diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-toml.yml b/.github/workflows/build-toml.yml
index ab35a9f6d..ad2a7bb18 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-toml.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-toml.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           repository: luarocks/luarocks
       - name: Configure and Install Luarocks
         run: |
-          ./configure --prefix=$HOME/rocks/ --lua-version=5.1 --force-config
+          ./configure --prefix=$HOME/rocks/ --lua-version=5.1 --force-config --with-lua=$HOME/.lua
           make install
       - name: Install TOML Package
         run: |