diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-buildscript.sh b/.github/workflows/codeql-buildscript.sh
index c75b03d..4b9e11d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-buildscript.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-buildscript.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 
 pip3 install meson -U
 pip3 install ninja -U
+sudo apt-get install -y liblua5.2-dev
 meson setup build
 meson compile -C build