diff --git a/alpine/Makefile.module-lua b/alpine/Makefile.module-lua
index 8d66272..adb378b 100644
--- a/alpine/Makefile.module-lua
+++ b/alpine/Makefile.module-lua
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 			--add-dynamic-module=$(MODSRC_PREFIX)lua-nginx-module-$(LUA_NGINX_MODULE_VERSION) \
 			--add-dynamic-module=$(MODSRC_PREFIX)stream-lua-nginx-module-$(STREAM_LUA_NGINX_MODULE_VERSION)
 
+MODULE_BUILD_DEPENDS_lua=pcre-dev
+
 .deps-module-lua:
 	cd $(CONTRIB) && make \
 		.sum-luajit2 \
diff --git a/debian/Makefile.module-lua b/debian/Makefile.module-lua
index 0c70931..913e709 100644
--- a/debian/Makefile.module-lua
+++ b/debian/Makefile.module-lua
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 			--add-dynamic-module=$(MODSRC_PREFIX)lua-nginx-module-$(LUA_NGINX_MODULE_VERSION) \
 			--add-dynamic-module=$(MODSRC_PREFIX)stream-lua-nginx-module-$(STREAM_LUA_NGINX_MODULE_VERSION)
 
+MODULE_BUILD_DEPENDS_lua=,libpcre3-dev
+
 .deps-module-lua:
 	cd $(CONTRIB) && make \
 		.sum-luajit2 \
diff --git a/rpm/SPECS/Makefile.module-lua b/rpm/SPECS/Makefile.module-lua
index 3cc7041..580f2bc 100644
--- a/rpm/SPECS/Makefile.module-lua
+++ b/rpm/SPECS/Makefile.module-lua
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 	touch $@
 
 define MODULE_DEFINITIONS_lua
+BuildRequires: pcre-devel
 Requires: $(NDK_DEPENDENCY_TAG)
 %define LUAJIT_INC %{bdir}/luajit2-$(LUAJIT2_VERSION)/usr/include/nginx-luajit-2.1
 %define LUAJIT_LIB %{bdir}/luajit2-$(LUAJIT2_VERSION)/usr/lib