diff -up tolua++-1.0.93/config_linux.py.lua51 tolua++-1.0.93/config_linux.py
--- tolua++-1.0.93/config_linux.py.lua51	2005-11-30 23:31:27.000000000 +0100
+++ tolua++-1.0.93/config_linux.py	2013-08-03 12:26:16.260951919 +0200
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # Compiler flags (based on Debian's installation of lua)
 #LINKFLAGS = ['-g']
-CCFLAGS = ['-I/usr/include/lua50', '-O2', '-ansi', '-Wall']
+CCFLAGS = ['-I/usr/include/lua51', '-O2', '-ansi', '-Wall']
 #CCFLAGS = ['-I/usr/include/lua50', '-g']
 
 # this is the default directory for installation. Files will be installed on
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ CCFLAGS = ['-I/usr/include/lua50', '-O2'
 prefix = '/usr/local'
 
 # libraries (based on Debian's installation of lua)
-LIBS = ['lua50', 'lualib50', 'dl', 'm']
+LIBS = ['lua-5.1', 'dl', 'm']
 
diff -up tolua++-1.0.93/custom.py.lua51 tolua++-1.0.93/custom.py
--- tolua++-1.0.93/custom.py.lua51	2013-08-03 12:23:41.400953222 +0200
+++ tolua++-1.0.93/custom.py	2013-08-03 12:23:41.400953222 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+CCFLAGS = ['-O2', '-ansi']
+#LIBPATH = ['/usr/local/lib']
+LIBS = ['lua-5.1', 'dl', 'm']
+prefix = '/usr'
+build_dev=1
+tolua_bin = 'tolua++'
+tolua_lib = 'tolua++-5.1'
+TOLUAPP = 'tolua++-5.1'
+