diff --git a/cocos/scripting/lua-bindings/manual/CCLuaStack.cpp b/cocos/scripting/lua-bindings/manual/CCLuaStack.cpp
index 5a918d57eb..8a33aa1434 100644
--- a/cocos/scripting/lua-bindings/manual/CCLuaStack.cpp
+++ b/cocos/scripting/lua-bindings/manual/CCLuaStack.cpp
@@ -274,10 +274,20 @@ int LuaStack::executeString(const char *codes)
 
 int LuaStack::executeScriptFile(const char* filename)
 {
-    std::string code("require \"");
-    code.append(filename);
-    code.append("\"");
-    return executeString(code.c_str());
+    CCAssert(filename, "CCLuaStack::executeScriptFile() - invalid filename");
+
+    FileUtils *utils = FileUtils::getInstance();
+    std::string fullPath = utils->fullPathForFilename(filename);
+    Data data = utils->getDataFromFile(fullPath);
+    int rn = 0;
+    if (!data.isNull())
+    {
+        if (luaLoadBuffer(_state, (const char*)data.getBytes(), (int)data.getSize(), fullPath.c_str()) == 0)
+        {
+            rn = executeFunction(0);
+        }
+    }
+    return rn;
 }
 
 int LuaStack::executeGlobalFunction(const char* functionName)