diff --git a/src/love.cpp b/src/love.cpp
index 3b07be60e..783ed8220 100644
--- a/src/love.cpp
+++ b/src/love.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ extern "C"
 	extern int luaopen_love_sound(lua_State*);
 	extern int luaopen_love_timer(lua_State*);
 	extern int luaopen_love_thread(lua_State*);
+	extern int luaopen_love_boot(lua_State*);
 }
 
 static const luaL_Reg modules[] = {
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ static const luaL_Reg modules[] = {
 	{ "love.sound", luaopen_love_sound },
 	{ "love.timer", luaopen_love_timer },
 	{ "love.thread", luaopen_love_thread },
+	{ "love.boot", luaopen_love_boot },
 	{ 0, 0 }
 };
 
@@ -284,14 +286,12 @@ _GLIBCXX_END_NAMESPACE
 
 #endif // LOVE_LEGENDARY_LIBSTDCXX_HACK
 
-namespace love
+extern "C" LOVE_EXPORT int luaopen_love_boot(lua_State *L)
 {
-	void boot(lua_State *L)
-	{
-		if (luaL_loadbuffer(L, (const char *)love::boot_lua, sizeof(love::boot_lua), "boot.lua") == 0)
-		lua_call(L, 0, LUA_MULTRET);
-	}
-} // love
+	if (luaL_loadbuffer(L, (const char *)love::boot_lua, sizeof(love::boot_lua), "boot.lua") == 0)
+	lua_call(L, 0, 1);
+	return 1;
+}
 
 extern "C" LOVE_EXPORT int lovemain(int argc, char ** argv)
 {
@@ -352,11 +352,12 @@ extern "C" LOVE_EXPORT int lovemain(int argc, char ** argv)
 	}
 
 	// Boot
-	love::boot(L);
+	luaopen_love_boot(L);
+	lua_call(L, 0, 1);
 	
 	int retval = 0;
-	if (lua_isnumber(L, -1))
-		retval = lua_tonumber(L, -1);
+	if (lua_isnumber(L, 1))
+		retval = lua_tonumber(L, 1);
 
 	lua_close(L);
 
diff --git a/src/scripts/boot.lua b/src/scripts/boot.lua
index f26bf4e15..dd15862bd 100644
--- a/src/scripts/boot.lua
+++ b/src/scripts/boot.lua
@@ -805,11 +805,13 @@ end
 -- The root of all calls.
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 
-local result = xpcall(love.boot, error_printer)
-if not result then return 1 end
-local result = xpcall(love.init, love._release and love.releaseerrhand or love.errhand)
-if not result then return 1 end
-local result, retval = xpcall(love.run, love._release and love.releaseerrhand or love.errhand)
-if not result then return 1 end
+return function()
+	local result = xpcall(love.boot, error_printer)
+	if not result then return 1 end
+	local result = xpcall(love.init, love._release and love.releaseerrhand or love.errhand)
+	if not result then return 1 end
+	local result, retval = xpcall(love.run, love._release and love.releaseerrhand or love.errhand)
+	if not result then return 1 end
 
-return tonumber(retval) or 0
+	return tonumber(retval) or 0
+end
diff --git a/src/scripts/boot.lua.h b/src/scripts/boot.lua.h
index 033cca980..e497d0fb0 100644
--- a/src/scripts/boot.lua.h
+++ b/src/scripts/boot.lua.h
@@ -1853,27 +1853,29 @@ const unsigned char boot_lua[] =
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 }; // [boot.lua]
 } // love
\ No newline at end of file