diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index 2807b9f6fd..125540d313 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ virt_host_validate_CFLAGS = \
 # This we statically link to a library containing only the minimal
 # libvirt client code, not libvirt.so itself.
 virt_login_shell_SOURCES = \
-		virt-login-shell.c
+		virt-login-shell-helper.c
 
 virt_login_shell_LDFLAGS = \
 		$(AM_LDFLAGS) \
diff --git a/tools/virt-login-shell.c b/tools/virt-login-shell-helper.c
similarity index 99%
rename from tools/virt-login-shell.c
rename to tools/virt-login-shell-helper.c
index 8ffc72ab9a..f06eb1464a 100644
--- a/tools/virt-login-shell.c
+++ b/tools/virt-login-shell-helper.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * virt-login-shell.c: a shell to connect to a container
+ * virt-login-shell-helper.c: a shell to connect to a container
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2013-2014 Red Hat, Inc.
  *