diff --git a/lib/liblua/Makefile b/lib/liblua/Makefile
index 40d9c5c924b0..28fc05a9aa71 100644
--- a/lib/liblua/Makefile
+++ b/lib/liblua/Makefile
@@ -26,4 +26,9 @@ SRCS+=	lauxlib.c lbaselib.c lbitlib.c lcorolib.c ldblib.c liolib.c \
 CFLAGS+=	-I${.CURDIR} -I${.CURDIR}/modules -I${LUASRC}
 CFLAGS+=	-DLUA_PROGNAME="\"${PROG}\""
 
+.if defined(BOOTSTRAPPING)
+CFLAGS+=	-DLUA_PATH_DEFAULT="\"/nonexistent/?.lua\""
+CFLAGS+=	-DLUA_CPATH_DEFAULT="\"/nonexistent/?.so\""
+.endif
+
 .include <bsd.lib.mk>
diff --git a/lib/liblua/luaconf.h b/lib/liblua/luaconf.h
index f06cba31741c..b24645b8915f 100644
--- a/lib/liblua/luaconf.h
+++ b/lib/liblua/luaconf.h
@@ -208,12 +208,16 @@
 #define LUA_ROOT	"/usr/local/"
 #define LUA_LDIR	LUA_ROOT "share/lua/" LUA_VDIR "/"
 #define LUA_CDIR	LUA_ROOT "lib/lua/" LUA_VDIR "/"
+#if !defined(LUA_PATH_DEFAULT)
 #define LUA_PATH_DEFAULT  \
 		LUA_LDIR"?.lua;"  LUA_LDIR"?/init.lua;" \
 		LUA_CDIR"?.lua;"  LUA_CDIR"?/init.lua;" \
 		"./?.lua;" "./?/init.lua"
+#endif
+#if !defined(LUA_CPATH_DEFAULT)
 #define LUA_CPATH_DEFAULT \
 		LUA_CDIR"?.so;" LUA_CDIR"loadall.so;" "./?.so"
+#endif
 #endif			/* } */