diff --git a/src/ctx.nobj.lua b/src/ctx.nobj.lua
index adc0c42..52f5252 100644
--- a/src/ctx.nobj.lua
+++ b/src/ctx.nobj.lua
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 -- THE SOFTWARE.
 
 object "ZMQ_Ctx" {
+	sys_include"string.h",
 	error_on_null = "get_zmq_strerror()",
 	c_source [[
 typedef struct ZMQ_Ctx ZMQ_Ctx;
@@ -26,10 +27,19 @@ typedef struct ZMQ_Ctx ZMQ_Ctx;
 	destructor "term" {
 		c_method_call "ZMQ_Error"  "zmq_term" {}
 	},
-	method "lightuserdata" {
+	method "lightuserdata" { override_this = true,
+		var_in{ "<any>", "this" },
 		var_out{ "void *", "ptr" },
 		c_source[[
-	${ptr} = ${this};
+	if(lua_isuserdata(L, ${this::idx})) {
+		${ptr} = lua_touserdata(L, ${this::idx});
+	} else {
+		/* check for LuaJIT's cdata. */
+		int tp = lua_type(L, ${this::idx});
+		if(strncmp("cdata", lua_typename(L, tp), 5) == 0) {
+			${ptr} = *((void **)lua_topointer(L, ${this::idx}));
+		}
+	}
 ]]
 	},
 	method "socket" {
diff --git a/zmq.nobj.lua b/zmq.nobj.lua
index bf8711d..6a2c00f 100644
--- a/zmq.nobj.lua
+++ b/zmq.nobj.lua
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@ c_function "init_ctx" {
 	ffi_source[[
 	local p_type = type(${ptr})
 	if p_type == 'userdata' then
-		${ctx} = ffi.cast('void *', ${ptr});
-	elseif p_type == 'cdata' then
-		${ctx} = ${ptr};
+		${ctx} = ffi.cast('ZMQ_Ctx *', ${ptr});
+	elseif p_type == 'cdata' and ffi.istype('void *', ${ptr}) then
+		${ctx} = ffi.cast('ZMQ_Ctx *', ${ptr});
 	else
 		return error("expected lightuserdata/cdata<void *>");
 	end