diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 7e6efb00d..c6f09606a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       
     - name: Install Dependencies
-      run: C:\vcpkg\vcpkg install freetype[core] sdl2[core,vulkan] lua[core]
+      run: C:\vcpkg\vcpkg install freetype[core] sdl2[core,vulkan] lua[core] luajit
       
     - name: Create Build Environment
       run: cmake -E make_directory ${{github.workspace}}/Build
@@ -118,10 +118,21 @@ jobs:
         cmake $env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE -A x64 -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$env:BUILD_TYPE -DBUILD_LUA_BINDINGS=ON -DBUILD_SAMPLES=ON -DWARNINGS_AS_ERRORS=ON
         -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="C:/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake"
         ${{ matrix.cmake_options }}
+        
+    - name: Configure luajit CMake
+      working-directory: ${{github.workspace}}/BuildLuajit
+      run: >-
+        cmake $env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE -A x64 -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$env:BUILD_TYPE -DBUILD_LUA_BINDINGS=ON -DBUILD_SAMPLES=ON -DWARNINGS_AS_ERRORS=ON -DBUILD_USE_LUAJITBUILD_LUA_BINDINGS_FOR_LUAJIT=ON
+        -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="C:/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake"
+        ${{ matrix.cmake_options }}
 
     - name: Build
       working-directory: ${{github.workspace}}/Build
       run: cmake --build . --config $env:BUILD_TYPE
+      
+    - name: BuildLuajit
+      working-directory: ${{github.workspace}}/BuildLuajit
+      run: cmake --build . --config $env:BUILD_TYPE
 
 
   Emscripten:
diff --git a/CMake/FindLuaJIT.cmake b/CMake/FindLuaJIT.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..199518773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMake/FindLuaJIT.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Try to find the lua library
+#  LUAJIT_FOUND - system has lua
+#  LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIR - the lua include directory
+#  LUAJIT_LIBRARY - the lua library
+
+FIND_PATH(LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES luajit.h PATH_SUFFIXES luajit luajit-2.0 luajit-2.1)
+SET(_LUAJIT_STATIC_LIBS libluajit-5.1.a libluajit.a liblua51.a)
+SET(_LUAJIT_SHARED_LIBS luajit-5.1 luajit lua51)
+IF(USE_STATIC_LIBS)
+    FIND_LIBRARY(LUAJIT_LIBRARY NAMES ${_LUAJIT_STATIC_LIBS} ${_LUAJIT_SHARED_LIBS})
+ELSE()
+    FIND_LIBRARY(LUAJIT_LIBRARY NAMES ${_LUAJIT_SHARED_LIBS} ${_LUAJIT_STATIC_LIBS})
+ENDIF()
+INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(LuaJIT DEFAULT_MSG LUAJIT_LIBRARY LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIR)
+MARK_AS_ADVANCED(LUAJIT_LIBRARY LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIR)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c442fc889..0cecd7ea4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ endif(NOT IOS)
 
 option(BUILD_LUA_BINDINGS "Build Lua bindings" OFF)
 
+if (BUILD_LUA_BINDINGS)
+	option(BUILD_LUA_BINDINGS_FOR_LUAJIT "Build Lua bindings using luajit" OFF)
+endif()
+
 if(APPLE)
 	option(BUILD_FRAMEWORK "Build Framework bundle for OSX" OFF)
 endif()
@@ -356,9 +360,15 @@ endif()
 
 # Lua
 if(BUILD_LUA_BINDINGS)
-	find_package(Lua REQUIRED)
-	list(APPEND LUA_BINDINGS_INCLUDE_DIRS ${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR})
-	list(APPEND LUA_BINDINGS_LINK_LIBS ${LUA_LIBRARIES})
+	if(BUILD_USE_LUAJIT)
+		find_package(LuaJIT REQUIRED)
+		list(APPEND LUA_BINDINGS_INCLUDE_DIRS ${LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIR})
+		list(APPEND LUA_BINDINGS_LINK_LIBS ${LUAJIT_LIBRARY})
+	else()
+		find_package(Lua REQUIRED)
+		list(APPEND LUA_BINDINGS_INCLUDE_DIRS ${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR})
+		list(APPEND LUA_BINDINGS_LINK_LIBS ${LUA_LIBRARIES})
+	endif()
 endif()
 
 # rlottie
diff --git a/Include/RmlUi/Lua/Utilities.h b/Include/RmlUi/Lua/Utilities.h
index cbecc920f..808f1ec43 100644
--- a/Include/RmlUi/Lua/Utilities.h
+++ b/Include/RmlUi/Lua/Utilities.h
@@ -39,6 +39,22 @@
 namespace Rml {
 namespace Lua {
 
+#if LUA_VERSION_NUM < 502
+#define lua_setuservalue(L, i) \
+    (luaL_checktype((L), -1, LUA_TTABLE), lua_setfenv((L), (i)))
+    
+inline int lua_absindex(lua_State* L, int idx)
+{
+    if (idx > LUA_REGISTRYINDEX && idx < 0)
+        return lua_gettop(L) + idx + 1;
+    else
+        return idx;
+}
+
+void lua_len (lua_State *L, int i);
+lua_Integer luaL_len(lua_State *L, int i);
+#endif
+
 /** casts the variant to its specific type before pushing it to the stack 
 @relates LuaType */
 void RMLUILUA_API PushVariant(lua_State* L, const Variant* var);
diff --git a/Source/Lua/Utilities.cpp b/Source/Lua/Utilities.cpp
index d3f8d9073..1c56bce7b 100644
--- a/Source/Lua/Utilities.cpp
+++ b/Source/Lua/Utilities.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,39 @@
 namespace Rml {
 namespace Lua {
 
+#if LUA_VERSION_NUM < 502
+void lua_len (lua_State *L, int i) {
+  switch (lua_type(L, i)) {
+    case LUA_TSTRING:
+      lua_pushnumber(L, (lua_Number)lua_objlen(L, i));
+      break;
+    case LUA_TTABLE:
+      if (!luaL_callmeta(L, i, "__len"))
+        lua_pushnumber(L, (lua_Number)lua_objlen(L, i));
+      break;
+    case LUA_TUSERDATA:
+      if (luaL_callmeta(L, i, "__len"))
+        break;
+      /* FALLTHROUGH */
+    default:
+      luaL_error(L, "attempt to get length of a %s value",
+                 lua_typename(L, lua_type(L, i)));
+  }
+}
+
+lua_Integer luaL_len(lua_State *L, int i) {
+  lua_Integer res = 0;
+  int isnum = 0;
+  luaL_checkstack(L, 1, "not enough stack slots");
+  lua_len(L, i);
+  res = lua_tointegerx(L, -1, &isnum);
+  lua_pop(L, 1);
+  if (!isnum)
+    luaL_error(L, "object length is not an integer");
+  return res;
+}
+#endif
+
 void PushVariant(lua_State* L, const Variant* var)
 {
 	if (!var)