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 "/"
