diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index d70b412b..2a3573db 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ extern struct np2_file {
     const char *file;
     const char *data;
     int len;
-} test_files[];
+} np2_test_files[];
 ")
 
     # include declarations of functions that need to be implemented
diff --git a/lib/generate.sh b/lib/generate.sh
index f6a34893..e8b1bb35 100755
--- a/lib/generate.sh
+++ b/lib/generate.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ MAIN_YANG_ARRAY="${MAIN_YANG_ARRAY}    {.file = NULL, .data = NULL, .len = 0}\n}
 
 
 # generate headers from all the test files
-MAIN_YANG_ARRAY="${MAIN_YANG_ARRAY}struct np2_file test_files[] = {
+MAIN_YANG_ARRAY="${MAIN_YANG_ARRAY}struct np2_file np2_test_files[] = {
 "
 
 for FILE_PATH in ${NP2_MODULE_DIR}/../tests/modules/*; do