diff --git a/cursor/Makefile.am b/cursor/Makefile.am
index 39875464..61029b50 100644
--- a/cursor/Makefile.am
+++ b/cursor/Makefile.am
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ libwayland_cursor_la_SOURCES =			\
 	wayland-cursor.c			\
 	os-compatibility.c			\
 	os-compatibility.h			\
+	cursor-data.h				\
 	xcursor.c				\
 	xcursor.h
 libwayland_cursor_la_LIBADD = $(top_builddir)/src/libwayland-client.la
diff --git a/cursor/convert_font.c b/cursor/convert_font.c
index f2971252..de1b8ad5 100644
--- a/cursor/convert_font.c
+++ b/cursor/convert_font.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ static void
 write_output_file(struct reconstructed_glyph *glyphs, int n)
 {
 	int i, j, counter, size;
-	FILE *file = fopen("cursor_data.c", "w");
+	FILE *file = fopen("cursor-data.h", "w");
 	uint32_t *data;
 
 	fprintf(file, "%s\n", cursor_licence);
diff --git a/cursor/cursor_data.c b/cursor/cursor-data.h
similarity index 100%
rename from cursor/cursor_data.c
rename to cursor/cursor-data.h
diff --git a/cursor/wayland-cursor.c b/cursor/wayland-cursor.c
index 33fed04b..0d1fec76 100644
--- a/cursor/wayland-cursor.c
+++ b/cursor/wayland-cursor.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ wl_cursor_destroy(struct wl_cursor *cursor)
 	free(cursor);
 }
 
-#include "cursor_data.c"
+#include "cursor-data.h"
 
 static struct wl_cursor *
 wl_cursor_create_from_data(struct cursor_metadata *metadata,