diff --git a/.luarc.json b/.luarc.json
index b1f121b29ac..bb0a84b9687 100644
--- a/.luarc.json
+++ b/.luarc.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sumneko/vscode-lua/master/setting/schema.json",
-  "runtime.version": "Lua 5.1",
+  "runtime.version.luals-check-only": "Lua 5.1",
   "workspace": {
     "library": [
       "$VIMRUNTIME/lua/vim",
diff --git a/scripts/luals-check.sh b/scripts/luals-check.sh
index 0c49f6a5df4..6c562b620cf 100755
--- a/scripts/luals-check.sh
+++ b/scripts/luals-check.sh
@@ -9,15 +9,20 @@ if [ -z "${VIMRUNTIME}" ]; then
 	export VIMRUNTIME="/usr/share/nvim/runtime"
 fi
 
-DIR_SRC="lua"
-DIR_OUT="luals-out"
+DIR_SRC="${PWD}/lua"
+DIR_OUT="${PWD}/luals-out"
+FILE_LUARC="${DIR_OUT}/luarc.json"
 
 # clear output
 rm -rf "${DIR_OUT}"
 mkdir "${DIR_OUT}"
 
+# Uncomment runtime.version for strict neovim baseline 5.1
+# It is not set normally, to prevent luals loading 5.1 and 5.x, resulting in both versions being chosen on vim.lsp.buf.definition()  
+cat "${PWD}/.luarc.json" | sed -E 's/.luals-check-only//g' > "${FILE_LUARC}"
+
 # execute inside lua to prevent luals itself from being checked
-OUT=$(lua-language-server --check="${DIR_SRC}" --configpath="${PWD}/.luarc.json" --checklevel=Information --logpath="${DIR_OUT}" --loglevel=error)
+OUT=$(lua-language-server --check="${DIR_SRC}" --configpath="${FILE_LUARC}" --checklevel=Information --logpath="${DIR_OUT}" --loglevel=error)
 RC=$?
 
 echo "${OUT}" >&2