diff --git a/src/bootstrap/compile.rs b/src/bootstrap/compile.rs
index 1248c2b50be5e..163493a443d8e 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/compile.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/compile.rs
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ impl Step for Assemble {
 
         // Link the compiler binary itself into place
         let out_dir = builder.cargo_out(build_compiler, Mode::Librustc, host);
-        let rustc = out_dir.join(exe("rustc", &*host));
+        let rustc = out_dir.join(exe("rustc_binary", &*host));
         let bindir = sysroot.join("bin");
         t!(fs::create_dir_all(&bindir));
         let compiler = builder.rustc(target_compiler);
diff --git a/src/rustc/Cargo.toml b/src/rustc/Cargo.toml
index 9986e0b512a34..9ccd37a6a4592 100644
--- a/src/rustc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/rustc/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ name = "rustc-main"
 version = "0.0.0"
 
 [[bin]]
-name = "rustc"
+name = "rustc_binary"
 path = "rustc.rs"
 
 [dependencies]