diff --git a/libguile/objcodes.c b/libguile/objcodes.c
index 14ed564df..52ba7b809 100644
--- a/libguile/objcodes.c
+++ b/libguile/objcodes.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 #define DT_GUILE_GC_ROOT_SZ 0x37146001  /* Size in machine words of GC
                                            roots */
 #define DT_GUILE_ENTRY      0x37146002  /* Address of entry thunk */
-#define DT_GUILE_RTL_VERSION 0x37146003 /* Bytecode version */
+#define DT_GUILE_VM_VERSION 0x37146003  /* Bytecode version */
 #define DT_HIGUILE          0x37146fff  /* End of Guile-specific */
 
 #ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
@@ -280,9 +280,9 @@ process_dynamic_segment (char *base, Elf_Phdr *dyn_phdr,
             return "duplicate DT_GUILE_ENTRY";
           entry = base + dyn[i].d_un.d_val;
           break;
-        case DT_GUILE_RTL_VERSION:
+        case DT_GUILE_VM_VERSION:
           if (bytecode_kind != BYTECODE_KIND_NONE)
-            return "duplicate DT_GUILE_RTL_VERSION";
+            return "duplicate DT_GUILE_VM_VERSION";
           {
             scm_t_uint16 major = dyn[i].d_un.d_val >> 16;
             scm_t_uint16 minor = dyn[i].d_un.d_val & 0xffff;
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ process_dynamic_segment (char *base, Elf_Phdr *dyn_phdr,
       break;
     case BYTECODE_KIND_NONE:
     default:
-      return "missing DT_GUILE_RTL_VERSION";
+      return "missing DT_GUILE_VM_VERSION";
     }
 
   if (gc_root)
diff --git a/module/system/vm/assembler.scm b/module/system/vm/assembler.scm
index fd99179d4..7c1d58982 100644
--- a/module/system/vm/assembler.scm
+++ b/module/system/vm/assembler.scm
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ it will be added to the GC roots at runtime."
                                                     (* i word-size) 0 label)
                                  relocs))
               (%set-uword! bv (* i word-size) 0 endianness))))
-      (set-uword! 0 DT_GUILE_RTL_VERSION)
+      (set-uword! 0 DT_GUILE_VM_VERSION)
       (set-uword! 1 (logior (ash *bytecode-major-version* 16)
                             *bytecode-minor-version*))
       (set-uword! 2 DT_GUILE_ENTRY)
diff --git a/module/system/vm/elf.scm b/module/system/vm/elf.scm
index 516745913..2fe99bada 100644
--- a/module/system/vm/elf.scm
+++ b/module/system/vm/elf.scm
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
             DT_FINI_ARRAYSZ DT_RUNPATH DT_FLAGS DT_ENCODING
             DT_PREINIT_ARRAY DT_PREINIT_ARRAYSZ DT_NUM DT_LOGUILE
             DT_GUILE_GC_ROOT DT_GUILE_GC_ROOT_SZ DT_GUILE_ENTRY
-            DT_GUILE_RTL_VERSION DT_HIGUILE DT_LOOS DT_HIOS DT_LOPROC
+            DT_GUILE_VM_VERSION DT_HIGUILE DT_LOOS DT_HIOS DT_LOPROC
             DT_HIPROC
 
             string-table-ref
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@
 (define DT_GUILE_GC_ROOT    #x37146000) ; Offset of GC roots
 (define DT_GUILE_GC_ROOT_SZ #x37146001) ; Size in machine words of GC roots
 (define DT_GUILE_ENTRY      #x37146002) ; Address of entry thunk
-(define DT_GUILE_RTL_VERSION #x37146003); Bytecode version
+(define DT_GUILE_VM_VERSION #x37146003) ; Bytecode version
 (define DT_HIGUILE      #x37146fff)     ; End of Guile-specific
 (define DT_LOOS		#x6000000d)	; Start of OS-specific
 (define DT_HIOS		#x6ffff000)	; End of OS-specific