1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/fs/lua.lua b/src/luarocks/fs/lua.lua
index c413ccb3..24b05a59 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/fs/lua.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/fs/lua.lua
@@ -669,13 +669,18 @@ function check_command_permissions(flags)
    local root_dir = path.root_dir(cfg.rocks_dir)
    local ok = true
    local err = ""
-   for _, dir in ipairs { cfg.rocks_dir, root_dir, dir.dir_name(root_dir) } do
+   for _, dir in ipairs { cfg.rocks_dir, root_dir } do
       if fs.exists(dir) and not fs.is_writable(dir) then
          ok = false
          err = "Your user does not have write permissions in " .. dir
          break
       end
    end
+   local root_parent = dir.dir_name(root_dir)
+   if ok and not fs.exists(root_dir) and not fs.is_writable(root_parent) then
+      ok = false
+      err = root_dir.." does not exist and your user does not have write permissions in " .. root_parent
+   end
    if ok then
       return true
    else