diff --git a/stand/common/interp_lua.c b/stand/common/interp_lua.c
index 3c6691a7d10e..f63bad03b486 100644
--- a/stand/common/interp_lua.c
+++ b/stand/common/interp_lua.c
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ static struct interp_lua_softc lua_softc;
 #define	LDBG(...)
 #endif
 
+#define	LOADER_LUA	LUA_PATH "/loader.lua"
+
 INTERP_DEFINE("lua");
 
 static void *
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ interp_init(void)
 		lua_pop(luap, 1);  /* remove lib */
 	}
 
-	filename = "/boot/lua/loader.lua";
+	filename = LOADER_LUA;
 	if (interp_include(filename) != 0) {
                 const char *errstr = lua_tostring(luap, -1);
                 errstr = errstr == NULL ? "unknown" : errstr;
diff --git a/stand/defs.mk b/stand/defs.mk
index ac8ee7f526ba..2318961ddc41 100644
--- a/stand/defs.mk
+++ b/stand/defs.mk
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ BOOTOBJ=	${OBJTOP}/stand
 # BINDIR is where we install
 BINDIR?=	/boot
 
+# LUAPATH is where we search for and install lua scripts.
+LUAPATH?=	/boot/lua
+
 LIBSA=		${BOOTOBJ}/libsa/libsa.a
 .if ${MACHINE} == "i386"
 LIBSA32=	${LIBSA}
diff --git a/stand/liblua/Makefile b/stand/liblua/Makefile
index edbbf60b2d25..49ed02709299 100644
--- a/stand/liblua/Makefile
+++ b/stand/liblua/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ SRCS+=	lerrno.c lfs.c lstd.c lutils.c
 
 WARNS=	3
 
-CFLAGS+= -DLUA_PATH_DEFAULT=\"/boot/lua/\?.lua\"
+CFLAGS+= -DLUA_PATH=\"${LUAPATH}\" -DLUA_PATH_DEFAULT=\"${LUAPATH}/\?.lua\"
 CFLAGS+= -ffreestanding -nostdlib -DLUA_USE_POSIX
 CFLAGS+= -fno-stack-protector -D__BSD_VISIBLE
 CFLAGS+= -I${BOOTSRC}/include -I${LIBLUASRC} -I${LUASRC} -I${LDRSRC}
diff --git a/stand/liblua/luaconf.h b/stand/liblua/luaconf.h
index f3a1b4ec9ad5..dd642cba92f4 100644
--- a/stand/liblua/luaconf.h
+++ b/stand/liblua/luaconf.h
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
 
 #else			/* }{ */
 
-#define LUA_ROOT       "/boot/lua/" LUA_VDIR "/"
+#define LUA_ROOT       LUA_PATH "/" LUA_VDIR "/"
 #define LUA_LDIR       LUA_ROOT "share/"
 #define LUA_CDIR       LUA_ROOT "lib/"
 #ifndef LUA_PATH_DEFAULT
diff --git a/stand/loader.mk b/stand/loader.mk
index a7fbd6c12dd9..573e82d8964b 100644
--- a/stand/loader.mk
+++ b/stand/loader.mk
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ SRCS+=	interp_lua.c
 .include "${BOOTSRC}/lua.mk"
 LDR_INTERP=	${LIBLUA}
 LDR_INTERP32=	${LIBLUA32}
+CFLAGS+= -DLUA_PATH=\"${LUAPATH}\"
 .elif ${LOADER_INTERP} == "4th"
 SRCS+=	interp_forth.c
 .include "${BOOTSRC}/ficl.mk"
diff --git a/stand/lua/Makefile b/stand/lua/Makefile
index 6e7019603ae4..7bdcc3fee056 100644
--- a/stand/lua/Makefile
+++ b/stand/lua/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ MAN=	cli.lua.8 \
 	password.lua.8 \
 	screen.lua.8
 
-FILESDIR=	/boot/lua
+FILESDIR=	${LUAPATH}
 FILES=	cli.lua \
 	color.lua \
 	config.lua \