--- src/luaconf.h.orig
+++ src/luaconf.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 #else			/* }{ */
 
 #define LUA_VDIR	LUA_VERSION_MAJOR "." LUA_VERSION_MINOR "/"
-#define LUA_ROOT	"/usr/local/"
+#define LUA_ROOT	"@PREFIX@/"
 #define LUA_LDIR	LUA_ROOT "share/lua/" LUA_VDIR
 #define LUA_CDIR	LUA_ROOT "lib/lua/" LUA_VDIR
 #define LUA_PATH_DEFAULT  \