diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/FileLoader.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/FileLoader.cs
index 9333983890..4676e82825 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/FileLoader.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/FileLoader.cs
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			OpenLuaConsole();
 			if (GlobalWin.Tools.Has<LuaConsole>())
 			{
-				GlobalWin.Tools.LuaConsole.LoadLuaFile(filename);
+				if (OSTailoredCode.IsUnixHost) Console.WriteLine($"The Lua environment can currently only be created on Windows, {filename} will not be loaded.");
+				else GlobalWin.Tools.LuaConsole.LoadLuaFile(filename);
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
index 79f0d3eaad..440eca5746 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
@@ -383,7 +383,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			//load Lua Script if requested in the command line arguments
 			if (_argParser.luaScript != null)
 			{
-				GlobalWin.Tools.LuaConsole.LoadLuaFile(_argParser.luaScript);
+				if (OSTailoredCode.IsUnixHost) Console.WriteLine($"The Lua environment can currently only be created on Windows, {_argParser.luaScript} will not be loaded.");
+				else GlobalWin.Tools.LuaConsole.LoadLuaFile(_argParser.luaScript);
 			}
 
 			GlobalWin.Tools.AutoLoad();
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/LuaConsole.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/LuaConsole.cs
index d00974ee8f..eb62c6c8c6 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/LuaConsole.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/LuaConsole.cs
@@ -148,6 +148,18 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				}
 			}
 
+			if (OSTailoredCode.IsUnixHost)
+			{
+				OpenSessionMenuItem.Enabled = false;
+				RecentSessionsSubMenu.Enabled = false;
+				RecentScriptsSubMenu.Enabled = false;
+				NewScriptMenuItem.Enabled = false;
+				OpenScriptMenuItem.Enabled = false;
+				NewScriptToolbarItem.Enabled = false;
+				OpenScriptToolbarItem.Enabled = false;
+				ConsoleLog("The Lua environment can currently only be created on Windows. You may not load scripts.");
+			}
+
 			LuaListView.AllColumns.Clear();
 			SetColumns();
 		}
@@ -1249,6 +1261,11 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 		private void LuaConsole_DragDrop(object sender, DragEventArgs e)
 		{
+			if (OSTailoredCode.IsUnixHost)
+			{
+				Console.WriteLine("The Lua environment can currently only be created on Windows, no scripts will be loaded.");
+				return;
+			}
 			var filePaths = (string[])e.Data.GetData(DataFormats.FileDrop);
 			try
 			{