diff --git a/src/gui/lua/lua_api_version.h b/src/gui/lua/lua_api_version.h
index b5e974561..86e7fdc8a 100644
--- a/src/gui/lua/lua_api_version.h
+++ b/src/gui/lua/lua_api_version.h
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
  * to luainstance.h changes
  */
 #define LUA_API_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define LUA_API_VERSION_MINOR 56
+#define LUA_API_VERSION_MINOR 57
diff --git a/src/gui/lua/luainstance.cpp b/src/gui/lua/luainstance.cpp
index a21cac683..203ef7d95 100644
--- a/src/gui/lua/luainstance.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/lua/luainstance.cpp
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ static void set_lua_variables(lua_State *L)
 		{ "prog3",		CRCInput::RC_prog3 },
 		{ "prog4",		CRCInput::RC_prog4 },
 #endif
+		{ "timeout",		(lua_Integer)CRCInput::RC_timeout },
 		/* to check if it is in our range */
 		{ "MaxRC",		CRCInput::RC_MaxRC },
 		{ NULL, 0 }