diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 426acd357..818d93bdb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ README.txt: README.md
 youtube-dl.1: README.md
 	pandoc -s -f markdown -t man README.md -o youtube-dl.1
 
-youtube-dl.bash-completion: youtube_dl/*.py devscripts/bash-completion.template
+youtube-dl.bash-completion: youtube_dl/*.py devscripts/bash-completion.in
 	python devscripts/bash-completion.py
 
 youtube-dl.tar.gz: all
diff --git a/devscripts/bash-completion.template b/devscripts/bash-completion.in
similarity index 100%
rename from devscripts/bash-completion.template
rename to devscripts/bash-completion.in
diff --git a/devscripts/bash-completion.py b/devscripts/bash-completion.py
index 880db7886..49287724d 100644
--- a/devscripts/bash-completion.py
+++ b/devscripts/bash-completion.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ sys.path.append(dirn(dirn((os.path.abspath(__file__)))))
 import youtube_dl
 
 BASH_COMPLETION_FILE = "youtube-dl.bash-completion"
-BASH_COMPLETION_TEMPLATE = "devscripts/bash-completion.template"
+BASH_COMPLETION_TEMPLATE = "devscripts/bash-completion.in"
 
 def build_completion(opt_parser):
     opts_flag = []