diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 1a81c68..39868a6 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ if [[ "$1" == "lua-5.0.3" ]]; then
         -s WASM_ASYNC_COMPILATION=0 \
         -s EXPORTED_FUNCTIONS="[
         '_luaL_loadbuffer', \
+        '_lua_call', \
         '_lua_close', \
         '_lua_gettable', \
         '_lua_gettop', \
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ elif [[ "$1" == "lua-5.1.5" ]]; then
         '_luaL_openlibs', \
         '_luaL_loadbuffer', \
         '_luaL_loadstring', \
+		'_lua_call', \
         '_lua_close', \
         '_lua_getfield', \
         '_lua_gettable', \
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ elif [[ "$1" == "lua-5.2.4" ]]; then
         '_luaL_newstate', \
         '_luaL_openlibs', \
         '_luaL_loadstring', \
+		'_lua_callk', \
         '_lua_close', \
         '_lua_getfield', \
         '_lua_getglobal', \
@@ -148,6 +151,7 @@ else
         '_luaL_newstate', \
         '_luaL_openlibs', \
         '_luaL_loadstring', \
+		'_lua_callk', \
         '_lua_close', \
         '_lua_copy', \
         '_lua_getfield', \
diff --git a/src/binding-factory.ts b/src/binding-factory.ts
index ca5e49b..59d22cb 100644
--- a/src/binding-factory.ts
+++ b/src/binding-factory.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ const luaBindings: Record<string, luaBindingFactoryFunc> = {
     },
     "<=5.1.x": function(luaGlue: LuaEmscriptenModule){
         return {
+			lua_call: luaGlue.cwrap("lua_call", "number", ["number", "number", "number"]),
+			lua_callk: function (_L: LuaState, _nargs: number, _nresults: number, _ctx: number, _k: number) {
+				throw "callk not supported with Lua 5.1 and lower";
+			},
             // Need to overwrite because in lua 5.1 this is a function and not a #define (5.2 and higher)
             lua_pcall: luaGlue.cwrap("lua_pcall", "number", ["number", "number", "number", "number"]),
             // TODO there might be some way to mimic pcallk behaviour with 5.1 somehow
@@ -90,6 +94,10 @@ const luaBindings: Record<string, luaBindingFactoryFunc> = {
     },
     ">=5.2.0": function(luaGlue: LuaEmscriptenModule){
         return {
+			lua_call: function (L: LuaState, nargs: number, nresults: number) {
+				return (this as Lua).lua_callk(L, nargs, nresults, 0, 0);
+			},
+			lua_callk: luaGlue.cwrap("lua_callk", "number", ["number", "number", "number", "number", "number"]),
             lua_getglobal: luaGlue.cwrap("lua_getglobal", "number", ["number", "string"]),
             lua_pcall: function (L: LuaState, nargs: number, nresults: number, msgh: number) {
                 return (this as Lua).lua_pcallk(L, nargs, nresults, msgh, 0, 0);
diff --git a/src/lua.ts b/src/lua.ts
index c27b7d7..deb1f8f 100644
--- a/src/lua.ts
+++ b/src/lua.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ export const LUA_ERRMEM = 4;
 export const LUA_ERRERR = 5;
 
 export interface Lua {
+    lua_call(L: LuaState, nargs: number, nresults: number): number;
+	lua_callk(L: LuaState, nargs: number, nresults: number, ctx: number, k: number): number;
     lua_close(L: LuaState): void;
     lua_copy(L: LuaState, fromIndex: number, toIndex: number): void;
     // TODO returns int in some lua versions void in others