--- lua-5.3.6.old/Makefile
+++ lua-5.3.6/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 # so take care if INSTALL_TOP is not an absolute path. See the local target.
 # You may want to make INSTALL_LMOD and INSTALL_CMOD consistent with
 # LUA_ROOT, LUA_LDIR, and LUA_CDIR in luaconf.h.
-INSTALL_TOP= /usr/local
+
+INSTALL_TOP= __META_PREFIX__
 INSTALL_BIN= $(INSTALL_TOP)/bin
 INSTALL_INC= $(INSTALL_TOP)/include
 INSTALL_LIB= $(INSTALL_TOP)/lib
--- lua-5.3.6.old/src/luaconf.h
+++ lua-5.3.6/src/luaconf.h
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
 
 #else			/* }{ */
 
-#define LUA_ROOT	"/usr/local/"
+#define LUA_ROOT	"__META_PREFIX__/"
 #define LUA_LDIR	LUA_ROOT "share/lua/" LUA_VDIR "/"
 #define LUA_CDIR	LUA_ROOT "lib/lua/" LUA_VDIR "/"
 #define LUA_PATH_DEFAULT  \