diff -r -u lexers/LexLPeg.cxx lexers/LexLPeg.cxx
--- a/lexers/LexLPeg.cxx	2020-07-27 20:00:24.000000000 +0300
+++ b/lexers/LexLPeg.cxx	2020-12-02 01:14:50.107727288 +0300
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #include "lua.h"
 #include "lualib.h"
 #include "lauxlib.h"
-LUALIB_API int luaopen_lpeg(lua_State *L);
+//~ LUALIB_API int luaopen_lpeg(lua_State *L);
 }
 
 using namespace Scintilla;
@@ -683,7 +683,12 @@
   luaL_requiref(L, LUA_TABLIBNAME, luaopen_table, 1), lua_pop(L, 1);
   luaL_requiref(L, LUA_STRLIBNAME, luaopen_string, 1), lua_pop(L, 1);
   // TODO: figure out why lua_setglobal() is needed for lpeg.
-  luaL_requiref(L, "lpeg", luaopen_lpeg, 1), lua_setglobal(L, "lpeg");
+  //~ luaL_requiref(L, "lpeg", luaopen_lpeg, 1), lua_setglobal(L, "lpeg");
+  auto rc = luaL_dostring(L, "require(\"lpeg\")");
+  if (rc != LUA_OK) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Can't load Lua lpeg module: %s\n", lua_tostring(L, -1));
+  };
+  lua_pop(L, 1);
 #if _WIN32
   lua_pushboolean(L, 1), lua_setglobal(L, "WIN32");
 #endif