diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a860c81..545b195 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # makefile for immutable table library for Lua
 
-LUA_DIR=/opt/local
+LUA_DIR=/usr/local
 LUA_INC= $(LUA_DIR)/include
 LUA_BIN= $(LUA_DIR)/bin
 LUA= lua