diff --git a/rust/Cargo.lock.in b/rust/Cargo.lock.in
index df3228dc0f..c9bc24964d 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.lock.in
+++ b/rust/Cargo.lock.in
@@ -1009,9 +1009,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "suricata-lua-sys"
-version = "0.1.0-alpha.1"
+version = "0.1.0-alpha.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "27aba92b2bc53955440218aed3fa6e6f4cf6cba443deb8fed7e216e6b1d96af2"
+checksum = "aed3f46aa1b92feb15880f722bbce121e769bda1770f0090121cd6c920d89450"
 dependencies = [
  "fs_extra",
 ]
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml.in b/rust/Cargo.toml.in
index c69db93770..a1b53e3b58 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml.in
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml.in
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ time = "~0.3.36"
 
 suricata-derive = { path = "./derive", version = "@PACKAGE_VERSION@" }
 
-suricata-lua-sys = { version = "0.1.0-alpha.1" }
+suricata-lua-sys = { version = "0.1.0-alpha.3" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 test-case = "~3.3.1"
diff --git a/rust/Makefile.am b/rust/Makefile.am
index 30e4803b3a..be80a806f1 100644
--- a/rust/Makefile.am
+++ b/rust/Makefile.am
@@ -35,16 +35,19 @@ RUST_TARGET = --target $(host_triplet)
 endif
 
 all-local: Cargo.toml
+	mkdir -p $(abs_top_builddir)/rust/gen
 if HAVE_CYGPATH
 	cd $(abs_top_srcdir)/rust && \
 		@rustup_home@ CARGO_HOME="$(CARGO_HOME)" \
 		CARGO_TARGET_DIR="$(e_rustdir)/target" \
+		SURICATA_LUA_SYS_HEADER_DST="$(e_rustdir)/gen" \
 		$(CARGO) build $(RELEASE) \
 			--features "$(RUST_FEATURES)" $(RUST_TARGET)
 else
 	cd $(abs_top_srcdir)/rust && \
 		@rustup_home@ CARGO_HOME="$(CARGO_HOME)" \
 		CARGO_TARGET_DIR="$(abs_top_builddir)/rust/target" \
+		SURICATA_LUA_SYS_HEADER_DST="$(abs_top_builddir)/rust/gen" \
 		$(CARGO) build $(RELEASE) $(NIGHTLY_ARGS) \
 			--features "$(RUST_FEATURES)" $(RUST_TARGET)
 endif
@@ -57,9 +60,6 @@ endif
 			$(RUST_SURICATA_LIBDIR)/${RUST_SURICATA_LIBNAME}; \
 	fi
 	$(MAKE) gen/rust-bindings.h
-	mkdir -p $(abs_top_builddir)/rust/gen
-	cp -a $(RUST_SURICATA_LIBDIR)/build/suricata-lua-sys-*/out/lua/*.h \
-		$(abs_top_builddir)/rust/gen/
 
 install-library:
 	$(MKDIR_P) "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)"