diff --git a/src/script/engines/lua.c b/src/script/engines/lua.c
index cc22b4e14..80728540f 100644
--- a/src/script/engines/lua.c
+++ b/src/script/engines/lua.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ static struct mScriptEngineContext* _luaCreate(struct mScriptEngine2*, struct mS
 
 static void _luaDestroy(struct mScriptEngineContext*);
 static struct mScriptValue* _luaGetGlobal(struct mScriptEngineContext*, const char* name);
+static bool _luaSetGlobal(struct mScriptEngineContext*, const char* name, struct mScriptValue*);
 static bool _luaLoad(struct mScriptEngineContext*, struct VFile*, const char** error);
 static bool _luaRun(struct mScriptEngineContext*);
 
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ const struct mScriptType mSTLuaFunc = {
 struct mScriptEngineContextLua {
 	struct mScriptEngineContext d;
 	lua_State* lua;
+	int func;
 };
 
 struct mScriptEngineContextLuaRef {
@@ -80,15 +82,20 @@ struct mScriptEngineContext* _luaCreate(struct mScriptEngine2* engine, struct mS
 		.context = context,
 		.destroy = _luaDestroy,
 		.getGlobal = _luaGetGlobal,
+		.setGlobal = _luaSetGlobal,
 		.load = _luaLoad,
 		.run = _luaRun
 	};
 	luaContext->lua = luaL_newstate();
+	luaContext->func = -1;
 	return &luaContext->d;
 }
 
 void _luaDestroy(struct mScriptEngineContext* ctx) {
 	struct mScriptEngineContextLua* luaContext = (struct mScriptEngineContextLua*) ctx;
+	if (luaContext->func > 0) {
+		luaL_unref(luaContext->lua, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, luaContext->func);
+	}
 	lua_close(luaContext->lua);
 	free(luaContext);
 }
@@ -99,6 +106,15 @@ struct mScriptValue* _luaGetGlobal(struct mScriptEngineContext* ctx, const char*
 	return _luaCoerce(luaContext);
 }
 
+bool _luaSetGlobal(struct mScriptEngineContext* ctx, const char* name, struct mScriptValue* value) {
+	struct mScriptEngineContextLua* luaContext = (struct mScriptEngineContextLua*) ctx;
+	if (!_luaWrap(luaContext, value)) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	lua_setglobal(luaContext->lua, name);
+	return true;
+}
+
 struct mScriptValue* _luaWrapFunction(struct mScriptEngineContextLua* luaContext) {
 	struct mScriptValue* value = mScriptValueAlloc(&mSTLuaFunc);
 	struct mScriptFunction* fn = calloc(1, sizeof(*fn));
@@ -211,6 +227,7 @@ bool _luaLoad(struct mScriptEngineContext* ctx, struct VFile* vf, const char** e
 		if (error) {
 			*error = NULL;
 		}
+		luaContext->func = luaL_ref(luaContext->lua, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX);
 		return true;
 	case LUA_ERRSYNTAX:
 		if (error) {
@@ -228,6 +245,7 @@ bool _luaLoad(struct mScriptEngineContext* ctx, struct VFile* vf, const char** e
 
 bool _luaRun(struct mScriptEngineContext* context) {
 	struct mScriptEngineContextLua* luaContext = (struct mScriptEngineContextLua*) context;
+	lua_rawgeti(luaContext->lua, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, luaContext->func);
 	return _luaInvoke(luaContext, NULL);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/script/test/lua.c b/src/script/test/lua.c
index b160877b1..cfe9071e5 100644
--- a/src/script/test/lua.c
+++ b/src/script/test/lua.c
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ M_TEST_DEFINE(runNop) {
 	assert_null(error);
 	assert_true(lua->run(lua));
 
+	// Make sure we can run it twice
+	assert_true(lua->run(lua));
+
 	lua->destroy(lua);
 	mScriptContextDeinit(&context);
 }
@@ -145,6 +148,62 @@ M_TEST_DEFINE(getGlobal) {
 	mScriptContextDeinit(&context);
 }
 
+
+M_TEST_DEFINE(setGlobal) {
+	struct mScriptContext context;
+	mScriptContextInit(&context);
+	struct mScriptEngineContext* lua = mSCRIPT_ENGINE_LUA->create(mSCRIPT_ENGINE_LUA, &context);
+
+	struct mScriptValue a = mSCRIPT_MAKE_S32(1);
+	struct mScriptValue* val;
+	const char* program;
+	struct VFile* vf;
+	const char* error;
+
+	program = "a = b";
+	vf = VFileFromConstMemory(program, strlen(program));
+	error = NULL;
+	assert_true(lua->load(lua, vf, &error));
+	assert_null(error);
+	assert_true(lua->setGlobal(lua, "b", &a));
+
+	val = lua->getGlobal(lua, "b");
+	assert_non_null(val);
+	assert_true(a.type->equal(&a, val));
+	mScriptValueDeref(val);
+
+	assert_true(lua->run(lua));
+
+	val = lua->getGlobal(lua, "a");
+	assert_non_null(val);
+	assert_true(a.type->equal(&a, val));
+	a = mSCRIPT_MAKE_S32(2);
+	assert_false(a.type->equal(&a, val));
+	mScriptValueDeref(val);
+
+	val = lua->getGlobal(lua, "a");
+	assert_non_null(val);
+	assert_false(a.type->equal(&a, val));
+	mScriptValueDeref(val);
+
+	assert_true(lua->setGlobal(lua, "b", &a));
+
+	val = lua->getGlobal(lua, "b");
+	assert_non_null(val);
+	assert_true(a.type->equal(&a, val));
+	mScriptValueDeref(val);
+
+	assert_true(lua->run(lua));
+
+	val = lua->getGlobal(lua, "a");
+	assert_non_null(val);
+	assert_true(a.type->equal(&a, val));
+	mScriptValueDeref(val);
+
+	lua->destroy(lua);
+	mScriptContextDeinit(&context);
+}
+
 M_TEST_DEFINE(callLuaFunc) {
 	struct mScriptContext context;
 	mScriptContextInit(&context);
@@ -187,4 +246,5 @@ M_TEST_SUITE_DEFINE_SETUP_TEARDOWN(mScriptLua,
 	cmocka_unit_test(loadBadSyntax),
 	cmocka_unit_test(runNop),
 	cmocka_unit_test(getGlobal),
+	cmocka_unit_test(setGlobal),
 	cmocka_unit_test(callLuaFunc))