diff --git a/common/platform/platform.go b/common/platform/platform.go
index b60b8bd22..4c5cf2a0f 100644
--- a/common/platform/platform.go
+++ b/common/platform/platform.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package platform // import "github.com/xtls/xray-core/common/platform"
 
 import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
@@ -90,3 +92,49 @@ func GetConfDirPath() string {
 	configPath := NewEnvFlag(ConfdirLocation).GetValue(func() string { return "" })
 	return configPath
 }
+
+// ResolveLuaFile finds a local Lua script and returns its absolute path.
+// Relative paths: XRAY_LOCATION_CONFDIR > XRAY_LOCATION_CONFIG > working dir > executable dir.
+func ResolveLuaFile(path string) (string, error) {
+	if path == "" {
+		return "", errors.New("Lua file path is empty")
+	}
+	paths := []string{path}
+	if !filepath.IsAbs(path) {
+		paths = nil
+		for _, dir := range []string{
+			GetConfDirPath(),
+			NewEnvFlag(ConfigLocation).GetValue(func() string { return "" }),
+			".",
+			getExecutableDir(),
+		} {
+			if dir != "" {
+				paths = append(paths, filepath.Join(dir, path))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return resolveFile(paths)
+}
+
+func resolveFile(paths []string) (string, error) {
+	var tried []string
+	for _, path := range paths {
+		path, err := filepath.Abs(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to resolve file path: %w", err)
+		}
+		tried = append(tried, path)
+		info, err := os.Stat(path)
+		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to inspect file %q: %w", path, err)
+		}
+		if !info.Mode().IsRegular() {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("file is not a regular file: %s", path)
+		}
+		return path, nil
+	}
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("file not found; tried %q: %w", tried, os.ErrNotExist)
+}
diff --git a/common/platform/platform_test.go b/common/platform/platform_test.go
index 854c397f6..95d5b6545 100644
--- a/common/platform/platform_test.go
+++ b/common/platform/platform_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package platform_test
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
@@ -64,3 +65,53 @@ func TestGetAssetLocation(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestResolveLuaFile(t *testing.T) {
+	workingDir := t.TempDir()
+	t.Chdir(workingDir)
+	executable, err := os.Executable()
+	common.Must(err)
+	file, err := os.CreateTemp(filepath.Dir(executable), "lua-*.lua")
+	common.Must(err)
+	common.Must(file.Close())
+	defer os.Remove(file.Name())
+
+	name := filepath.Base(file.Name())
+	paths := []string{
+		filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), name),
+		filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), name),
+		filepath.Join(workingDir, name),
+		file.Name(),
+	}
+	t.Setenv(ConfdirLocation, filepath.Dir(paths[0]))
+	t.Setenv(ConfigLocation, filepath.Dir(paths[1]))
+	for _, path := range paths[:3] {
+		common.Must(os.WriteFile(path, nil, 0o600))
+	}
+	if got, err := ResolveLuaFile(paths[2]); err != nil || got != paths[2] {
+		t.Fatalf("absolute path = %q, %v; want %q", got, err, paths[2])
+	}
+	for i, want := range paths {
+		if i == 2 {
+			t.Setenv(ConfdirLocation, "")
+			t.Setenv(ConfigLocation, "")
+		}
+		if got, err := ResolveLuaFile(name); err != nil || got != want {
+			t.Fatalf("resolved path = %q, %v; want %q", got, err, want)
+		}
+		common.Must(os.Remove(want))
+	}
+	if _, err := ResolveLuaFile(name); !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+		t.Fatalf("missing file error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	t.Setenv(ConfdirLocation, filepath.Dir(paths[0]))
+	t.Setenv(ConfigLocation, filepath.Dir(paths[1]))
+	common.Must(os.Mkdir(paths[0], 0o700))
+	common.Must(os.WriteFile(paths[1], nil, 0o600))
+	for _, path := range []string{"", name, filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), name)} {
+		if _, err := ResolveLuaFile(path); err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("accepted invalid path %q", path)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/infra/conf/dns.go b/infra/conf/dns.go
index a05814227..07b482742 100644
--- a/infra/conf/dns.go
+++ b/infra/conf/dns.go
@@ -285,16 +285,9 @@ func (c *DNSConfig) Build() (*dns.Config, error) {
 	}
 
 	if c.Script != "" {
-		path := c.Script
-		if !filepath.IsAbs(path) {
-			path = filepath.Join(platform.GetConfDirPath(), path)
-		}
-		info, err := os.Stat(path)
+		path, err := platform.ResolveLuaFile(c.Script)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.New("DNS script does not exist: ", path).Base(err)
-		}
-		if !info.Mode().IsRegular() {
-			return nil, errors.New("DNS script is not a regular file: ", path)
+			return nil, errors.New("failed to resolve DNS script: ", c.Script).Base(err)
 		}
 		config.Script = path
 	}