diff --git a/plug-ins/file-dds/Makefile.am b/plug-ins/file-dds/Makefile.am
index 9c4aa8fb3a..b62d822fbc 100644
--- a/plug-ins/file-dds/Makefile.am
+++ b/plug-ins/file-dds/Makefile.am
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ file_dds_SOURCES = \
 	dxt.c			\
 	dxt.h			\
 	dxt_tables.h	\
-	endian.h		\
+	endian_rw.h		\
 	imath.h			\
 	mipmap.c		\
 	mipmap.h		\
diff --git a/plug-ins/file-dds/ddsread.c b/plug-ins/file-dds/ddsread.c
index d263897d9c..d63640b18b 100644
--- a/plug-ins/file-dds/ddsread.c
+++ b/plug-ins/file-dds/ddsread.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 #include "ddsplugin.h"
 #include "dds.h"
 #include "dxt.h"
-#include "endian.h"
+#include "endian_rw.h"
 #include "misc.h"
 #include "imath.h"
 
diff --git a/plug-ins/file-dds/ddswrite.c b/plug-ins/file-dds/ddswrite.c
index b19b3c6cc5..58733904e1 100644
--- a/plug-ins/file-dds/ddswrite.c
+++ b/plug-ins/file-dds/ddswrite.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #include "dds.h"
 #include "dxt.h"
 #include "mipmap.h"
-#include "endian.h"
+#include "endian_rw.h"
 #include "imath.h"
 #include "color.h"
 
diff --git a/plug-ins/file-dds/dxt.c b/plug-ins/file-dds/dxt.c
index 8ebbe98123..cbd542685e 100644
--- a/plug-ins/file-dds/dxt.c
+++ b/plug-ins/file-dds/dxt.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 #include "dds.h"
 #include "dxt.h"
-#include "endian.h"
+#include "endian_rw.h"
 #include "mipmap.h"
 #include "imath.h"
 #include "vec.h"
diff --git a/plug-ins/file-dds/endian.h b/plug-ins/file-dds/endian_rw.h
similarity index 95%
rename from plug-ins/file-dds/endian.h
rename to plug-ins/file-dds/endian_rw.h
index 53d32f2dc5..97d1f60c81 100644
--- a/plug-ins/file-dds/endian.h
+++ b/plug-ins/file-dds/endian_rw.h
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 	Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */
 
-#ifndef ENDIAN_H
-#define ENDIAN_H
+#ifndef ENDIAN_RW_H
+#define ENDIAN_RW_H
 
 #define GETL64(buf) \
    (((unsigned long long)(buf)[0]      ) | \