diff -up ./src/Makefile.old ./src/Makefile
--- ./src/Makefile.old	2026-03-17 16:49:22.086043863 +0100
+++ ./src/Makefile	2026-03-17 17:02:31.748498351 +0100
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ endif
 
 PREFIX?=/usr/local
 INSTALL_BIN=$(PREFIX)/bin
-INSTALL_LIB=$(PREFIX)/lib
+INSTALL_LIB=$(PREFIX)/lib64
 INSTALL=install
 PKG_CONFIG?=pkg-config
 
@@ -263,12 +263,10 @@ else
 	LUA_MODULE_INSTALL=install-lua-module
 
 	current_dir = $(shell pwd)
-	FINAL_CFLAGS+=-DLUA_ENABLED -DLUA_LIB=libvalkeylua.so
+	FINAL_CFLAGS+=-DLUA_ENABLED -DLUA_LIB=libvalkeylua.so -DLUA_LIB_PATH=/usr/lib64/valkey/modules/lua.so
 ifeq ($(uname_S),Darwin)
 	FINAL_LDFLAGS+= -Wl,-rpath,$(PREFIX)/lib
 	FINAL_LDFLAGS+= -Wl,-rpath,$(current_dir)/modules/lua
-else
-	FINAL_LDFLAGS+= -Wl,-rpath,$(PREFIX)/lib:$(current_dir)/modules/lua -Wl,--disable-new-dtags
 endif
 endif
 
@@ -836,8 +834,8 @@ install: all $(LUA_MODULE_INSTALL)
 	$(call MAYBE_INSTALL_REDIS_SYMLINK,$(ENGINE_SENTINEL_NAME),$(INSTALL_BIN))
 
 install-lua-module: $(LUA_MODULE)
-	@mkdir -p $(INSTALL_LIB)
-	$(call MAKE_INSTALL,$(LUA_MODULE),$(INSTALL_LIB))
+	@mkdir -p $(INSTALL_LIB)/valkey/modules
+	$(call MAKE_INSTALL,$(LUA_MODULE),$(INSTALL_LIB)/valkey/modules/lua.so)
 
 uninstall:
 	@rm -f $(INSTALL_BIN)/{$(SERVER_NAME),$(ENGINE_BENCHMARK_NAME),$(ENGINE_CLI_NAME),$(ENGINE_CHECK_RDB_NAME),$(ENGINE_CHECK_AOF_NAME),$(ENGINE_SENTINEL_NAME)}
diff -up ./src/server.c.old ./src/server.c
--- ./src/server.c.old	2026-03-17 16:50:55.410170510 +0100
+++ ./src/server.c	2026-03-17 16:58:39.140382232 +0100
@@ -7628,9 +7628,12 @@ __attribute__((weak)) int main(int argc,
 
     /* Initialize the LUA scripting engine. */
 #ifdef LUA_ENABLED
+/* LUA_LIB_PATH ini installation dir, LUA_LIB_STR in sources dir */
+#define LUA_LIB_PATH_STR STRINGIFY(LUA_LIB_PATH)
 #define LUA_LIB_STR STRINGIFY(LUA_LIB)
     if (scriptingEngineManagerFind("lua") == NULL) {
-        if (moduleLoad(LUA_LIB_STR, NULL, 0, 0, 1) != C_OK) {
+        if (moduleLoad(LUA_LIB_PATH_STR, NULL, 0, 0, 1) != C_OK &&
+            moduleLoad(LUA_LIB_STR, NULL, 0, 0, 1) != C_OK) {
             serverPanic("Lua engine initialization failed, check the server logs.");
         }
     }