diff --git a/src/luamm.cc b/src/luamm.cc
index 8973aac2..71eaab26 100644
--- a/src/luamm.cc
+++ b/src/luamm.cc
@@ -171,6 +171,14 @@ namespace lua {
 			return nresults;
 		}
 
+		// Overloaded for Lua 5.3+ as lua_gettable and others return an int
+		template<int (*misc)(lua_State *, int), int nresults>
+		int safe_misc_trampoline(lua_State *l)
+		{
+			misc(l, 1);
+			return nresults;
+		}
+
 		int safe_next_trampoline(lua_State *l)
 		{
 			int r = lua_next(l, 1);