diff --git a/Makefile.inc.in b/Makefile.inc.in
index 154169d2b..e58aec51b 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc.in
+++ b/Makefile.inc.in
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ RANLIB = @RANLIB@
 OPTS = @DEFS@
 LIBRPMRC_FILENAME=$(libdir)/rpmrc
 LIBRPMALIAS_FILENAME=$(libdir)/rpmpopt
-NLSDIR=$(prefix)/share/locale
-NLSPACKAGE=rpm
+RPMNLSDIR=$(prefix)/share/locale
+RPMNLSPACKAGE=rpm
 CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@ @INCPATH@ $(WARNINGS) $(OPTS) -I$(topdir) \
 	-I$(topdir)/lib -I$(topdir)/misc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes \
 	-DLIBRPMRC_FILENAME="\"$(LIBRPMRC_FILENAME)"\" \
diff --git a/rpm.c b/rpm.c
index 2c627fc45..aa7c63014 100755
--- a/rpm.c
+++ b/rpm.c
@@ -500,8 +500,8 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     /* set up the correct locale */
     setlocale(LC_ALL, "" );
 
-    bindtextdomain(NLSPACKAGE, NLSDIR);
-    textdomain(NLSPACKAGE);
+    bindtextdomain(RPMNLSPACKAGE, RPMNLSDIR);
+    textdomain(RPMNLSPACKAGE);
 
     /* Make a first pass through the arguments, looking for --rcfile */
     /* as well as --arch and --os.  We need to handle that before    */