diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ Everything will immediately show up in ImHex's Content Store and gets bundled wi
 | Java Class | `application/x-java-applet` | [`patterns/java_class.hexpat`](patterns/java_class.hexpat) | Java Class files |
 | JPEG | `image/jpeg` | [`patterns/jpeg.hexpat`](patterns/jpeg.hexpat) | JPEG Image Format |
 | Lua 5.1 | | [`patterns/lua51.hexpat`](patterns/lua51.hexpat) | Lua 5.1 bytecode |
+| Lua 5.2 | | [`patterns/lua52.hexpat`](patterns/lua52.hexpat) | Lua 5.2 bytecode |
 | Lua 5.4 | | [`patterns/lua54.hexpat`](patterns/lua54.hexpat) | Lua 5.4 bytecode |
 | LCE Savefile | | [`patterns/lcesave.hexpat`](patterns/lcesave.hexpat) | Minecraft Legacy Console Edition save file |
 | Mach-O | `application/x-mach-binary` | [`patterns/macho.hexpat`](patterns/macho.hexpat) | Mach-O executable |
diff --git a/patterns/lua52.hexpat b/patterns/lua52.hexpat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c25ad64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patterns/lua52.hexpat
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+#pragma description Lua 5.2 bytecode
+
+import std.io;
+import std.mem;
+
+namespace impl {
+    fn format_LuaString(auto string) {
+       if (string.size == 0) {
+           return "None";
+        }
+        return std::format("\"{}\"", string.data);
+    };
+    
+    fn format_Constant(auto constant) {
+       return constant.data;
+    };
+    
+    fn format_Version(auto ver) {
+       return std::format("Ver. {}.{}", ver.major, ver.minor);
+    };
+}
+using LuaFunction;
+
+bitfield Version {
+    minor : 4;
+    major : 4;
+} [[format("impl::format_Version")]];
+
+struct LuaBinaryHeader {
+    char magic[4];
+    Version version_number;
+    u8 format_version;
+    u8 endianness;
+    u8 size_of_int;
+    u8 size_of_size_t;
+    u8 size_of_Instruction;
+    u8 lua_Number;
+    u8 is_lua_Number_integral;
+    char LUAC_TAIL[6];
+};
+
+struct LuaString {
+    u64 size;
+    if (size > 0) {
+        char data[size];
+    }
+}[[format("impl::format_LuaString")]];
+
+struct LuaConstant {
+    u8 type;
+    if (type == 0) {  // LUA_TNIL
+        // NULL
+    } else if (type == 1) {  // LUA_TBOOLEAN
+        u8 data;
+    } else if (type == 3) {  // LUA_TNUMBER
+        double data;
+    } else if (type == 4) {  // LUA_TSTRING
+        LuaString data;
+    }
+}[[format("impl::format_Constant")]];
+
+struct LuaUpvalue {
+    u8 instack;
+    u8 idx;
+};
+
+struct Vector<T> {
+    u32 size;
+    T values[size];
+};
+
+struct LocalVar {
+    LuaString varname;
+    u32 startpc;
+    u32 endpc;
+};
+
+struct LuaDebugInfo {
+    LuaString source;
+    Vector<u32> lineInfo;
+    Vector<LocalVar> local_vars;
+    Vector<LuaString> upvalues;
+};
+
+struct LuaConstants {
+    Vector<LuaConstant> constants;
+    u32 sizep;  // size of proto
+    if (sizep > 0) {
+        LuaFunction protos[sizep];
+    }
+};
+
+struct LuaFunction {
+    u32 line_defined;
+    u32 last_line_defined;
+    u8 number_of_parameters;
+    u8 is_vararg;
+    u8 maxstacksize;
+    Vector<u32> code;
+    LuaConstants luaConstants;
+    Vector<LuaUpvalue> upvalues;
+    LuaDebugInfo debugInfo;
+};
+
+struct LuaFile {
+    LuaBinaryHeader header;
+    LuaFunction func;
+};
+
+LuaFile file @ 0;
diff --git a/tests/patterns/test_data/lua52.hexpat.lua b/tests/patterns/test_data/lua52.hexpat.lua
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