1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/cfg.lua b/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
index 787367f1..6007db2f 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ if detected.windows then
    defaults.variables.LUALIB = "lua5.1.lib"
    defaults.variables.CFLAGS = "/MD /O2"
    defaults.variables.LIBFLAG = "/dll"
+   defaults.variables.LUALIB = "lua5.1.lib"
    defaults.external_deps_patterns = {
       bin = { "?.exe", "?.bat" },
       lib = { "?.lib", "?.dll", "lib?.dll" },