diff --git a/src/luaconf.h b/src/luaconf.h
index bdf927e..6dac98b 100644
--- a/src/luaconf.h
+++ b/src/luaconf.h
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
#else /* }{ */
-#define LUA_ROOT "/usr/local/"
+#define LUA_ROOT LUA_USER_DEFAULT_PATH
#define LUA_LDIR LUA_ROOT "share/lua/" LUA_VDIR "/"
#define LUA_CDIR LUA_ROOT "lib/lua/" LUA_VDIR "/"