diff --git a/MOVED b/MOVED
index e03faa92e302..a9cfd617a291 100644
--- a/MOVED
+++ b/MOVED
@@ -11595,3 +11595,4 @@ math/wxMaxima|math/wxmaxima|2019-02-10|rename for consistency
 net-mgmt/py-snmp4|net-mgmt/py-pysnmp|2019-02-11|Renamed to match upstream naming
 net-mgmt/py-snmp4-apps|net-mgmt/py-pysnmp-apps|2019-02-11|Renamed to match upstream naming
 net-mgmt/py-snmp4-mibs|net-mgmt/py-pysnmp-mibs|2019-02-11|Renamed to match upstream naming
+science/mmtf|science/mmtf-cpp|2019-02-16|Rename to match the project name on github
diff --git a/science/Makefile b/science/Makefile
index 36ab7506fdc4..a43309b5b22c 100644
--- a/science/Makefile
+++ b/science/Makefile
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
     SUBDIR += metaphysicl
     SUBDIR += minc2
     SUBDIR += mmdb2
-    SUBDIR += mmtf
+    SUBDIR += mmtf-cpp
     SUBDIR += mol2ps
     SUBDIR += molgif
     SUBDIR += molscript
diff --git a/science/avogadrolibs/Makefile b/science/avogadrolibs/Makefile
index fa9cb6556d29..1d976d0f5c83 100644
--- a/science/avogadrolibs/Makefile
+++ b/science/avogadrolibs/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ COMMENT=	Avogadro2 libraries for chemical editor and visualization applications
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/mmtf.hpp:science/mmtf
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/mmtf.hpp:science/mmtf-cpp
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++11-lang eigen:3,build,run # eigen needs to be 'run' because it is written into cmake files
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
diff --git a/science/mmtf/Makefile b/science/mmtf-cpp/Makefile
similarity index 91%
rename from science/mmtf/Makefile
rename to science/mmtf-cpp/Makefile
index dbc3ad5a37be..40cdd5e2387b 100644
--- a/science/mmtf/Makefile
+++ b/science/mmtf-cpp/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
-PORTNAME=	mmtf
+PORTNAME=	mmtf-cpp
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	1.0.0
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	science biology
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	C++ implementation of the MMTF API, decoder and encoder
+COMMENT=	C++ MMTF format API, decoder and encoder, for molecular structures
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/msgpack.hpp:devel/msgpack
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++11-lang localbase:ldflags
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	rcsb
-GH_PROJECT=	mmtf-cpp
 GH_TUPLE=	rcsb:mmtf:8c88834:x/mmtf_spec
 
 NO_BUILD=	yes
diff --git a/science/mmtf/distinfo b/science/mmtf-cpp/distinfo
similarity index 100%
rename from science/mmtf/distinfo
rename to science/mmtf-cpp/distinfo
diff --git a/science/mmtf/files/patch-tests_mmtf__tests.cpp b/science/mmtf-cpp/files/patch-tests_mmtf__tests.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from science/mmtf/files/patch-tests_mmtf__tests.cpp
rename to science/mmtf-cpp/files/patch-tests_mmtf__tests.cpp
diff --git a/science/mmtf/pkg-descr b/science/mmtf-cpp/pkg-descr
similarity index 100%
rename from science/mmtf/pkg-descr
rename to science/mmtf-cpp/pkg-descr