diff --git a/stand/common/interp_lua.c b/stand/common/interp_lua.c
--- a/stand/common/interp_lua.c
+++ b/stand/common/interp_lua.c
@@ -97,6 +97,31 @@
   {NULL, NULL}
 };
 
+static void
+interp_init_md(lua_State *L)
+{
+	luaL_requiref(L, "gfx", luaopen_gfx, 1);
+	lua_pop(L, 1);	/* Remove lib */
+
+	/*
+	 * Add in the comparability references in the loader table.  Doing it with
+	 * a pseudo-embedded script is easier than the raw calls.
+	 */
+	if (luaL_dostring(L,
+		"loader.fb_bezier = gfx.fb_bezier\n"
+		"loader.fb_drawrect = gfx.fb_drawrect\n"
+		"loader.fb_line = gfx.fb_line\n"
+		"loader.fb_putimage = gfx.fb_putimage\n"
+		"loader.fb_setpixel = gfx.fb_setpixel\n"
+		"loader.term_drawrect = gfx.term_drawrect\n"
+		"loader.term_putimage = gfx.term_putimage") != 0) {
+		lua_pop(L, 1);
+		const char *errstr = lua_tostring(L, -1);
+		errstr = errstr == NULL ? "unknown" : errstr;
+		printf("Error adding compat loader bindings: %s.\n", errstr);
+	}
+}
+
 void
 interp_init(void)
 {
@@ -123,6 +148,8 @@
 		lua_pop(luap, 1);  /* remove lib */
 	}
 
+	interp_init_md(luap);
+
 	filename = getenv("loader_lua");
 	if (filename == NULL)
 		filename = LOADER_LUA;
diff --git a/stand/liblua/lutils.c b/stand/liblua/lutils.c
--- a/stand/liblua/lutils.c
+++ b/stand/liblua/lutils.c
@@ -439,7 +439,6 @@
 luaopen_loader(lua_State *L)
 {
 	luaL_newlib(L, loaderlib);
-	luaopen_gfx(L);
 	/* Add loader.machine and loader.machine_arch properties */
 	lua_pushstring(L, MACHINE);
 	lua_setfield(L, -2, "machine");