diff --git a/daemon/client.c b/daemon/client.c
index 8fd34662c..d6bd6b3ca 100644
--- a/daemon/client.c
+++ b/daemon/client.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #include "client.h"
 #include "bencode.h"
 #include "errors.h"
-#include "ipc.h"
+#include "ipcparse.h"
 #include "misc.h"
 #include "trcompat.h"
 
diff --git a/daemon/server.c b/daemon/server.c
index d3c2f3637..5136a55b6 100644
--- a/daemon/server.c
+++ b/daemon/server.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #include "bsdtree.h"
 #include "bencode.h"
 #include "errors.h"
-#include "ipc.h"
+#include "ipcparse.h"
 #include "misc.h"
 #include "server.h"
 #include "torrents.h"
diff --git a/libtransmission/ipc.c b/libtransmission/ipcparse.c
similarity index 99%
rename from libtransmission/ipc.c
rename to libtransmission/ipcparse.c
index 496127caf..50af77eb7 100644
--- a/libtransmission/ipc.c
+++ b/libtransmission/ipcparse.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include "bsdtree.h"
-#include "ipc.h"
+#include "ipcparse.h"
 
 #include "transmission.h"
 #include "bencode.h"
diff --git a/libtransmission/ipc.h b/libtransmission/ipcparse.h
similarity index 100%
rename from libtransmission/ipc.h
rename to libtransmission/ipcparse.h
diff --git a/mk/lib.mk b/mk/lib.mk
index e112ababd..77dbed08b 100644
--- a/mk/lib.mk
+++ b/mk/lib.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ include ../mk/common.mk
 SRCS = transmission.c bencode.c net.c tracker.c peer.c inout.c \
        metainfo.c sha1.c utils.c fdlimit.c clients.c completion.c \
        platform.c ratecontrol.c choking.c natpmp.c upnp.c http.c xml.c \
-       shared.c torrent.c strlcpy.c strlcat.c ipc.c
+       shared.c torrent.c strlcpy.c strlcat.c ipcparse.c
 
 OBJS = $(SRCS:%.c=%.o)