diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index 6a40cec850..07335e4878 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -10024,11 +10024,11 @@ mjit_compiler.$(OBJEXT): {$(VPATH)}iseq.h
 mjit_compiler.$(OBJEXT): {$(VPATH)}method.h
 mjit_compiler.$(OBJEXT): {$(VPATH)}missing.h
 mjit_compiler.$(OBJEXT): {$(VPATH)}mjit.h
+mjit_compiler.$(OBJEXT): {$(VPATH)}mjit_c.h
 mjit_compiler.$(OBJEXT): {$(VPATH)}mjit_c.rb
 mjit_compiler.$(OBJEXT): {$(VPATH)}mjit_c.rbinc
 mjit_compiler.$(OBJEXT): {$(VPATH)}mjit_compile_attr.inc
 mjit_compiler.$(OBJEXT): {$(VPATH)}mjit_compiler.c
-mjit_compiler.$(OBJEXT): {$(VPATH)}mjit_compiler.h
 mjit_compiler.$(OBJEXT): {$(VPATH)}mjit_unit.h
 mjit_compiler.$(OBJEXT): {$(VPATH)}node.h
 mjit_compiler.$(OBJEXT): {$(VPATH)}ruby_assert.h
diff --git a/mjit_compiler.h b/mjit_c.h
similarity index 97%
rename from mjit_compiler.h
rename to mjit_c.h
index b465be00fd..01d624233a 100644
--- a/mjit_compiler.h
+++ b/mjit_c.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// This file is parsed by tool/mjit/generate.rb for MJIT's C/Ruby interop.
+// This file is parsed by tool/mjit/generate.rb to generate mjit_c.rb
 #ifndef MJIT_COMPILER_H
 #define MJIT_COMPILER_H
 
diff --git a/mjit_compiler.c b/mjit_compiler.c
index be3942a7b0..f71a9f09eb 100644
--- a/mjit_compiler.c
+++ b/mjit_compiler.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 #if USE_MJIT
 
-#include "mjit_compiler.h"
+#include "mjit_c.h"
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "internal/compile.h"
 #include "internal/hash.h"
diff --git a/tool/mjit/bindgen.rb b/tool/mjit/bindgen.rb
index 1c60262216..c9bfc470c8 100755
--- a/tool/mjit/bindgen.rb
+++ b/tool/mjit/bindgen.rb
@@ -335,8 +335,8 @@ if Dir.exist?(clangd_cache)
   system('rm', '-rf', clangd_cache, exception: true)
 end
 
-# Parse mjit_compiler.h and generate mjit_c.rb
-nodes = HeaderParser.new(File.join(src_dir, 'mjit_compiler.h'), cflags: cflags).parse
+# Parse mjit_c.h and generate mjit_c.rb
+nodes = HeaderParser.new(File.join(src_dir, 'mjit_c.h'), cflags: cflags).parse
 generator = BindingGenerator.new(
   src_path: src_path,
   uses: %w[