diff --git a/dev-lua/lua-openssl/lua-openssl-0.7.8_p0-r100.ebuild b/dev-lua/lua-openssl/lua-openssl-0.7.8_p0-r100.ebuild
index db73e088c944c..f8e40f03140f1 100644
--- a/dev-lua/lua-openssl/lua-openssl-0.7.8_p0-r100.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lua/lua-openssl/lua-openssl-0.7.8_p0-r100.ebuild
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ lua_src_compile() {
 		"LUA_CFLAGS=${CFLAGS} $(lua_get_CFLAGS)"
 		"LUA_LIBS=${LDFLAGS}"
 		"LUA_VERSION=$(ver_cut 1-2 $(lua_get_version))"
+		"TARGET_SYS=${CTARGET:-${CHOST}}"
 	)
 
 	emake "${myemakeargs[@]}"
@@ -79,6 +80,8 @@ lua_src_test() {
 
 	local myemakeargs=(
 		"LUA=${ELUA}"
+		"LUA_VERSION=$(ver_cut 1-2 $(lua_get_version))"
+		"TARGET_SYS=${CTARGET:-${CHOST}}"
 	)
 
 	emake "${myemakeargs[@]}" test
@@ -95,6 +98,8 @@ lua_src_install() {
 
 	local myemakeargs=(
 		"LUA_LIBDIR=${ED}/$(lua_get_cmod_dir)"
+		"LUA_VERSION=$(ver_cut 1-2 $(lua_get_version))"
+		"TARGET_SYS=${CTARGET:-${CHOST}}"
 	)
 
 	emake "${myemakeargs[@]}" install
diff --git a/dev-lua/lua-openssl/lua-openssl-0.7.8_p0-r2.ebuild b/dev-lua/lua-openssl/lua-openssl-0.7.8_p0-r2.ebuild
index 491a5abf27c49..c8c126b8cb44e 100644
--- a/dev-lua/lua-openssl/lua-openssl-0.7.8_p0-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lua/lua-openssl/lua-openssl-0.7.8_p0-r2.ebuild
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ src_compile() {
 		"LUA_CFLAGS=${CFLAGS} -I$($(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --variable includedir $(usex luajit 'luajit' 'lua'))"
 		"LUA_LIBS=${LDFLAGS}"
 		"LUA_VERSION=$($(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --variable $(usex luajit 'abiver' 'V') $(usex luajit 'luajit' 'lua'))"
+		"TARGET_SYS=${CTARGET:-${CHOST}}"
 	)
 
 	emake "${myemakeargs[@]}"
@@ -66,6 +67,8 @@ src_compile() {
 src_test() {
 	local myemakeargs=(
 		"LUA=$(usex luajit 'luajit' 'lua')"
+		"LUA_VERSION=$($(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --variable $(usex luajit 'abiver' 'V') $(usex luajit 'luajit' 'lua'))"
+		"TARGET_SYS=${CTARGET:-${CHOST}}"
 	)
 
 	emake "${myemakeargs[@]}" test
@@ -74,6 +77,8 @@ src_test() {
 src_install() {
 	local myemakeargs=(
 		"LUA_LIBDIR=${ED}/$($(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --variable INSTALL_CMOD $(usex luajit 'luajit' 'lua'))"
+		"LUA_VERSION=$($(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --variable $(usex luajit 'abiver' 'V') $(usex luajit 'luajit' 'lua'))"
+		"TARGET_SYS=${CTARGET:-${CHOST}}"
 	)
 
 	emake "${myemakeargs[@]}" install