diff -up rrdtool-1.4.7/configure.ac.lua-52 rrdtool-1.4.7/configure.ac
--- rrdtool-1.4.7/configure.ac.lua-52	2013-05-15 11:35:49.074334072 -0400
+++ rrdtool-1.4.7/configure.ac	2013-05-15 11:35:49.077334073 -0400
@@ -744,7 +744,12 @@ LUA_EOF
       LIBS=
       lua_havelib=no
       LUA_HAVE_COMPAT51=DONT_HAVE_COMPAT51
-      AC_SEARCH_LIBS(lua_call, lua$lua_vdot lua$lua_vndot lua,
+      if test "$lua_vndot" = "52"; then
+        CALL_FUNC=lua_callk
+      else
+        CALL_FUNC=lua_call
+      fi
+      AC_SEARCH_LIBS($CALL_FUNC, lua$lua_vdot lua$lua_vndot lua,
         [AC_SEARCH_LIBS(luaL_register, lua$lua_vdot lua$lua_vndot lua,
           [lua_havelib=LUA$lua_vndot],
           [AC_SEARCH_LIBS(luaL_module, lualib$lua_vndot lualib$lua_vdot lualib,