diff --git a/backends/cxxrtl/Makefile.inc b/backends/cxxrtl/Makefile.inc
index f93e65f85..aaa304502 100644
--- a/backends/cxxrtl/Makefile.inc
+++ b/backends/cxxrtl/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 
-OBJS += backends/cxxrtl/cxxrtl.o
+OBJS += backends/cxxrtl/cxxrtl_backend.o
diff --git a/backends/cxxrtl/cxxrtl.cc b/backends/cxxrtl/cxxrtl_backend.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from backends/cxxrtl/cxxrtl.cc
rename to backends/cxxrtl/cxxrtl_backend.cc