diff --git a/lua52/.SRCINFO b/lua52/.SRCINFO
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46fd78b93c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua52/.SRCINFO
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+pkgbase = lua52
+	pkgdesc = Powerful lightweight programming language designed for extending applications
+	pkgver = 5.2.4
+	pkgrel = 7
+	url = https://www.lua.org/
+	arch = x86_64
+	license = MIT
+	depends = readline
+	options = !emptydirs
+	source = https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.2.4.tar.gz
+	source = liblua.so.patch
+	source = lua.pc
+	source = LICENSE
+	sha512sums = cd77148aba4b707b6c159758b5e8444e04f968092eb98f6b4c405b2fb647e709370d5a8dcf604176101d3407e196a7433b5dcdce4fe9605c76191d3649d61a8c
+	sha512sums = c764337befe23f98f46252055d7aa67acdbab8831e894962ea0650a1865a9a128058af67bce6b751baf2a499c530129a01a111fafee4a6bdcdaec9bbfc416585
+	sha512sums = a3ae5f5c63a27956a2c69464cf966512be7404aef72d49b0b3b17e35999ceed04ec7be12ef19269f4cac908141b98dd5d16df9c238823fe0c1e068212914657a
+	sha512sums = bef221ae96e72d11785ec608ce96fa688ce4e12fecaaadc8c3e38d7d153922f4fdd2cf06a47e9f8840a165d42d9aa31f44c322f5c6c8402e8e31475de4e5893b
+
+pkgname = lua52
diff --git a/lua52/.nvchecker.toml b/lua52/.nvchecker.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6033812813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua52/.nvchecker.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[lua52]
+source = "regex"
+url = "https://www.lua.org/versions.html"
+regex = "Lua (5\\.2\\.\\d+)"
diff --git a/lua52/PKGBUILD b/lua52/PKGBUILD
index fa6ab2ba48..5519e8776e 100644
--- a/lua52/PKGBUILD
+++ b/lua52/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 
 pkgname=lua52
 pkgver=5.2.4
-pkgrel=6
+pkgrel=7
 pkgdesc='Powerful lightweight programming language designed for extending applications'
 arch=(x86_64 powerpc64le powerpc64 powerpc riscv64)
 url='https://www.lua.org/'
 depends=('readline')
 license=('MIT')
-options=('!emptydirs' '!distcc')
+options=('!emptydirs')
 source=(https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-$pkgver.tar.gz
         liblua.so.patch
         lua.pc