diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb1/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb1/default.nix
index dfb8f1c54a1..3833e5bffa1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb1/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb1/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ let
   version = "1.0.17";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libusb-${version}";
+  name = "libusbx-${version}"; # it's a fork of original libusb1; should be mostly compatible
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/libusbx/libusbx-${version}.tar.bz2";