diff --git a/lctype.c b/lctype.c
index 4eaad167..95422809 100644
--- a/lctype.c
+++ b/lctype.c
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@
 
 #include <limits.h>
 
+
+#if defined (LUA_UCID)		/* accept UniCode IDentifiers? */
+/* consider all non-ascii codepoints to be alphabetic */
+#define NONA		0x01
+#else
+#define NONA		0x00	/* default */
+#endif
+
+
 LUAI_DDEF const lu_byte luai_ctype_[UCHAR_MAX + 2] = {
   0x00,  /* EOZ */
   0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,	/* 0. */
@@ -34,22 +43,22 @@ LUAI_DDEF const lu_byte luai_ctype_[UCHAR_MAX + 2] = {
   0x05,  0x05,  0x05,  0x05,  0x05,  0x05,  0x05,  0x05,
   0x05,  0x05,  0x05,  0x05,  0x05,  0x05,  0x05,  0x05,	/* 7. */
   0x05,  0x05,  0x05,  0x04,  0x04,  0x04,  0x04,  0x00,
-  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,	/* 8. */
-  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,
-  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,	/* 9. */
-  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,
-  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,	/* a. */
-  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,
-  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,	/* b. */
-  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,
-  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,	/* c. */
-  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,
-  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,	/* d. */
-  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,
-  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,	/* e. */
-  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,
-  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,	/* f. */
-  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,
+  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,	/* 8. */
+  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,
+  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,	/* 9. */
+  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,
+  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,	/* a. */
+  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,
+  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,	/* b. */
+  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,
+  0x00,  0x00,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,	/* c. */
+  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,
+  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,	/* d. */
+  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,
+  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,	/* e. */
+  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,
+  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  NONA,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,	/* f. */
+  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00
 };
 
 #endif			/* } */