--- vis-lua.c
+++ vis-lua.c
@@ -2493,7 +2493,7 @@ void vis_lua_init(Vis *vis) {
 			home = pw->pw_dir;
 	}
 
-	vis_lua_path_add(vis, "/etc/vis");
+	vis_lua_path_add(vis, "@PREFIX@/etc/vis");
 
 	const char *xdg_config = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
 	if (xdg_config) {