diff --git a/main/lua-bit32/APKBUILD b/main/lua-bit32/APKBUILD
index 980f55b81f79b244a91cf5433a5e90578023ba8e..3256a9c0ba8d94e374405e876db6e1cd017c6afe 100644
--- a/main/lua-bit32/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/lua-bit32/APKBUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
 pkgname=lua-bit32
 pkgver=5.3.0
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 pkgdesc="A lua library providing bitwise operations"
 url="https://github.com/keplerproject/lua-compat-5.2"
 arch="all"
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ _subpackage() {
 	pkgdesc="$pkgdesc (for Lua $lver)"
 	depends="lua$lver"
 	install_if="$pkgname=$pkgver-r$pkgrel lua$lver"
+	replaces="lua$lver-bitlib"
+	# backwards compatibility
+	provides="lua$lver-bitlib=$pkgver-r$pkgrel"
 
 	cd "$builddir"
 	install -D -m 755 $lver/bit32.so \