diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 919c55abc..77f91e1b6 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ LIBS := -L../libaegisub -laegisub $(LIBS)
 LIBS += $(LIBS_GL) $(LIBS_PTHREAD) $(LIBS_WX) $(LIBS_FREETYPE)
 LIBS += $(LIBS_FONTCONFIG) $(LIBS_FFTW3) $(LIBS_UCHARDET) $(LIBS_BOOST)
 LIBS += $(LIBS_ICU) $(LIBS_LUA)
+LIBS += ../vendor/luabins/libluabins.a
 
 ifeq (yes, $(BUILD_DARWIN))
 SRC += osx_utils.mm retina_helper.mm
diff --git a/src/auto4_lua.cpp b/src/auto4_lua.cpp
index 26d2768f2..7ddb363dc 100644
--- a/src/auto4_lua.cpp
+++ b/src/auto4_lua.cpp
@@ -307,6 +307,9 @@ namespace {
 
 int luaopen_lpeg (lua_State *L);
 
+// Forward-declaration for luabins library (not in any public header)
+extern "C" int luaopen_luabins(lua_State * L);
+
 namespace Automation4 {
 	int regex_init(lua_State *L);
 
@@ -377,6 +380,7 @@ namespace Automation4 {
 			push_value(L, luaopen_package); lua_call(L, 0, 0);
 			push_value(L, luaopen_string); lua_call(L, 0, 0);
 			push_value(L, luaopen_table); lua_call(L, 0, 0);
+			push_value(L, luaopen_luabins); lua_call(L, 0, 0);
 			_stackcheck.check_stack(0);
 
 			// dofile and loadfile are replaced with include