diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 756caeea44..b9fb0f7349 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1450,6 +1450,8 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/lua51-liblua-so.patch                    \
   %D%/packages/patches/lua51-pkgconfig.patch                    \
   %D%/packages/patches/lua-liblua-so.patch                      \
+  %D%/packages/patches/lua-5.4-pkgconfig.patch			\
+  %D%/packages/patches/lua-5.4-liblua-so.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/luajit-no_ldconfig.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/luit-posix.patch				\
   %D%/packages/patches/lvm2-static-link.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/lua-5.4-liblua-so.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/lua-5.4-liblua-so.patch
index 0f35887012..93dd011143 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/lua-5.4-liblua-so.patch
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/lua-5.4-liblua-so.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Patch the makefile to create liblua.so.
+
 --- a/src/Makefile	2021-02-09 18:47:17.000000000 +0000
 +++ b/src/Makefile	2022-01-03 11:30:36.964501941 +0000
 @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/lua-5.4-pkgconfig.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/lua-5.4-pkgconfig.patch
index 0a80cef9db..eb42633585 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/lua-5.4-pkgconfig.patch
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/lua-5.4-pkgconfig.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Enables generating Lua's pkg-config file.
+
+http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2015-03/msg00338.html
+
 --- a/Makefile	2022-01-03 12:06:37.760402709 +0000
 +++ b/Makefile	2022-01-03 12:06:49.568402167 +0000
 @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@