Index: tool/luac.lua
==================================================================
--- tool/luac.lua
+++ tool/luac.lua
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@
 -- this does not generate very good object code.
 -- pass luac-broken=1 when building to use
 local pgm = ""
 local strip = os.getenv("strip")=="1"
 if #arg > 1 then
-	local chunks = {}
+	local chunks = {'local load=load;'}
 	for i, f in ipairs(arg) do
 		local nc = assert(loadfile(f))
 		nc = string.format("load%q(...)", string.dump(nc))
 		table.insert(chunks, nc)
 	end
-	pgm = assert(string.dump(load(table.concat(chunks))))
+	pgm = string.dump(assert(load(table.concat(chunks))))
 else
-	pgm = assert(string.dump(loadfile(arg[1])))
+	pgm = string.dump(assert(loadfile(arg[1])))
 end
 
 io.stdout:write(pgm)