diff --git a/scripts/checks.m4 b/scripts/checks.m4
index 58ade5e5..64eec64e 100644
--- a/scripts/checks.m4
+++ b/scripts/checks.m4
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([TORRENT_WITH_LUA], [
       AX_LUA_LIBS
       AX_LUA_HEADERS
       AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LUA, 1, Use LUA.)
-      AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PACKAGE_DATADIR, ["${prefix}/share/rtorrent"], Use LUA.)
+      AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(LUA_DATADIR, ["${prefix}/share/rtorrent/lua"], Use LUA.)
       LIBS="$LIBS $LUA_LIB"
       CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $LUA_INCLUDE"
     fi
diff --git a/src/rpc/lua.cc b/src/rpc/lua.cc
index 2bd501a5..e998eb51 100644
--- a/src/rpc/lua.cc
+++ b/src/rpc/lua.cc
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace rpc {
 
 const int         LuaEngine::flag_string;
 const std::string LuaEngine::module_name = "rtorrent";
-const std::string LuaEngine::local_path = PACKAGE_DATADIR "/lua/?.lua;" PACKAGE_DATADIR "/lua/?/init.lua";
+const std::string LuaEngine::local_path = LUA_DATADIR "/?.lua;" LUA_DATADIR "/?/init.lua";
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LUA