diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3809ece352..19b8df42d3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ define DOSUBDIR
 $(foreach V,$(SUBDIR_VARS),$(eval $(call RESET,$(V))))
 SUBDIR := $(1)/
 include $(SRC_PATH)/$(1)/Makefile
-include $(SRC_PATH)/subdir.mak
+include $(SRC_PATH)/library.mak
 endef
 
 $(foreach D,$(FFLIBS),$(eval $(call DOSUBDIR,lib$(D))))
diff --git a/subdir.mak b/library.mak
similarity index 100%
rename from subdir.mak
rename to library.mak