diff --git a/build-utils/widgetgen.sh b/build-utils/widgetgen.sh
index 3ec9234a..7d51e5b4 100755
--- a/build-utils/widgetgen.sh
+++ b/build-utils/widgetgen.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ echo "{"
 for file in ${top_srcdir}/widget.h
 do
     echo "    /* $file */"
-    grep '^WidgetConstructor ' "$file" | cut -d' ' -f2 | cut -d\; -f1 | while read widget
+    grep '^widget_constructor_t ' "$file" | cut -d' ' -f2 | cut -d\; -f1 | while read widget
     do
         shortname=$(echo $widget | cut -d_ -f1)
         echo "    {\"$shortname\", $widget},"
diff --git a/widget.c b/widget.c
index 04ac9cf7..9d582ba7 100644
--- a/widget.c
+++ b/widget.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ luaA_widget_new(lua_State *L)
 {
     const char *type;
     widget_t *w;
-    WidgetConstructor *wc;
+    widget_constructor_t *wc;
     alignment_t align;
 
     luaA_checktable(L, 1);
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ luaA_widget_new(lua_State *L)
 
     type = luaA_getopt_string(L, 1, "type", NULL);
 
-    /* \todo use type to call the WidgetConstructor and set ->tell*/
+    /* \todo use type to call the widget_constructor_t and set ->tell*/
     if((wc = name_func_lookup(type, WidgetList)))
         w = wc(align);
     else
diff --git a/widget.h b/widget.h
index 92d5bc5e..fabb8b59 100644
--- a/widget.h
+++ b/widget.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #define WIDGET_CACHE_TAGS           1<<2
 #define WIDGET_CACHE_ALL            (WIDGET_CACHE_CLIENTS | WIDGET_CACHE_LAYOUTS | WIDGET_CACHE_TAGS)
 
-typedef widget_t *(WidgetConstructor)(alignment_t);
+typedef widget_t *(widget_constructor_t)(alignment_t);
 
 void widget_invalidate_cache(int, int);
 int widget_calculate_offset(int, int, int, int);
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ widget_t * widget_getbyname(const char *);
 void widget_invalidate_statusbar_bywidget(widget_t *);
 void widget_tell_managestatus(widget_t *, widget_tell_status_t, const char *);
 
-WidgetConstructor taglist_new;
-WidgetConstructor textbox_new;
-WidgetConstructor iconbox_new;
-WidgetConstructor progressbar_new;
-WidgetConstructor graph_new;
-WidgetConstructor tasklist_new;
+widget_constructor_t taglist_new;
+widget_constructor_t textbox_new;
+widget_constructor_t iconbox_new;
+widget_constructor_t progressbar_new;
+widget_constructor_t graph_new;
+widget_constructor_t tasklist_new;
 
 #endif