diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e3737d1..a5a0cf2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 
 VERSION = 0.7.0
-LUA_VERSION = 5.2
+LUA_VERSION = 5.3
 prefix ?= /usr
 sharedir ?= $(prefix)/share
 luasharedir ?= $(sharedir)/lua/$(LUA_VERSION)
 bindir ?= $(prefix)/bin
+# Shebang to replace "/usr/bin/env lua" with. If empty, shebang is keep
+# unchanged (default).
+luashebang ?=
 
 aportsfiles = \
 	abuild.lua \
@@ -19,6 +22,7 @@ all:
 	@echo "To install run:"
 	@echo "  make install DESTDIR=<targetroot>"
 
+# Note: -i.tmp is needed for compatibility with both GNU and BSD sed.
 install: $(addprefix bin/,$(binfiles)) $(addprefix aports/,$(aportsfiles))
 	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(luasharedir)/aports \
 		$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
@@ -26,6 +30,11 @@ install: $(addprefix bin/,$(binfiles)) $(addprefix aports/,$(aportsfiles))
 		$(DESTDIR)$(luasharedir)/aports/
 	for file in $(binfiles); do \
 		install -m755 bin/$$file $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$${file%.lua} || exit 1; \
+		if [ -n "$(luashebang)" ]; then \
+			sed -i.tmp "s|^#!/usr/bin/env lua|#!$(luashebang)|" \
+				$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$${file%.lua} || exit 1; \
+			rm $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$${file%.lua}.tmp; \
+		fi; \
 	done
 
 check: lint
diff --git a/bin/ap.lua b/bin/ap.lua
index 1251064..c0ada61 100755
--- a/bin/ap.lua
+++ b/bin/ap.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/lua5.2
+#!/usr/bin/env lua
 
 local lfs = require('lfs')
 
diff --git a/bin/buildrepo.lua b/bin/buildrepo.lua
index b33703f..c4b514f 100755
--- a/bin/buildrepo.lua
+++ b/bin/buildrepo.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/lua5.2
+#!/usr/bin/env lua
 
 local abuild = require("aports.abuild")
 local apkrepo = require("aports.apkrepo")