diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/lua/lua/CVE-2020-15888.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/lua/lua/CVE-2020-15888.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60a4125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/lua/lua/CVE-2020-15888.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+From 6298903e35217ab69c279056f925fb72900ce0b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br>
+Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2020 12:11:54 -0300
+Subject: [PATCH] Keep minimum size when shrinking a stack
+
+When shrinking a stack (during GC), do not make it smaller than the
+initial stack size.
+---
+ ldo.c | 5 ++---
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+==== end of original header ====
+
+CVE: CVE-2020-15888
+
+Upstream-Status: backport [https://github.com/lua/lua.git]
+
+Signed-off-by: Joe Slater <joe.slater@windriver.com>
+
+====
+diff --git a/ldo.c b/ldo.c
+index c563b1d9..a89ac010 100644
+--- a/src/ldo.c
++++ b/src/ldo.c
+@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static int stackinuse (lua_State *L) {
+ 
+ void luaD_shrinkstack (lua_State *L) {
+   int inuse = stackinuse(L);
+-  int goodsize = inuse + (inuse / 8) + 2*EXTRA_STACK;
++  int goodsize = inuse + BASIC_STACK_SIZE;
+   if (goodsize > LUAI_MAXSTACK)
+     goodsize = LUAI_MAXSTACK;  /* respect stack limit */
+   if (L->stacksize > LUAI_MAXSTACK)  /* had been handling stack overflow? */
+@@ -229,8 +229,7 @@ void luaD_shrinkstack (lua_State *L) {
+     luaE_shrinkCI(L);  /* shrink list */
+   /* if thread is currently not handling a stack overflow and its
+      good size is smaller than current size, shrink its stack */
+-  if (inuse <= (LUAI_MAXSTACK - EXTRA_STACK) &&
+-      goodsize < L->stacksize)
++  if (inuse <= (LUAI_MAXSTACK - EXTRA_STACK) && goodsize < L->stacksize)
+     luaD_reallocstack(L, goodsize);
+   else  /* don't change stack */
+     condmovestack(L,{},{});  /* (change only for debugging) */
+-- 
+2.17.1
+
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/lua/lua_5.3.5.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/lua/lua_5.3.5.bb
index a23a4a5..d3461b0 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/lua/lua_5.3.5.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/lua/lua_5.3.5.bb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 SRC_URI = "http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-${PV}.tar.gz;name=tarballsrc \
            file://lua.pc.in \
            file://0001-Allow-building-lua-without-readline-on-Linux.patch \
+           file://CVE-2020-15888.patch \
            "
 
 # if no test suite matches PV release of Lua exactly, download the suite for the closest Lua release.