diff --git a/data/templates/default.latex b/data/templates/default.latex
index 92ab9fe13..d6cca9c98 100644
--- a/data/templates/default.latex
+++ b/data/templates/default.latex
@@ -339,6 +339,9 @@ $if(babel-newcommands)$
 $endif$
 \fi
 $endif$
+\ifluatex
+  \usepackage{selnolig}  % disable illegal ligatures
+\fi
 $if(dir)$
 \ifxetex
   % Load bidi as late as possible as it modifies e.g. graphicx
diff --git a/test/lhs-test.latex b/test/lhs-test.latex
index 48d557b27..5dade622f 100644
--- a/test/lhs-test.latex
+++ b/test/lhs-test.latex
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@
 \providecommand{\tightlist}{%
   \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}}
 \setcounter{secnumdepth}{-\maxdimen} % remove section numbering
+\ifluatex
+  \usepackage{selnolig}  % disable illegal ligatures
+\fi
 
 \author{}
 \date{}
diff --git a/test/lhs-test.latex+lhs b/test/lhs-test.latex+lhs
index 806cf598d..cd229e107 100644
--- a/test/lhs-test.latex+lhs
+++ b/test/lhs-test.latex+lhs
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
 \providecommand{\tightlist}{%
   \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}}
 \setcounter{secnumdepth}{-\maxdimen} % remove section numbering
+\ifluatex
+  \usepackage{selnolig}  % disable illegal ligatures
+\fi
 
 \author{}
 \date{}
diff --git a/test/writer.latex b/test/writer.latex
index e859e2d2e..05dccbb1f 100644
--- a/test/writer.latex
+++ b/test/writer.latex
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@
 \providecommand{\tightlist}{%
   \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}}
 \setcounter{secnumdepth}{-\maxdimen} % remove section numbering
+\ifluatex
+  \usepackage{selnolig}  % disable illegal ligatures
+\fi
 
 \title{Pandoc Test Suite}
 \author{John MacFarlane \and Anonymous}
diff --git a/test/writers-lang-and-dir.latex b/test/writers-lang-and-dir.latex
index a9eefb32f..2e29bb196 100644
--- a/test/writers-lang-and-dir.latex
+++ b/test/writers-lang-and-dir.latex
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@
   \newcommand{\textfrench}[2][]{\foreignlanguage{french}{#2}}
   \newenvironment{french}[2][]{\begin{otherlanguage}{french}}{\end{otherlanguage}}
 \fi
+\ifluatex
+  \usepackage{selnolig}  % disable illegal ligatures
+\fi
 \ifxetex
   % Load bidi as late as possible as it modifies e.g. graphicx
   \usepackage{bidi}