diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/actions.cc b/gtk2_ardour/actions.cc
index b8bf6bd461..8827bc40ce 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/actions.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/actions.cc
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ ActionManager::init ()
 	ui_manager = UIManager::create ();
 
 	try {
-		ui_manager->add_ui_from_file (ARDOUR::find_config_file("ardour-menus.xml"));
+		ui_manager->add_ui_from_file (ARDOUR::find_config_file("ardour.menus"));
 	} catch (Glib::MarkupError& err) {
 		error << "badly formatted UI definition file" << endmsg;
 	} catch (...) {
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour-menus.xml b/gtk2_ardour/ardour.menus
similarity index 100%
rename from gtk2_ardour/ardour-menus.xml
rename to gtk2_ardour/ardour.menus