diff --git a/loadlib.c b/loadlib.c
index 712fcfef..8509b225 100644
--- a/loadlib.c
+++ b/loadlib.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: loadlib.c,v 1.86 2010/06/30 17:40:27 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: loadlib.c,v 1.87 2010/07/02 11:38:13 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Dynamic library loader for Lua
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 **
@@ -23,17 +23,21 @@
 
 
 /*
-** LUA_PATH_VAR and LUA_CPATH_VAR are the names of the environment
+** LUA_PATH and LUA_CPATH are the names of the environment
 ** variables that Lua check to set its paths.
 */
-#if !defined(LUA_PATH_VAR)
-#define LUA_PATH_VAR	"LUA_PATH"
+#if !defined(LUA_PATH)
+#define LUA_PATH	"LUA_PATH"
 #endif
 
-#if !defined(LUA_CPATH_VAR)
-#define LUA_CPATH_VAR	"LUA_CPATH"
+#if !defined(LUA_CPATH)
+#define LUA_CPATH	"LUA_CPATH"
 #endif
 
+#define LUA_PATHSUFFIX		"_" LUA_VERSION_MAJOR "_" LUA_VERSION_MINOR
+
+#define LUA_PATHVERSION		LUA_PATH LUA_PATHSUFFIX
+#define LUA_CPATHVERSION	LUA_CPATH LUA_PATHSUFFIX
 
 /*
 ** LUA_PATH_SEP is the character that separates templates in a path.
@@ -573,9 +577,11 @@ static int ll_seeall (lua_State *L) {
 /* auxiliary mark (for internal use) */
 #define AUXMARK		"\1"
 
-static void setpath (lua_State *L, const char *fieldname, const char *envname,
-                                   const char *def) {
-  const char *path = getenv(envname);
+static void setpath (lua_State *L, const char *fieldname, const char *envname1,
+                                   const char *envname2, const char *def) {
+  const char *path = getenv(envname1);
+  if (path == NULL)  /* no environment variable? */
+    path = getenv(envname2);  /* try alternative name */
   if (path == NULL)  /* no environment variable? */
     lua_pushstring(L, def);  /* use default */
   else {
@@ -626,8 +632,10 @@ LUAMOD_API int luaopen_package (lua_State *L) {
     lua_rawseti(L, -2, i+1);
   }
   lua_setfield(L, -2, "loaders");  /* put it in field `loaders' */
-  setpath(L, "path", LUA_PATH_VAR, LUA_PATH_DEFAULT);  /* set field `path' */
-  setpath(L, "cpath", LUA_CPATH_VAR, LUA_CPATH_DEFAULT); /* set field `cpath' */
+  /* set field 'path' */
+  setpath(L, "path", LUA_PATHVERSION, LUA_PATH, LUA_PATH_DEFAULT);
+  /* set field 'cpath' */
+  setpath(L, "cpath", LUA_CPATHVERSION, LUA_CPATH, LUA_CPATH_DEFAULT);
   /* store config information */
   lua_pushliteral(L, LUA_DIRSEP "\n" LUA_PATH_SEP "\n" LUA_PATH_MARK "\n"
                      LUA_EXEC_DIR "\n" LUA_IGMARK "\n");
diff --git a/lua.c b/lua.c
index 6f80550b..5f68dd55 100644
--- a/lua.c
+++ b/lua.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lua.c,v 1.190 2010/04/14 15:14:21 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lua.c,v 1.191 2010/07/02 17:36:32 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lua stand-alone interpreter
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -31,10 +31,13 @@
 #define LUA_MAXINPUT		512
 #endif
 
-#if !defined(LUA_INIT_VAR)
-#define LUA_INIT_VAR		"LUA_INIT"
+#if !defined(LUA_INIT)
+#define LUA_INIT		"LUA_INIT"
 #endif
 
+#define LUA_INITVERSION  \
+	LUA_INIT "_" LUA_VERSION_MAJOR "_" LUA_VERSION_MINOR
+
 
 /*
 ** lua_stdin_is_tty detects whether the standard input is a 'tty' (that
@@ -409,12 +412,17 @@ static int runargs (lua_State *L, char **argv, int n) {
 
 
 static int handle_luainit (lua_State *L) {
-  const char *init = getenv(LUA_INIT_VAR);
+  const char *name = "=" LUA_INITVERSION;
+  const char *init = getenv(name + 1);
+  if (init == NULL) {
+    name = "=" LUA_INIT;
+    init = getenv(name + 1);  /* try alternative name */
+  }
   if (init == NULL) return LUA_OK;
   else if (init[0] == '@')
     return dofile(L, init+1);
   else
-    return dostring(L, init, "=" LUA_INIT_VAR);
+    return dostring(L, init, name);
 }