diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fadedd5a..731993ae 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,8 +99,10 @@ if (WIN32)
       add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libs/glfw)
     endif()
 else()
-    # luajit has no CMakeLists.txt to use it as subdirectory, so install it manually
-    find_package(Lua REQUIRED)
+    find_package(PkgConfig)
+    pkg_check_modules(LUAJIT REQUIRED luajit)
+    set(LUA_LIBRARIES ${LUAJIT_LIBRARIES})
+    set(LUA_INCLUDE_DIR ${LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIR})
     find_package(PNG REQUIRED)
     set(PNGLIB PNG::PNG)
     set(VORBISLIB vorbis vorbisfile)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 47499cde..388725f4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,29 +42,18 @@ sudo ln -s /usr/include/luajit-2.1 /usr/include/lua
 
 #### RHEL-based distro:
 ```sh
-sudo dnf install glfw-devel glfw glew-devel glm-devel libpng-devel libvorbis-devel openal-devel
+sudo dnf install glfw-devel glfw glew-devel glm-devel libpng-devel libvorbis-devel openal-devel luajit
 ```
 
-\+ install LuaJIT
-
 #### Arch-based distro:
 If you use X11
 ```sh
-sudo pacman -S glfw-x11 glew glm libpng libvorbis openal
+sudo pacman -S glfw-x11 glew glm libpng libvorbis openal luajit
 ```
 
 If you use Wayland
 ```sh
-sudo pacman -S glfw-wayland glew glm libpng libvorbis openal
-```
-
-\+ install LuaJIT
-
-#### LuaJIT installation:
-```sh
-git clone https://luajit.org/git/luajit.git
-cd luajit
-make && sudo make install INSTALL_INC=/usr/include/lua
+sudo pacman -S glfw-wayland glew glm libpng libvorbis openal luajit
 ```
 
 #### macOS:
diff --git a/src/logic/scripting/lua/lua_commons.h b/src/logic/scripting/lua/lua_commons.h
index 4732662d..150ef567 100644
--- a/src/logic/scripting/lua/lua_commons.h
+++ b/src/logic/scripting/lua/lua_commons.h
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #ifndef LOGIC_SCRIPTING_LUA_H_
 #define LOGIC_SCRIPTING_LUA_H_
 
+#ifdef __linux__ 
+#include <luajit-2.1/luaconf.h>
+#include <luajit-2.1/lua.hpp>
+#else
 #include <lua.hpp>
+#endif
 #include <exception>
 
 namespace lua {
diff --git a/src/logic/scripting/lua/lua_util.h b/src/logic/scripting/lua/lua_util.h
index a65926e9..d77bcec8 100644
--- a/src/logic/scripting/lua/lua_util.h
+++ b/src/logic/scripting/lua/lua_util.h
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #ifndef LOGIC_SCRIPTING_LUA_UTIL_H_
 #define LOGIC_SCRIPTING_LUA_UTIL_H_
 
+#ifdef __linux__ 
+#include <luajit-2.1/luaconf.h>
+#include <luajit-2.1/lua.hpp>
+#else
 #include <lua.hpp>
+#endif
 #include <glm/glm.hpp>
 #include "LuaState.h"