diff --git a/plugins/lua/uwsgiplugin.py b/plugins/lua/uwsgiplugin.py
index ea12926..9b13f4d 100644
--- a/plugins/lua/uwsgiplugin.py
+++ b/plugins/lua/uwsgiplugin.py
@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@ import os,sys
 try:
         LUALIB = os.environ['UWSGICONFIG_LUALIB']
 except:
-        LUALIB = 'lua5.1'
+        LUALIB = 'lua'
 
 try:
         LUAINC = os.environ['UWSGICONFIG_LUAINC']
 except:
-        LUAINC = '/usr/include/lua5.1'
+        LUAINC = '/usr/include'
 
 try:
         LUALIBPATH = os.environ['UWSGICONFIG_LUALIBPATH']
 except:
-        LUALIBPATH = '/usr/lib/lua5.1'
+        LUALIBPATH = '/usr/lib/lua/5.1'
 
 NAME='lua'
 CFLAGS = ['-I%s' % LUAINC]