diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e1ea40cb..6cd48d6c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ endif
 ############ tools ############
 tools_shared_sources = [ 'tools/shared.c',
 			 'tools/shared.h' ]
-event_debug_sources = [ 'tools/event-debug.c' ] + tools_shared_sources
+event_debug_sources = [ 'tools/libinput-debug-events.c' ] + tools_shared_sources
 executable('event-debug',
 	   event_debug_sources,
 	   dependencies : dep_libinput,
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index 79352b72..e4443ffc 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ shared_sources = \
 		 shared.c \
 		 shared.h
 
-event_debug_SOURCES = event-debug.c $(shared_sources)
+event_debug_SOURCES = libinput-debug-events.c $(shared_sources)
 event_debug_LDADD = ../src/libinput.la $(LIBUDEV_LIBS) $(LIBEVDEV_LIBS)
 event_debug_LDFLAGS = -no-install
 event_debug_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(LIBUDEV_CFLAGS) $(LIBEVDEV_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/tools/event-debug.c b/tools/libinput-debug-events.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/event-debug.c
rename to tools/libinput-debug-events.c