diff --git a/modules/lua/lua_request.c b/modules/lua/lua_request.c
index 28229b061a..55175a1bf7 100644
--- a/modules/lua/lua_request.c
+++ b/modules/lua/lua_request.c
@@ -1753,7 +1753,7 @@ static const char* lua_ap_get_server_name(request_rec* r)
 {
     const char *name;
     name = ap_get_server_name(r);
-    return name ? name : "Apache";
+    return name ? name : "localhost";
 }
 
 static const struct luaL_Reg server_methods[] = {