diff --git a/src/basic/meson.build b/src/basic/meson.build
index c801251e30..8978e81600 100644
--- a/src/basic/meson.build
+++ b/src/basic/meson.build
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ run_target(
         'update-syscall-tables',
         command : [syscall_table_update_sh, meson.current_source_dir()] + arch_list)
 
-syscall_names_text = files('syscall-names.text')
+syscall_list_txt = files('syscall-list.txt')
 
 syscall_lists = []
 foreach arch: arch_list
diff --git a/src/basic/syscall-names.text b/src/basic/syscall-list.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from src/basic/syscall-names.text
rename to src/basic/syscall-list.txt
diff --git a/src/shared/meson.build b/src/shared/meson.build
index 0f50522b6a..f301a9f610 100644
--- a/src/shared/meson.build
+++ b/src/shared/meson.build
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ generate_syscall_list = find_program('generate-syscall-list.py')
 fname = 'syscall-list.h'
 syscall_list_h = custom_target(
         fname,
-        input : syscall_names_text,
+        input : syscall_list_txt,
         output : fname,
         command : [generate_syscall_list,
                    '@INPUT@'],
diff --git a/tools/syscall-table-update.sh b/tools/syscall-table-update.sh
index a6d7d14732..410b20c5d9 100755
--- a/tools/syscall-table-update.sh
+++ b/tools/syscall-table-update.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -eu
 
 cd "$1" && shift
 
-curl --fail -L -o syscall-names.text 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hrw/syscalls-table/master/syscall-names.text'
+curl --fail -L -o syscall-list.txt 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hrw/syscalls-table/master/syscall-names.text'
 
 for arch in "$@"; do
     curl --fail -L -o syscalls-$arch "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hrw/syscalls-table/master/tables/syscalls-$arch"