diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6bf3e3c37..10f6c879f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ matrix:
     - compiler: gcc
       os: linux
       env: SWIGLANG=lua
+    - compiler: gcc
+      os: linux
+      env: SWIGLANG=lua VER=5.3
+      sudo: required
+      dist: trusty
     - compiler: gcc
       os: linux
       env: SWIGLANG=octave SWIGJOBS=-j2 # 3.2
diff --git a/Tools/travis-linux-install.sh b/Tools/travis-linux-install.sh
index 9e2ecadeb..38652b993 100755
--- a/Tools/travis-linux-install.sh
+++ b/Tools/travis-linux-install.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,13 @@ case "$SWIGLANG" in
 		sudo apt-get -qq install guile-2.0-dev
 		;;
 	"lua")
-		sudo apt-get -qq install lua5.1 liblua5.1-dev
+		if [[ -z "$VER" ]]; then
+			sudo apt-get -qq install lua5.1 liblua5.1-dev
+		else
+			sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-cloud-archive/mitaka-staging
+			sudo apt-get -qq update
+			sudo apt-get -qq install lua${VER} liblua${VER}-dev
+		fi
 		;;
 	"ocaml")
 		# configure also looks for ocamldlgen, but this isn't packaged.  But it isn't used by default so this doesn't matter.