1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/cfg.lua b/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
index e3d6e74b..a22cf121 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ function cfg.init_package_paths()
 end
 
 function cfg.which_config()
-   return {
+   local ret = {
       system = {
          file = sys_config_file or sys_config_file_default,
          ok = sys_config_ok,
@@ -673,6 +673,8 @@ function cfg.which_config()
          ok = home_config_ok,
       }
    }
+   ret.nearest = (ret.user.ok and ret.user.file) or ret.system.file
+   return ret
 end
 
 cfg.user_agent = "LuaRocks/"..cfg.program_version.." "..cfg.arch