diff --git a/config-unix.mk b/config-unix.mk
index 7220f108..0581b511 100644
--- a/config-unix.mk
+++ b/config-unix.mk
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ EIO_CONFIG=config_linux.h
 CSTDFLAG += -D_GNU_SOURCE
 CPPFLAGS += -Isrc/ares/config_linux
 LINKFLAGS+=-ldl -lrt
-OBJS += src/unix/linux/core.o src/unix/linux/inotify.o src/unix/linux/syscalls.o
+OBJS += src/unix/linux/linux-core.o \
+        src/unix/linux/inotify.o    \
+        src/unix/linux/syscalls.o
 endif
 
 ifeq (FreeBSD,$(uname_S))
diff --git a/src/unix/linux/core.c b/src/unix/linux/linux-core.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/unix/linux/core.c
rename to src/unix/linux/linux-core.c
diff --git a/uv.gyp b/uv.gyp
index 5b9273ab..d7a34c2e 100644
--- a/uv.gyp
+++ b/uv.gyp
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
         [ 'OS=="linux"', {
           'include_dirs': [ 'src/ares/config_linux' ],
           'sources': [
-            'src/unix/linux/core.c',
+            'src/unix/linux/linux-core.c',
             'src/unix/linux/inotify.c',
             'src/unix/linux/syscalls.c',
             'src/unix/linux/syscalls.h',