diff --git a/client.c b/client.c
index fc01f978..d03a5b85 100644
--- a/client.c
+++ b/client.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ client_manage(xcb_window_t w, xcb_get_geometry_reply_t *wgeom, int screen)
     bool rettrans, retloadprops;
     uint32_t config_win_val;
     Tag *tag;
-    Rule *rule;
+    rule_t *rule;
     xcb_size_hints_t *u_size_hints;
 
     c = p_new(Client, 1);
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index bb469533..0b63a350 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ config_parse(const char *confpatharg)
     cfg_t *cfg, *cfg_rules, *cfg_keys, *cfg_mouse, *cfgsectmp;
     int ret, screen, i;
     char *confpath;
-    Rule *rule = NULL;
+    rule_t *rule = NULL;
     FILE *defconfig = NULL;
 
     if(confpatharg)
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ config_parse(const char *confpatharg)
     rule_list_init(&globalconf.rules);
     for(i = cfg_size(cfg_rules, "rule") - 1; i >= 0; i--)
     {
-        rule = p_new(Rule, 1);
+        rule = p_new(rule_t, 1);
         cfgsectmp = cfg_getnsec(cfg_rules, "rule", i);
         rule->prop_r = rules_compile_regex(cfg_getstr(cfgsectmp, "name"));
         rule->tags_r = rules_compile_regex(cfg_getstr(cfgsectmp, "tags"));
diff --git a/rules.c b/rules.c
index ef783a46..9f087611 100644
--- a/rules.c
+++ b/rules.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ rules_compile_regex(char *val)
 }
 
 bool
-tag_match_rule(Tag *t, Rule *r)
+tag_match_rule(Tag *t, rule_t *r)
 {
     regmatch_t tmp;
 
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ tag_match_rule(Tag *t, Rule *r)
     return false;
 }
 
-Rule *
+rule_t *
 rule_matching_client(Client *c)
 {
-    Rule *r;
+    rule_t *r;
     char *prop = NULL, buf[512];
     regmatch_t tmp;
     ssize_t len;
diff --git a/rules.h b/rules.h
index d6f1c284..f1fcaaff 100644
--- a/rules.h
+++ b/rules.h
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
 #define RULE_NOSCREEN        -1
 
 regex_t * rules_compile_regex(char *);
-bool tag_match_rule(Tag *, Rule *);
-Rule * rule_matching_client(Client *);
+bool tag_match_rule(Tag *, rule_t *);
+rule_t * rule_matching_client(Client *);
 
-DO_SLIST(Rule, rule, p_delete)
+DO_SLIST(rule_t, rule, p_delete)
 
 #endif
 // vim: filetype=c:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:encoding=utf-8:textwidth=80
diff --git a/structs.h b/structs.h
index da4dbd60..a1a02661 100644
--- a/structs.h
+++ b/structs.h
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ typedef struct
 } titlebar_t;
 
 /** Rule type */
-typedef struct Rule Rule;
-struct Rule
+typedef struct rule_t rule_t;
+struct rule_t
 {
     char *icon;
     char *xprop;
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ struct Rule
     regex_t *tags_r;
     regex_t *xpropval_r;
     /** Next and previous rules */
-    Rule *prev, *next;
+    rule_t *prev, *next;
 };
 
 /** Key bindings */
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ struct AwesomeConf
     /** Screens info */
     ScreensInfo *screens_info;
     /** Rules list */
-    Rule *rules;
+    rule_t *rules;
     /** Keys bindings list */
     Key *keys;
     /** Mouse bindings list */
diff --git a/tag.c b/tag.c
index a7a5cad8..f6302a8e 100644
--- a/tag.c
+++ b/tag.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ tag_client_with_current_selected(Client *c)
  * \param r the rule
  */
 void
-tag_client_with_rule(Client *c, Rule *r)
+tag_client_with_rule(Client *c, rule_t *r)
 {
     Tag *tag;
     bool matched = false;
diff --git a/tag.h b/tag.h
index fc65f7a0..c1d457ed 100644
--- a/tag.h
+++ b/tag.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Tag ** tags_get_current(int);
 void tag_client(Client *, Tag *);
 void untag_client(Client *, Tag *);
 bool is_client_tagged(Client *, Tag *);
-void tag_client_with_rule(Client *, Rule *r);
+void tag_client_with_rule(Client *, rule_t *r);
 void tag_client_with_current_selected(Client *);
 void tag_view_only_byindex(int, int);
 void tag_append_to_screen(Tag *, int);
diff --git a/widgets/focusicon.c b/widgets/focusicon.c
index 71860cc7..5848fb8c 100644
--- a/widgets/focusicon.c
+++ b/widgets/focusicon.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ focusicon_draw(Widget *widget, DrawCtx *ctx, int offset,
                     int used __attribute__ ((unused)))
 {
     area_t area;
-    Rule* r;
+    rule_t *r;
     Client *sel = focus_get_current_client(widget->statusbar->screen);
     NetWMIcon *icon;
 
diff --git a/widgets/tasklist.c b/widgets/tasklist.c
index 42d090e7..a482ddad 100644
--- a/widgets/tasklist.c
+++ b/widgets/tasklist.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ tasklist_draw(Widget *widget, DrawCtx *ctx, int offset, int used)
 {
     Client *c;
     Data *d = widget->data;
-    Rule *r;
+    rule_t *r;
     area_t area;
     style_t style;
     int n = 0, i = 0, box_width = 0, icon_width = 0, box_width_rest = 0;