diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 79e00373..6bf968ba 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ swupd_SOURCES = \
 	src/swupd_build_variant.h \
 	src/swupd_curl_internal.h \
 	src/swupd_curl.h \
-	src/swupd_error.h \
+	src/swupd_exit_codes.h \
 	src/swupd_internal.h \
 	src/swupd.h \
 	src/telemetry.c \
diff --git a/src/swupd.h b/src/swupd.h
index b1abb88e..3454447c 100644
--- a/src/swupd.h
+++ b/src/swupd.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include "lib/strings.h"
 #include "lib/sys.h"
 #include "swupd_curl.h"
-#include "swupd_error.h"
+#include "swupd_exit_codes.h"
 #include "timelist.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/src/swupd_error.h b/src/swupd_exit_codes.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/swupd_error.h
rename to src/swupd_exit_codes.h