 - Skip a couple of tests which are broken by changes in Rawhide.
 - Remove bogus daemon/m4 directory which has not existed for years.