diff --git a/food_basic/ingredients.lua b/food_basic/ingredients.lua
index cd33fb3..27c5feb 100644
--- a/food_basic/ingredients.lua
+++ b/food_basic/ingredients.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 -- Boilerplate to support localized strings if intllib mod is installed.
 local S = 0
-if (intllib) then
+if rawget(_G, "intllib") then
 	dofile(minetest.get_modpath("intllib").."/intllib.lua")
 	S = intllib.Getter(minetest.get_current_modname())
 else
diff --git a/food_basic/init.lua b/food_basic/init.lua
index 5e84fd4..9f035d4 100644
--- a/food_basic/init.lua
+++ b/food_basic/init.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dofile(minetest.get_modpath("food_basic").."/ingredients.lua")
 
 -- Boilerplate to support localized strings if intllib mod is installed.
 local S = 0
-if (intllib) then
+if rawget(_G, "intllib") then
 	dofile(minetest.get_modpath("intllib").."/intllib.lua")
 	S = intllib.Getter(minetest.get_current_modname())
 else