diff --git a/apps/openmw-mp/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/openmw-mp/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f64eb58b..af955e271 100644
--- a/apps/openmw-mp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/openmw-mp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ endif(ENABLE_BREAKPAD)
 option(BUILD_WITH_LUA "Enable Lua language" ON)
 if(BUILD_WITH_LUA)
 
-    find_package(Lua51 REQUIRED)
-    MESSAGE(STATUS "Found LUA_LIBRARY: ${LUA_LIBRARY}")
-    MESSAGE(STATUS "Found LUA_INCLUDE_DIR: ${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+    find_package(LuaJit REQUIRED)
+
+    MESSAGE(STATUS "Found LuaJit_LIBRARIES: ${LuaJit_LIBRARIES}")
+    MESSAGE(STATUS "Found LuaJit_INCLUDE_DIRS: ${LuaJit_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 
     set(LuaScript_Sources
             Script/LangLua/LangLua.cpp
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ if(BUILD_WITH_LUA)
             Script/LangLua/LangLua.hpp)
 
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DENABLE_LUA")
-    include_directories(${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extern/LuaBridge)
+    include_directories(${LuaJit_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extern/LuaBridge)
 endif(BUILD_WITH_LUA)
 
 set(NativeScript_Sources
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ target_link_libraries(tes3mp-server
     #${Boost_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIBRARY}
     ${RakNet_LIBRARY}
     components
-    ${LUA_LIBRARIES}
+    ${LuaJit_LIBRARIES}
     ${Breakpad_Library}
     ${CallFF_LIBRARY}
 )
diff --git a/cmake/FindLua51.cmake b/cmake/FindLua51.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c5d5826f..000000000
--- a/cmake/FindLua51.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-#.rst:
-# FindLua51
-# ---------
-#
-#
-#
-# Locate Lua library This module defines
-#
-# ::
-#
-#   LUA51_FOUND, if false, do not try to link to Lua
-#   LUA_LIBRARIES
-#   LUA_INCLUDE_DIR, where to find lua.h
-#   LUA_VERSION_STRING, the version of Lua found (since CMake 2.8.8)
-#
-#
-#
-# Note that the expected include convention is
-#
-# ::
-#
-#   #include "lua.h"
-#
-# and not
-#
-# ::
-#
-#   #include <lua/lua.h>
-#
-# This is because, the lua location is not standardized and may exist in
-# locations other than lua/
-
-#=============================================================================
-# Copyright 2007-2009 Kitware, Inc.
-#
-# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD License (the "License");
-# see accompanying file Copyright.txt for details.
-#
-# This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
-# implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-# See the License for more information.
-#=============================================================================
-# (To distribute this file outside of CMake, substitute the full
-#  License text for the above reference.)
-
-find_path(LUA_INCLUDE_DIR lua.h
-  HINTS
-    ENV LUA_DIR
-    ENV LUA_INCLUDE_DIR
-  PATH_SUFFIXES include/lua51 include/lua5.1 include/lua-5.1 include/lua include/luajit-2.1 include
-  PATHS
-  ~/Library/Frameworks
-  /Library/Frameworks
-  /sw # Fink
-  /opt/local # DarwinPorts
-  /opt/csw # Blastwave
-  /opt
-  NO_DEFAULT_PATH
-)
-
-find_library(LUA_LIBRARY
-  NAMES lua51 lua5.1 lua-5.1 libluajit-5.1.a lua
-  HINTS
-    ENV LUA_DIR
-  PATH_SUFFIXES lib
-  PATHS
-  ~/Library/Frameworks
-  /Library/Frameworks
-  /sw
-  /opt/local
-  /opt/csw
-  /opt
-)
-
-if(LUA_LIBRARY)
-  # include the math library for Unix
-  if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT BEOS AND NOT HAIKU)
-    find_library(LUA_MATH_LIBRARY m)
-    set( LUA_LIBRARIES "${LUA_LIBRARY};${LUA_MATH_LIBRARY}" CACHE STRING "Lua Libraries")
-  # For Windows and Mac, don't need to explicitly include the math library
-  else()
-    set( LUA_LIBRARIES "${LUA_LIBRARY}" CACHE STRING "Lua Libraries")
-  endif()
-endif()
-
-if(LUA_INCLUDE_DIR AND EXISTS "${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR}/lua.h")
-  file(STRINGS "${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR}/lua.h" lua_version_str REGEX "^#define[ \t]+LUA_RELEASE[ \t]+\"Lua .+\"")
-
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "^#define[ \t]+LUA_RELEASE[ \t]+\"Lua ([^\"]+)\".*" "\\1" LUA_VERSION_STRING "${lua_version_str}")
-  unset(lua_version_str)
-endif()
-
-IF(LUA_INCLUDE_DIR AND LUA_LIBRARY)
-    SET(LUA_FOUND TRUE)
-ENDIF(LUA_INCLUDE_DIR AND LUA_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/cmake/FindLuaJit.cmake b/cmake/FindLuaJit.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1004e52ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindLuaJit.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Once found, defines:
+#  LuaJit_FOUND
+#  LuaJit_INCLUDE_DIRS
+#  LuaJit_LIBRARIES
+
+include(LibFindMacros)
+
+libfind_pkg_detect(LuaJit luajit
+        FIND_PATH luajit.h
+        FIND_LIBRARY NAMES luajit-5.1 luajit
+        )
+
+libfind_process(LuaJit)
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