diff --git a/make/module.mk b/make/recurse.mk
similarity index 95%
rename from make/module.mk
rename to make/recurse.mk
index 9e82ef3b..08a12896 100644
--- a/make/module.mk
+++ b/make/recurse.mk
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ MODULES :=
 $(info including $(INCMODULES))
 include $(addsuffix /rules.mk,$(INCMODULES))
 
-include make/module.mk
+include make/recurse.mk
 
 endif
 
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 83f77951..acf9fb62 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ include app/rules.mk
 
 # recursively include any modules in the MODULE variable, leaving a trail of included
 # modules in the ALLMODULES list
-include make/module.mk
+include make/recurse.mk
 
 # any extra top level build dependencies that someone declared
 all:: $(EXTRA_BUILDDEPS)