1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/cmd/config.lua b/src/luarocks/cmd/config.lua
index 0e7a3e3d..a01d33a9 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/cmd/config.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/cmd/config.lua
@@ -219,7 +219,11 @@ local function write_entries(keys, scope, do_unset)
          if do_unset then
             print(("\t%s"):format(var))
          else
-            print(("\t%s = %q"):format(var, val))
+            if type(val) == "string" then
+               print(("\t%s = %q"):format(var, val))
+            else
+               print(("\t%s = %s"):format(var, tostring(val)))
+            end
          end
       end
       print(do_unset and "from" or "to")