diff --git a/build-mg.sh b/build-mg.sh
index 78c343936..96cd3ae60 100755
--- a/build-mg.sh
+++ b/build-mg.sh
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ CMAKE_ONLY=0
 MAKE_ONLY=0
 CLANG_FORCED=0
 WANT_STATIC_LIBS="-DWANT_STATIC_LIBS=ON"
+LUA_FORCED_VERSION=0
 
-while getopts "c:d:m:n:f:h" option; do
+while getopts "c:dfhl:mn" option; do
    case "${option}" in
         c) 
            CPU_COUNT=${OPTARG}
@@ -29,33 +30,40 @@ while getopts "c:d:m:n:f:h" option; do
            WANT_STATIC_LIBS="-DWANT_STATIC_LIBS=OFF"
 #           echo "${option} value: ${OPTARG}"
         ;;
-
-        m) 
-           CMAKE_ONLY=${OPTARG}
-#           echo "${option} value: ${OPTARG}"
-        ;;
-        n) 
-           MAKE_ONLY=${OPTARG}
-#           echo "${option} value: ${OPTARG}"
-        ;;
-
         f) 
-           CLANG_FORCED=${OPTARG}
+           CLANG_FORCED=1
 #           echo "${option} value: ${OPTARG}"
         ;;
         h) 
                 echo "Usage: $0 <option>"
-                echo "       where <option> can be: -c=x, -d=1, -f=1, -m=1, -n=1, -h"
+                echo "       where <option> can be: -c x, -d, -f, -m, -n, -h, -l x"
                 echo "       option descriptions:"
-                echo "       -c=x : Force the cpu / cores count to x - example: -c=4"
-                echo "       -d=1 : Force DYNAMIC compile (do not want static libs)"
-                echo "       -m=1 : Force running CMAKE only to create Make files (do not compile)"
-                echo "       -n=1 : Force running MAKE only to compile (assume CMAKE already built make files)"
-                echo "       -f=1 : Force using CLANG compiler"
+                echo "       -c x : Force the cpu / cores count to x - example: -c 4"
+                echo "       -d   : Force DYNAMIC compile (do not want static libs)"
+                echo "       -f   : Force using CLANG compiler"
+                echo "       -l x : Force using LUA version x - example: -l 51"                
+                echo "       -m   : Force running CMAKE only to create Make files (do not compile)"
+                echo "       -n   : Force running MAKE only to compile (assume CMAKE already built make files)"
                 echo "       -h   : Display this help usage"
+
         	exit 1        
         ;;
-
+        l) 
+           LUA_FORCED_VERSION=${OPTARG}
+#           echo "${option} value: ${OPTARG} LUA_FORCED_VERSION [${LUA_FORCED_VERSION}]"
+        ;;
+        m) 
+           CMAKE_ONLY=1
+#           echo "${option} value: ${OPTARG}"
+        ;;
+        n) 
+           MAKE_ONLY=1
+#           echo "${option} value: ${OPTARG}"
+        ;;
+        \?)
+              echo "Script Invalid option: -$OPTARG" >&2
+              exit 1
+        ;;
    esac
 done
 
@@ -172,6 +180,17 @@ elif [ "`echo $CC | grep -Fq 'clang'`" = 'clang' -a "`echo $CXX | grep -Fq 'clan
 #exit 1;
 fi
 
+LUA_FORCED_CMAKE=
+if [ $LUA_FORCED_VERSION != 0 ]; then
+        if [ $LUA_FORCED_VERSION = 52 ]; then  
+                EXTRA_CMAKE_OPTIONS="${EXTRA_CMAKE_OPTIONS} -DFORCE_LUA_5_2=ON"
+                echo "USER WANTS TO FORCE USE of LUA 5.2"
+        elif [ $LUA_FORCED_VERSION = 51 ]; then 
+                EXTRA_CMAKE_OPTIONS="${EXTRA_CMAKE_OPTIONS} -DFORCE_LUA_5_1=ON"
+                echo "USER WANTS TO FORCE USE of LUA 5.1"
+        fi
+fi
+
 if [ $MAKE_ONLY = 0 ]; then 
         echo "Calling cmake with EXTRA_CMAKE_OPTIONS = ${EXTRA_CMAKE_OPTIONS}"
         cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX='' -DWANT_DEV_OUTPATH=ON $WANT_STATIC_LIBS -DBUILD_MEGAGLEST_TESTS=ON -DBREAKPAD_ROOT=$BREAKPAD_ROOT $EXTRA_CMAKE_OPTIONS ..
diff --git a/mk/cmake/Modules/FindLUA.cmake b/mk/cmake/Modules/FindLUA.cmake
index 4d4718a0f..7f59e62a0 100644
--- a/mk/cmake/Modules/FindLUA.cmake
+++ b/mk/cmake/Modules/FindLUA.cmake
@@ -18,11 +18,34 @@ IF(LUA_INCLUDE_DIR AND LUA_LIBRARIES)
 	#SET(LUA_FIND_QUIETLY TRUE)
 ENDIF(LUA_INCLUDE_DIR AND LUA_LIBRARIES)
 
+IF(FORCE_LUA_5_2)
+        MESSAGE(STATUS "Trying to FORCE LUA 5.2 ...")
+
+        SET(LUA_FIND_INCLUDE_PATHS  /usr/include/lua5.2
+                                    /usr/include
+   			            /usr/include/lua )
+        SET(LUA_FIND_STATIC_LIB_NAMES liblua5.2.a lua5.2 liblua.a lua )
+        SET(LUA_FIND_DYNAMIC_LIB_NAMES lua5.2 lua )
+
+ELSEIF(FORCE_LUA_5_1)
+        MESSAGE(STATUS "Trying to FORCE LUA 5.1 ...")
+
+        SET(LUA_FIND_INCLUDE_PATHS /usr/include/lua5.1
+                                   /usr/include
+                                   /usr/include/lua )
+        SET(LUA_FIND_STATIC_LIB_NAMES liblua5.1.a lua5.1 liblua.a lua )
+        SET(LUA_FIND_DYNAMIC_LIB_NAMES lua5.1 lua )
+ELSE()
+        SET(LUA_FIND_INCLUDE_PATHS /usr/include
+                                /usr/include/lua5.2
+			        /usr/include/lua
+			        /usr/include/lua5.1 )
+        SET(LUA_FIND_STATIC_LIB_NAMES liblua5.2.a liblua.a liblua5.1.a lua5.2 lua lua5.1 )
+        SET(LUA_FIND_DYNAMIC_LIB_NAMES lua5.2 lua lua5.1 )
+ENDIF()
+
 FIND_PATH(LUA_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES lua.hpp 
-		PATHS 	/usr/include
-                        /usr/include/lua5.2
-			/usr/include/lua
-			/usr/include/lua5.1
+		PATHS 	${LUA_FIND_INCLUDE_PATHS}
 		IF(FreeBSD)
                 	SET(PATHS "/usr/local/include/lua51")
                 ENDIF()
@@ -30,7 +53,7 @@ FIND_PATH(LUA_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES lua.hpp
 		)
 
 IF (LUA_STATIC AND NOT LUA_LIBRARIES)
-	FIND_LIBRARY(LUA_LIBRARIES NAMES liblua5.2.a liblua.a liblua5.1.a lua5.2 lua lua5.1
+	FIND_LIBRARY(LUA_LIBRARIES NAMES ${LUA_FIND_STATIC_LIB_NAMES}
 		PATHS 
                 IF(FreeBSD)
                        SET(PATHS "/usr/local/lib/lua51")
@@ -38,7 +61,7 @@ IF (LUA_STATIC AND NOT LUA_LIBRARIES)
                 $ENV{LUA_HOME})
 
 ELSE()
-	FIND_LIBRARY(LUA_LIBRARIES NAMES lua5.2 lua lua5.1 
+	FIND_LIBRARY(LUA_LIBRARIES NAMES ${LUA_FIND_DYNAMIC_LIB_NAMES}
 		PATHS 
                 IF(FreeBSD)
                        SET(PATHS "/usr/local/lib/lua51")
@@ -69,3 +92,4 @@ ELSE(LUA_FOUND)
 ENDIF(LUA_FOUND)
 
 MARK_AS_ADVANCED(LUA_INCLUDE_DIR LUA_LIBRARIES)
+
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/CMakeLists.txt b/source/shared_lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 44006ec8d..2bc60d9b0 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/shared_lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ IF(BUILD_MEGAGLEST_MODEL_VIEWER OR BUILD_MEGAGLEST_MAP_EDITOR OR BUILD_MEGAGLEST
 
 #Game options
 option(ENABLE_FRIBIDI "Enable FriBIDi support" ON)
+option(FORCE_LUA_5_1 "Force looking for LUA 5.1" OFF)
+option(FORCE_LUA_5_2 "Force looking for LUA 5.2" OFF)
 
 	IF(WIN32)
 		SET(CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH}
@@ -104,32 +106,11 @@ option(ENABLE_FRIBIDI "Enable FriBIDi support" ON)
 		SET(EXTERNAL_LIBS ${EXTERNAL_LIBS} ${OPENAL_LIBRARY})
 	ENDIF()
 
-	# FIND_PACKAGE(OGG REQUIRED)
-	# INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${OGG_INCLUDE_DIR})
-	# IF(UNIX)
-		# SET(EXTERNAL_LIBS ${EXTERNAL_LIBS} ${OGG_LIBRARY})
-		# SET(EXTERNAL_LIBS ${EXTERNAL_LIBS} ${VORBIS_LIBRARY})
-		# SET(EXTERNAL_LIBS ${EXTERNAL_LIBS} ${VORBIS_FILE_LIBRARY})
-	# ENDIF()
-
-
-#	FIND_PACKAGE(LUAJIT)
-#        IF(LUAJIT_FOUND)
-#                MESSAGE(STATUS "**NOTE: LUAJIT found, this should improve Lua performance.")
-#
-#	        INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIR})
-#	        IF(UNIX)
-#		        SET(EXTERNAL_LIBS ${EXTERNAL_LIBS} ${LUAJIT_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
-#	        ENDIF()
-#        ELSE()
-#                MESSAGE(STATUS "**WARNING: LUAJIT NOT found, so Lua performance may suffer.")
-#
         FIND_PACKAGE(LUA REQUIRED)
         INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR})
         IF(UNIX)
 	        SET(EXTERNAL_LIBS ${EXTERNAL_LIBS} ${LUA_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
         ENDIF()
-#        ENDIF()
 
 	OPTION(WANT_STATIC_LIBS "builds as many static libs as possible" OFF)