diff --git a/samplecode/SampleLua.cpp b/samplecode/SampleLua.cpp
index 263138bf6b..5b6be55ecc 100644
--- a/samplecode/SampleLua.cpp
+++ b/samplecode/SampleLua.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ extern "C" {
 static const char gDrawName[] = "onDrawContent";
 
 static const char gCode[] = ""
+    "require \"math\" "
+    ""
     "local r = { left = 10, top = 10, right = 100, bottom = 80 } "
     "local x = 0;"
     ""
@@ -27,7 +29,30 @@ static const char gCode[] = ""
     ""
     "local color = {a = 1, r = 1, g = 0, b = 0};"
     ""
+    "function rnd(range) "
+    "   return math.random() * range;"
+    "end "
+    ""
+    "rndX = function () return rnd(640) end "
+    "rndY = function () return rnd(480) end "
+    ""
+    "function draw_rand_path(canvas);"
+    "   if not path_paint then "
+    "       path_paint = Sk.newPaint();"
+    "       path_paint:setAntiAlias(true);"
+    "   end "
+    "   path_paint:setColor({a = 1, r = math.random(), g = math.random(), b = math.random() });"
+    ""
+    "   local path = Sk.newPath();"
+    "   path:moveTo(rndX(), rndY());"
+    "   for i = 0, 50 do "
+    "       path:quadTo(rndX(), rndY(), rndX(), rndY());"
+    "   end "
+    "   canvas:drawPath(path, path_paint);"
+    "end "
+    ""
     "function onDrawContent(canvas) "
+    "   draw_rand_path(canvas);"
     "   color.g = x / 100;"
     "   paint:setColor(color) "
     "   canvas:translate(x, 0);"
@@ -60,10 +85,6 @@ protected:
         }
         SkUnichar uni;
         if (SampleCode::CharQ(*evt, &uni)) {
-            switch (uni) {
-                default:
-                    break;
-            }
         }
         return this->INHERITED::onQuery(evt);
     }
diff --git a/src/utils/SkLua.cpp b/src/utils/SkLua.cpp
index c425a262b6..ca6f493f57 100644
--- a/src/utils/SkLua.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/SkLua.cpp
@@ -19,12 +19,18 @@ extern "C" {
     #include "lauxlib.h"
 }
 
+// return the metatable name for a given class
 template <typename T> const char* get_mtname();
-template <> const char* get_mtname<SkCanvas>() { return "SkCanvas_LuaMetaTableName"; }
-template <> const char* get_mtname<SkMatrix>() { return "SkMatrix_LuaMetaTableName"; }
-template <> const char* get_mtname<SkRRect>() { return "SkSkRRect_LuaMetaTableName"; }
-template <> const char* get_mtname<SkPath>() { return "SkPath_LuaMetaTableName"; }
-template <> const char* get_mtname<SkPaint>() { return "SkPaint_LuaMetaTableName"; }
+#define DEF_MTNAME(T)                           \
+    template <> const char* get_mtname<T>() {   \
+        return #T "_LuaMetaTableName";          \
+    }
+
+DEF_MTNAME(SkCanvas)
+DEF_MTNAME(SkMatrix)
+DEF_MTNAME(SkRRect)
+DEF_MTNAME(SkPath)
+DEF_MTNAME(SkPaint)
 
 template <typename T> T* push_new(lua_State* L) {
     T* addr = (T*)lua_newuserdata(L, sizeof(T));
@@ -247,6 +253,12 @@ static int lcanvas_drawCircle(lua_State* L) {
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int lcanvas_drawPath(lua_State* L) {
+    get_ref<SkCanvas>(L, 1)->drawPath(*get_obj<SkPath>(L, 2),
+                                      *get_obj<SkPaint>(L, 3));
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static int lcanvas_getSaveCount(lua_State* L) {
     lua_pushnumber(L, get_ref<SkCanvas>(L, 1)->getSaveCount());
     return 1;
@@ -272,6 +284,7 @@ static const struct luaL_Reg gSkCanvas_Methods[] = {
     { "drawRect", lcanvas_drawRect },
     { "drawOval", lcanvas_drawOval },
     { "drawCircle", lcanvas_drawCircle },
+    { "drawPath", lcanvas_drawPath },
     { "getSaveCount", lcanvas_getSaveCount },
     { "getTotalMatrix", lcanvas_getTotalMatrix },
     { "translate", lcanvas_translate },