diff --git a/src/luaconf.h b/src/luaconf.h
index 18be9a9..131747b 100644
--- a/src/luaconf.h
+++ b/src/luaconf.h
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@
 #else			/* }{ */
 
 #define LUA_VDIR	LUA_VERSION_MAJOR "." LUA_VERSION_MINOR "/"
-#define LUA_ROOT	"/usr/local/"
+#define LUA_ROOT	"/usr/"
 #define LUA_LDIR	LUA_ROOT "share/lua/" LUA_VDIR
 #define LUA_CDIR	LUA_ROOT "lib/lua/" LUA_VDIR
 #define LUA_PATH_DEFAULT  \