diff --git a/build/options.lua b/build/options.lua
index cb181d6ddadbfa5d19539b184e5f4d8f00ba6e0f..944835fb46c442c9fdcd39b9327a3bc801de1a23 100644
--- a/build/options.lua
+++ b/build/options.lua
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ newoption {
 	description = "Enables compiling with all pedantic options",
 }
 
-_OPTIONS.lua = _OPTIONS.lua or "default"
+_OPTIONS.lua = _OPTIONS.lua or "jit2"