diff --git a/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
index 690a82ee90254373da4c3120097636e33ccacd0e..066804ed9e5f3a880451e6ace2920f3bf2409df0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
@@ -817,6 +817,7 @@ (define-public sxhkd
        (uri (git-reference
              (url "https://github.com/baskerville/sxhkd")
              (commit version)))
+       (file-name (git-file-name name version))
        (sha256
         (base32 "0j7bl2l06r0arrjzpz7al9j6cwzc730knbsijp7ixzz96pq7xa2h"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)