Index: meson_options.txt
--- meson_options.txt.orig
+++ meson_options.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ option('portable', type : 'boolean', value : false, de
 option('renderer', type : 'boolean', value : false, description: 'Use SDL renderer')
 option('dirmonitor_backend', type : 'combo', value : '', choices : ['', 'inotify', 'fsevents', 'kqueue', 'win32', 'dummy'], description: 'define what dirmonitor backend to use')
 option('arch_tuple', type : 'string', value : '', description: 'Specify a custom architecture tuple')
-option('use_system_lua', type : 'boolean', value : false, description: 'Prefer System Lua over a the meson wrap')
+option('use_system_lua', type : 'boolean', value : true, description: 'Prefer System Lua over a the meson wrap')
