diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 69d61c4feb..639921d505 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -521,9 +521,9 @@ libnm_core_lib_c_real = \
 
 if WITH_JANSSON
 libnm_core_lib_h_priv += \
-	libnm-core/nm-jansson.h
+	libnm-core/nm-json.h
 libnm_core_lib_c_real += \
-	libnm-core/nm-jansson.c
+	libnm-core/nm-json.c
 endif
 
 libnm_core_lib_c_mkenums = \
diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-jansson.c b/libnm-core/nm-json.c
similarity index 99%
rename from libnm-core/nm-jansson.c
rename to libnm-core/nm-json.c
index 0f7bd32135..1f7d4398ac 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-jansson.c
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-json.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include "nm-default.h"
 
 #define NM_JAONSSON_C
-#include "nm-jansson.h"
+#include "nm-json.h"
 
 void *_nm_jansson_json_object_iter_value;
 void *_nm_jansson_json_object_key_to_iter;
diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-jansson.h b/libnm-core/nm-json.h
similarity index 100%
rename from libnm-core/nm-jansson.h
rename to libnm-core/nm-json.h
diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-utils.c b/libnm-core/nm-utils.c
index 8d7bf08f9a..ebbbfd3a46 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-utils.c
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-utils.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include <linux/pkt_sched.h>
 
 #if WITH_JANSSON
-#include "nm-jansson.h"
+#include "nm-json.h"
 #include <jansson.h>
 #endif