diff --git a/common/configopts.h b/common/configopts.h
index 025be7c2e..68d53b64c 100644
--- a/common/configopts.h
+++ b/common/configopts.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <confuse.h>
 #include "rules.h"
 
 #define AWESOME_CONFIG_FILE ".awesomerc"
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ static cfg_opt_t mouse_opts[] =
     CFG_SEC((char *) "client", mouse_generic_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
     CFG_END()
 };
-static cfg_opt_t opts[] =
+static cfg_opt_t awesome_opts[] =
 {
     CFG_SEC((char *) "screen", screen_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
     CFG_SEC((char *) "rules", rules_opts, CFGF_NONE),
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index c8663aa84..e9db2feab 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ config_check(const char *confpatharg)
     int ret;
     char *confpath;
 
-    cfg = cfg_init(opts, CFGF_NONE);
+    cfg = cfg_init(awesome_opts, CFGF_NONE);
 
     if(confpatharg)
         confpath = a_strdup(confpatharg);
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ config_parse(const char *confpatharg)
 
     globalconf.configpath = a_strdup(confpath);
 
-    cfg = cfg_init(opts, CFGF_NONE);
+    cfg = cfg_init(awesome_opts, CFGF_NONE);
 
     ret = cfg_parse(cfg, confpath);
 
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ config_parse(const char *confpatharg)
     {
         warn("using default compile-time configuration\n");
         cfg_free(cfg);
-        cfg = cfg_init(opts, CFGF_NONE);
+        cfg = cfg_init(awesome_opts, CFGF_NONE);
         cfg_parse_buf(cfg, AWESOME_DEFAULT_CONFIG);
     }