diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0557d59162..882ae4ca6b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@
 /src/locking/test_libvirt_sanlock.aug
 /src/lxc/lxc_controller_dispatch.h
 /src/lxc/lxc_monitor_dispatch.h
-/src/lxc/lxc_protocol.c
-/src/lxc/lxc_protocol.h
+/src/lxc/lxc_monitor_protocol.c
+/src/lxc/lxc_monitor_protocol.h
 /src/lxc/test_libvirtd_lxc.aug
 /src/qemu/test_libvirtd_qemu.aug
 /src/remote/*_client_bodies.h
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 0c8be2052e..e8648ce04a 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -413,9 +413,9 @@ if WITH_XEN_INOTIFY
 XEN_DRIVER_SOURCES += xen/xen_inotify.c xen/xen_inotify.h
 endif
 
-LXC_PROTOCOL_GENERATED = \
-	$(srcdir)/lxc/lxc_protocol.h \
-	$(srcdir)/lxc/lxc_protocol.c \
+LXC_MONITOR_PROTOCOL_GENERATED = \
+	$(srcdir)/lxc/lxc_monitor_protocol.h \
+	$(srcdir)/lxc/lxc_monitor_protocol.c \
 	$(NULL)
 
 LXC_MONITOR_GENERATED = \
@@ -427,32 +427,32 @@ LXC_CONTROLLER_GENERATED = \
 	$(NULL)
 
 LXC_GENERATED = \
-	$(LXC_PROTOCOL_GENERATED) \
+	$(LXC_MONITOR_PROTOCOL_GENERATED) \
 	$(LXC_MONITOR_GENERATED) \
 	$(LXC_CONTROLLER_GENERATED) \
 	$(NULL)
 
-LXC_PROTOCOL = $(srcdir)/lxc/lxc_protocol.x
+LXC_MONITOR_PROTOCOL = $(srcdir)/lxc/lxc_monitor_protocol.x
 
 $(srcdir)/lxc/lxc_monitor_dispatch.h: $(srcdir)/rpc/gendispatch.pl \
-		$(LXC_PROTOCOL)
+		$(LXC_MONITOR_PROTOCOL)
 	$(AM_V_GEN)$(PERL) -w $(srcdir)/rpc/gendispatch.pl \
-	  -k virLXCProtocol VIR_LXC_PROTOCOL $(LXC_PROTOCOL) > $@
+	  -k virLXCProtocol VIR_LXC_MONITOR_PROTOCOL $(LXC_MONITOR_PROTOCOL) > $@
 
 $(srcdir)/lxc/lxc_controller_dispatch.h: $(srcdir)/rpc/gendispatch.pl \
 		$(REMOTE_PROTOCOL)
 	$(AM_V_GEN)$(PERL) -w $(srcdir)/rpc/gendispatch.pl \
-	  -b virLXCProtocol VIR_LXC_PROTOCOL $(LXC_PROTOCOL) > $@
+	  -b virLXCProtocol VIR_LXC_MONITOR_PROTOCOL $(LXC_MONITOR_PROTOCOL) > $@
 
 EXTRA_DIST += \
-	$(LXC_PROTOCOL) \
+	$(LXC_MONITOR_PROTOCOL) \
 	$(LXC_GENERATED) \
 	$(NULL)
 
 BUILT_SOURCES += $(LXC_GENERATED)
 
 LXC_DRIVER_SOURCES =						\
-		$(LXC_PROTOCOL_GENERATED)			\
+		$(LXC_MONITOR_PROTOCOL_GENERATED)		\
 		$(LXC_MONITOR_GENERATED)			\
 		lxc/lxc_conf.c lxc/lxc_conf.h			\
 		lxc/lxc_container.c lxc/lxc_container.h		\
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ LXC_DRIVER_SOURCES =						\
 		lxc/lxc_driver.c lxc/lxc_driver.h
 
 LXC_CONTROLLER_SOURCES =					\
-		$(LXC_PROTOCOL_GENERATED)			\
+		$(LXC_MONITOR_PROTOCOL_GENERATED)		\
 		$(LXC_CONTROLLER_GENERATED)			\
 		lxc/lxc_conf.c lxc/lxc_conf.h			\
 		lxc/lxc_container.c lxc/lxc_container.h		\
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c b/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
index a1c264c49a..43cbad5aa6 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 #include "lxc_conf.h"
 #include "lxc_container.h"
 #include "lxc_cgroup.h"
-#include "lxc_protocol.h"
+#include "lxc_monitor_protocol.h"
 #include "lxc_fuse.h"
 #include "virnetdev.h"
 #include "virnetdevveth.h"
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_monitor.c b/src/lxc/lxc_monitor.c
index 65194a5ea7..6971bcbaed 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_monitor.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_monitor.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 #include "lxc_monitor.h"
 #include "lxc_conf.h"
-#include "lxc_protocol.h"
 #include "lxc_monitor_dispatch.h"
 
 #include "viralloc.h"
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_monitor.h b/src/lxc/lxc_monitor.h
index 9b06a37204..cc31a9c2cb 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_monitor.h
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_monitor.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 # include "virobject.h"
 # include "domain_conf.h"
-# include "lxc_protocol.h"
+# include "lxc_monitor_protocol.h"
 
 typedef struct _virLXCMonitor virLXCMonitor;
 typedef virLXCMonitor *virLXCMonitorPtr;
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_protocol.x b/src/lxc/lxc_monitor_protocol.x
similarity index 100%
rename from src/lxc/lxc_protocol.x
rename to src/lxc/lxc_monitor_protocol.x