diff --git a/git_version.c b/git_version.c
index 12835695e4..3d7a62109e 100644
--- a/git_version.c
+++ b/git_version.c
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@
 #include "git_version.h"
 #define STR_(x) #x
 #define STR(x) STR_(x)
-const char rarch_git_version[] = STR(GIT_VERSION);
+const char retroarch_git_version[] = STR(GIT_VERSION);
 
diff --git a/git_version.h b/git_version.h
index 843d5d1f1c..2217898ee7 100644
--- a/git_version.h
+++ b/git_version.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 /* Put this in a separate file so we don't have to rebuilt 
  * retroarch.c every single build. */
-extern const char rarch_git_version[];
+extern const char retroarch_git_version[];
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/menu/menu_displaylist.c b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
index eb902a4c99..66fdcd1c7f 100644
--- a/menu/menu_displaylist.c
+++ b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ static int menu_displaylist_parse_system_info(menu_displaylist_info_t *info)
    strlcpy(tmp, menu_hash_to_str(MENU_LABEL_VALUE_SYSTEM_INFO_GIT_VERSION),
          sizeof(tmp));
    strlcat(tmp, ": ", sizeof(tmp));
-   strlcat(tmp, rarch_git_version, sizeof(tmp));
+   strlcat(tmp, retroarch_git_version, sizeof(tmp));
    menu_entries_add(info->list, tmp, "",
          MENU_SETTINGS_CORE_INFO_NONE, 0, 0);
 #endif
diff --git a/retroarch.c b/retroarch.c
index aedcb24b83..b62edb6f54 100644
--- a/retroarch.c
+++ b/retroarch.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static void retroarch_print_version(void)
    fprintf(stderr, "%s: Frontend for libretro -- v%s",
          msg_hash_to_str(MSG_PROGRAM), PACKAGE_VERSION);
 #ifdef HAVE_GIT_VERSION
-   printf(" -- %s --\n", rarch_git_version);
+   printf(" -- %s --\n", retroarch_git_version);
 #endif
    retroarch_get_capabilities(RARCH_CAPABILITIES_COMPILER, str, sizeof(str));
    fprintf(stdout, "%s", str);
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ static int retroarch_main_init(int argc, char *argv[])
       fprintf(stderr, "Built: %s\n", __DATE__);
       RARCH_LOG_OUTPUT("Version: %s\n", PACKAGE_VERSION);
 #ifdef HAVE_GIT_VERSION
-      RARCH_LOG_OUTPUT("Git: %s\n", rarch_git_version);
+      RARCH_LOG_OUTPUT("Git: %s\n", retroarch_git_version);
 #endif
       RARCH_LOG_OUTPUT("=================================================\n");
    }