diff --git a/.gitlint b/.gitlint
index 14ea524644..e419392d9a 100644
--- a/.gitlint
+++ b/.gitlint
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [general]
 ignore=title-trailing-punctuation, body-min-length, body-is-missing
 
-extra-path=tools/lib/gitlint-rules.py
+extra-path=tools/lib/gitlint_rules.py
 
 [title-match-regex]
 regex=^(.+:\ )?[A-Z].+\.$
diff --git a/tools/lib/gitlint-rules.py b/tools/lib/gitlint_rules.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/lib/gitlint-rules.py
rename to tools/lib/gitlint_rules.py