diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0168c071ca..1e91c119e6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -121,11 +121,11 @@ sbindir = prefix / get_option('sbindir')
 sysconfdir = prefix / get_option('sysconfdir')
 
 src_id = ''
-if fs.is_file('.source-id')
-    src_id = fs.read('.source-id', encoding: 'utf-8').strip()
+if fs.is_file('srcid')
+    src_id = fs.read('srcid', encoding: 'utf-8').strip()
 elif git.found()
     src_id = run_command(git, 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD', check: true).stdout().substring(0, 7)
-    meson.add_dist_script('util' / 'meson-dist-package.sh', 'source-id', src_id)
+    meson.add_dist_script('util' / 'meson-dist-package.sh', 'srcid', src_id)
 endif
 
 ### Compiler
diff --git a/util/meson-dist-package.sh b/util/meson-dist-package.sh
index ec1d76c4df..7a60e18c75 100644
--- a/util/meson-dist-package.sh
+++ b/util/meson-dist-package.sh
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ generate_man_pages() {
 }
 
 case $1 in
-  "source-id")
-    echo $2 >$MESON_DIST_ROOT/.source-id
+  "srcid")
+    echo $2 >$MESON_DIST_ROOT/srcid
     ;;
   "manual")
     generate_man_pages $2 $3