diff --git a/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt b/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
index 043729b..8317664 100644
--- a/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 include(FetchContent)
 
+# ---- luajit (MIT)
+FetchContent_Declare(
+  luajit
+  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT.git
+  GIT_TAG        8635cbabf3094c4d8bd00578c7d812bea87bb2d3
+)
+FetchContent_Populate(luajit)
+include(luajit.cmake)
+
 # ---- gtest (BSD-3-Clause)
 FetchContent_Declare(
   googletest
diff --git a/thirdparty/luajit.cmake b/thirdparty/luajit.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61d81a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/luajit.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+set(src "${luajit_SOURCE_DIR}/src")
+if (UNIX)
+  find_program(MAKE make REQUIRED)
+
+  set(lib "${src}/libluajit.a")
+  add_custom_target(luajit-build
+    COMMAND
+      ${MAKE} -j BUILDMODE=static CFLAGS=-fPIC
+
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${luajit_SOURCE_DIR}"
+    VERBATIM
+  )
+
+  # To enable assertions, add the following options:
+  #   XCFLAGS="-DLUA_USE_APICHECK -DLUA_USE_ASSERT -Og -g"
+
+elseif (MINGW)
+  find_program(MAKE mingw32-make REQUIRED)
+
+  set(lib "${src}/libluajit.a")
+  add_custom_target(luajit-build
+    COMMAND ${MAKE} -j BUILDMODE=static CFLAGS=-fPIC
+
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${luajit_SOURCE_DIR}/src"
+    VERBATIM
+  )
+
+elseif (MSVC)
+  set(lib "${src}/lua51.lib")
+  add_custom_command(
+    OUTPUT "${lib}"
+    COMMAND msvcbuild.bat static
+    DEPENDS "${luajit_BINARY_DIR}/skip_build"
+
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${src}"
+    VERBATIM
+  )
+  add_custom_target(luajit-build SOURCES "${lib}")
+
+else()
+  message(ERROR "unknown environment")
+endif()
+
+add_library(luajit-imported STATIC IMPORTED)
+set_target_properties(luajit-imported PROPERTIES
+  IMPORTED_LOCATION "${lib}"
+)
+add_dependencies(luajit-imported luajit-build)
+
+add_library(luajit INTERFACE)
+target_link_libraries(luajit
+  INTERFACE luajit-imported $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Linux>:m>
+)
+target_include_directories(luajit SYSTEM BEFORE
+  INTERFACE "${src}"
+)