diff --git a/src/tz/lua/state.cpp b/src/tz/lua/state.cpp
index 6caca08e89..c57be815da 100644
--- a/src/tz/lua/state.cpp
+++ b/src/tz/lua/state.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <map>
+#include <filesystem>
 
 extern "C"
 {
@@ -300,6 +301,8 @@ namespace tz::lua
 		s.assign_func("tz.assert", tz_lua_assert);	
 		s.assign_func("print", tz_print);
 
+		s.assign_string("LUA_PATH", std::filesystem::current_path().generic_string());
+
 		tz::version ver = tz::get_version();
 
 		s.assign_uint("tz.version.major", ver.major);