diff --git a/dump_test.go b/dump_test.go
index 5a65a2a..cf01be8 100644
--- a/dump_test.go
+++ b/dump_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestUndumpThenDumpReturnsTheSameFunction(t *testing.T) {
-	_, err := exec.LookPath("luac")
+	_, err := exec.LookPath("luac5.2")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Skipf("testing dump requires luac: %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/parser_test.go b/parser_test.go
index 36171e3..d555d63 100644
--- a/parser_test.go
+++ b/parser_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package lua
 
 import (
+	"math"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
@@ -46,9 +47,9 @@ func TestEmptyString(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestParserExhaustively(t *testing.T) {
-	_, err := exec.LookPath("luac")
+	_, err := exec.LookPath("luac5.2")
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Skipf("exhaustively testing the parser requires luac: %s", err)
+		t.Skipf("exhaustively testing the parser requires luac5.2: %s", err)
 	}
 	l := NewState()
 	matches, err := filepath.Glob(filepath.Join("lua-tests", "*.lua"))
@@ -73,8 +74,8 @@ func protectedTestParser(l *State, t *testing.T, source string) {
 	}()
 	t.Log("Compiling " + source)
 	binary := strings.TrimSuffix(source, ".lua") + ".bin"
-	if err := exec.Command("luac", "-o", binary, source).Run(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("luac failed to compile %s: %s", source, err)
+	if err := exec.Command("luac5.2", "-o", binary, source).Run(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("luac5.2 failed to compile %s: %s", source, err)
 	}
 	t.Log("Parsing " + source)
 	bin := load(l, t, binary)
@@ -86,22 +87,48 @@ func protectedTestParser(l *State, t *testing.T, source string) {
 }
 
 func expectEqual(t *testing.T, x, y interface{}, m string) {
+	t.Helper()
 	if x != y {
 		t.Errorf("%s doesn't match: %v, %v\n", m, x, y)
 	}
 }
 
 func expectDeepEqual(t *testing.T, x, y interface{}, m string) bool {
+	t.Helper()
 	if reflect.DeepEqual(x, y) {
 		return true
 	}
 	if reflect.TypeOf(x).Kind() == reflect.Slice && reflect.ValueOf(y).Len() == 0 && reflect.ValueOf(x).Len() == 0 {
 		return true
 	}
+	// The following exception is necessary because Go stdlib math
+	// functions may be less precise than the C equivalents. In
+	// particular constants[153] in lua-tests/attrib.lua:360
+	// which is the result of "10^33" gives different results. See
+	// https://github.com/golang/go/issues/25270 for discussion.
+	if m == "constants" {
+		xc, yc := x.([]value), y.([]value)
+		if len(xc) != len(yc) {
+			return false
+		}
+		for i := range xc {
+			if fx, ok := xc[i].(float64); ok {
+				fy, ok2 := yc[i].(float64)
+				if !ok2 || !similarFloat64(fx, fy) {
+					return false
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return true
+	}
 	t.Errorf("%s doesn't match: %v, %v\n", m, x, y)
 	return false
 }
 
+func similarFloat64(x, y float64) bool {
+	return x == y || math.Nextafter(x, y) == y
+}
+
 func compareClosures(t *testing.T, a, b *luaClosure) {
 	expectEqual(t, a.upValueCount(), b.upValueCount(), "upvalue count")
 	comparePrototypes(t, a.prototype, b.prototype)