2 files changed, 27 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Init.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Init.hs
index 87ae3a0d2..5b2a2f3e4 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Init.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Init.hs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase        #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
 {- |
    Module      : Text.Pandoc.Lua
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ import Text.Pandoc.Error (PandocError (PandocLuaError))
 import Text.Pandoc.Lua.Packages (installPandocPackageSearcher)
 import Text.Pandoc.Lua.PandocLua (PandocLua, liftPandocLua, runPandocLua)
 import qualified Data.Text as T
+import qualified Lua.LPeg as LPeg
 import qualified Text.Pandoc.Definition as Pandoc
 import qualified Text.Pandoc.Lua.Module.Pandoc as ModulePandoc
 
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ initLuaState = do
   liftPandocLua Lua.openlibs
   installPandocPackageSearcher
   initPandocModule
+  requireGlobalModules
   loadInitScript "init.lua"
  where
   initPandocModule :: PandocLua ()
@@ -53,8 +56,8 @@ initLuaState = do
     ModulePandoc.pushModule
     -- register as loaded module
     liftPandocLua $ do
-      Lua.pushvalue Lua.top
       Lua.getfield Lua.registryindex Lua.loaded
+      Lua.pushvalue (Lua.nth 2)
       Lua.setfield (Lua.nth 2) "pandoc"
       Lua.pop 1
     -- copy constructors into registry
@@ -73,6 +76,29 @@ initLuaState = do
         PandocLuaError msg -> msg
         _                  -> T.pack $ show err
 
+  requireGlobalModules :: PandocLua ()
+  requireGlobalModules = liftPandocLua $ do
+    Lua.pushcfunction LPeg.luaopen_lpeg_ptr
+    Lua.pcall 0 1 Nothing >>= \case
+      Lua.OK -> do
+        -- Success. Register as a loaded module.
+        -- Get table "_LOADED" from registry, add entry.
+        _ <- Lua.getfield Lua.registryindex Lua.loaded
+        Lua.pushvalue (Lua.nth 2)
+        Lua.setfield (Lua.nth 2) "lpeg"
+        Lua.pop 1  -- pop _LOADED
+
+      _ -> do
+        -- Maybe LPeg was not compiled into the program. Try loading via
+        -- the normal package loading mechanism.
+        pop 1 -- ignore error message
+        Lua.getglobal "require"
+        Lua.pushName "lpeg"
+        Lua.call 1 1   -- throws an exception if the module is not found
+
+    -- Module on top of stack. Register as global
+    Lua.setglobal "lpeg"
+
 -- | AST elements are marshaled via normal constructor functions in the
 -- @pandoc@ module. However, accessing Lua globals from Haskell is
 -- expensive (due to error handling). Accessing the Lua registry is much
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Packages.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Packages.hs
index 4fb11a646..3a481886a 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Packages.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Packages.hs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import Text.Pandoc.Lua.PandocLua (PandocLua, liftPandocLua, loadDefaultModule)
 import qualified HsLua as Lua
 import qualified HsLua.Module.Path as Path
 import qualified HsLua.Module.Text as Text
-import qualified Lua.LPeg as LPeg
 import qualified Text.Pandoc.Lua.Module.Pandoc as Pandoc
 import qualified Text.Pandoc.Lua.Module.MediaBag as MediaBag
 import qualified Text.Pandoc.Lua.Module.System as System
@@ -36,9 +35,6 @@ installPandocPackageSearcher = liftPandocLua $ do
   shiftArray
   Lua.pushHaskellFunction $ Lua.toHaskellFunction pandocPackageSearcher
   Lua.rawseti (Lua.nth 2) 1
-  -- add lpeg searcher as last searcher
-  Lua.pushHaskellFunction $ Lua.state >>= Lua.liftIO . LPeg.lpeg_searcher
-  Lua.rawseti (Lua.nth 2) 6
   Lua.pop 1           -- remove 'package.searchers' from stack
  where
   shiftArray = forM_ [4, 3, 2, 1] $ \i -> do