diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index 5babd90e70..5f2ed75600 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -118,5 +118,5 @@ src/xen/xs_internal.c
 src/xenapi/xenapi_driver.c
 src/xenapi/xenapi_utils.c
 tools/console.c
-tools/libvirt-guests.init.in
+tools/libvirt-guests.init.sh
 tools/virsh.c
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index 87cf9bd729..f008078aba 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	virt-xml-validate.in				\
 	virt-pki-validate.in				\
 	virsh.pod					\
-	libvirt-guests.init.in				\
+	libvirt-guests.init.sh				\
 	libvirt-guests.sysconf
 
 bin_SCRIPTS = virt-xml-validate virt-pki-validate
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ uninstall-init:
 
 BUILT_SOURCES += libvirt-guests.init
 
-libvirt-guests.init: libvirt-guests.init.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
+libvirt-guests.init: libvirt-guests.init.sh $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	$(AM_V_GEN)sed					\
 	    -e 's!\@PACKAGE\@!$(PACKAGE)!g'		\
 	    -e 's!\@bindir\@!$(bindir)!g'		\
diff --git a/tools/libvirt-guests.init.in b/tools/libvirt-guests.init.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/libvirt-guests.init.in
rename to tools/libvirt-guests.init.sh