diff --git a/lua.cpp b/lua.cpp
index d07f1bea..3f2ad76e 100644
--- a/lua.cpp
+++ b/lua.cpp
@@ -28,16 +28,6 @@ Lua::Lua(){
     // threaded is false by default
 	threaded = false;
 	
-	// loading base libs
-    luaL_requiref(state, "", luaopen_base, 1);
-   	lua_pop(state, 1);
-    luaL_requiref(state, LUA_TABLIBNAME, luaopen_table, 1);
-    lua_pop(state, 1);
-    luaL_requiref(state, LUA_STRLIBNAME, luaopen_string, 1);
-    lua_pop(state, 1);
-    luaL_requiref(state, LUA_MATHLIBNAME, luaopen_math, 1);
-    lua_pop(state, 1);
-	
 	lua_sethook(state, &LineHook, LUA_MASKLINE, 0);
 	lua_register(state, "print", luaPrint);
 
@@ -56,6 +46,7 @@ Lua::Lua(){
 	
 }
 
+
 Lua::~Lua(){
     // Warning users about object destruction if code is currently being executed see https://github.com/Trey2k/lua/issues/9
     if (executing){
@@ -71,6 +62,7 @@ static bool shouldKill = false;
 void Lua::_bind_methods(){
     ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("kill_all"),&Lua::killAll);
     ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_threaded", "bool"),&Lua::setThreaded);
+    ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("bind_libs", "Array"),&Lua::bindLibs);
     ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("do_file", "File", "ProtectedCall" , "CallbackCaller" , "Callback" ), &Lua::doFile, DEFVAL(true) , DEFVAL(Variant()) , DEFVAL(String()) );
     ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("do_string", "Code", "ProtectedCall" , "CallbackCaller" , "Callback" ), &Lua::doString, DEFVAL(true) , DEFVAL(Variant()) , DEFVAL(String()) );
     ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("push_variant", "var", "Name"),&Lua::pushGlobalVariant);
@@ -80,6 +72,45 @@ void Lua::_bind_methods(){
     ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("lua_function_exists","LuaFunctionName"), &Lua::luaFunctionExists);
 }
 
+void Lua::bindLibs(Array libs) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < libs.size(); i++) {
+        String lib = ((String)libs.get(i)).to_lower();
+        if (lib=="base") {
+            luaL_requiref(state, "", luaopen_base, 1);
+   	        lua_pop(state, 1);
+            // base will override print, so we take it back. User can still override them selfs
+            lua_register(state, "print", luaPrint);
+        } else if (lib=="table") {
+            luaL_requiref(state, LUA_TABLIBNAME, luaopen_table, 1);
+            lua_pop(state, 1);
+        }else if (lib=="string") {
+            luaL_requiref(state, LUA_STRLIBNAME, luaopen_string, 1);
+            lua_pop(state, 1);
+        }else if (lib=="math") {
+            luaL_requiref(state, LUA_MATHLIBNAME, luaopen_math, 1);
+            lua_pop(state, 1);
+        }else if (lib=="os") {
+            luaL_requiref(state, LUA_OSLIBNAME, luaopen_os, 1);
+            lua_pop(state, 1);
+        }else if (lib=="io") {
+            luaL_requiref(state, LUA_IOLIBNAME, luaopen_io, 1);
+            lua_pop(state, 1);
+        }else if (lib=="coroutine") {
+            luaL_requiref(state, LUA_COLIBNAME, luaopen_coroutine, 1);
+            lua_pop(state, 1);
+        }else if (lib=="debug") {
+            luaL_requiref(state, LUA_DBLIBNAME, luaopen_debug, 1);
+            lua_pop(state, 1);
+        }else if (lib=="package") {
+            luaL_requiref(state, LUA_LOADLIBNAME, luaopen_package, 1);
+            lua_pop(state, 1);
+        }else if (lib=="utf8") {
+            luaL_requiref(state, LUA_UTF8LIBNAME, luaopen_utf8, 1);
+            lua_pop(state, 1);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // Returns lua state
 lua_State* Lua::getState() {
     return state;
diff --git a/lua.h b/lua.h
index cd89a774..08db9aa2 100644
--- a/lua.h
+++ b/lua.h
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ class Lua : public RefCounted {
   Lua();
   ~Lua();
   
-  void exposeFunction(Callable func, String name);
+  void bindLibs(Array libs);
+  void exposeFunction(Callable func, String name); 
   void doFile( String fileName, bool protected_call = true , Object* CallbackCaller = nullptr , String callback = String() );
   void doString( String code, bool protected_call = true , Object* CallbackCaller = nullptr , String callback = String() );
   void setThreaded(bool thread);