diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindLuaJIT.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindLuaJIT.cmake
index cd6e7bdd8..4841b821a 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindLuaJIT.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindLuaJIT.cmake
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ IF(LUA_INCLUDE_DIR AND EXISTS "${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR}/luajit.h")
 
 	STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^#define[ \t]+LUA_RELEASE[ \t]+\"LuaJIT ([^\"]+)\".*" "\\1" LUA_VERSION_STRING "${lua_version_str}")
 	UNSET(lua_version_str)
+ELSE()
+	find_package (PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+	pkg_check_modules (LuaJIT QUIET REQUIRED luajit)
+	set (LUA_LIBRARY ${LuaJIT_LIBRARIES})
+	set (LUA_INCLUDE_DIR ${LuaJIT_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+	set (LUA_VERSION_STRING ${LuaJIT_VERSION})
 ENDIF()
 
 INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)