diff --git a/databases/lua-lsqlite3/Makefile b/databases/lua-lsqlite3/Makefile
index ff34a3aef532..c676da5f1b43 100644
--- a/databases/lua-lsqlite3/Makefile
+++ b/databases/lua-lsqlite3/Makefile
@@ -20,10 +20,13 @@ USES=		localbase:ldflags sqlite:3 zip
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS EXAMPLES
 OPTIONS_SINGLE=	LUA_VERSION
 OPTIONS_SINGLE_LUA_VERSION=	LUA51 LUA52 LUA53
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	LUA51
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=LUA${LUA_DEFAULT:S/.//}
 
+LUA51_DESC=	Build for Lua 5.1 and LuaJIT
 LUA51_USES=	lua:51
+LUA52_DESC=	Build for Lua 5.2
 LUA52_USES=	lua:52
+LUA53_DESC=	Build for Lua 5.3
 LUA53_USES=	lua:53
 
 CFLAGS+=	-pedantic -Wall -Qunused-arguments -fPIC -DPIC\