diff --git a/tools/Rules.mk b/tools/Rules.mk
index 8ecaf063b5..5537056d00 100644
--- a/tools/Rules.mk
+++ b/tools/Rules.mk
@@ -87,11 +87,13 @@ endif
 # $(SHLIB_libfoo)
 
 define LIB_defs =
- XEN_libxen$(1) = $$(XEN_ROOT)/tools/libs/$(1)
- CFLAGS_libxen$(1) = -I$$(XEN_libxen$(1))/include $$(CFLAGS_xeninclude)
- SHDEPS_libxen$(1) = $$(foreach use,$$(USELIBS_$(1)),$$(SHLIB_libxen$$(use)))
- LDLIBS_libxen$(1) = $$(SHDEPS_libxen$(1)) $$(XEN_libxen$(1))/libxen$(1)$$(libextension)
- SHLIB_libxen$(1) = $$(SHDEPS_libxen$(1)) -Wl,-rpath-link=$$(XEN_libxen$(1))
+ LIB_PREFIX_$(1) ?= xen
+ LIBREF_$(1) = lib$$(LIB_PREFIX_$(1))$(1)
+ XEN_$$(LIBREF_$(1)) = $$(XEN_ROOT)/tools/libs/$(1)
+ CFLAGS_$$(LIBREF_$(1)) = -I$$(XEN_$$(LIBREF_$(1)))/include $$(CFLAGS_xeninclude)
+ SHDEPS_$$(LIBREF_$(1)) = $$(foreach use,$$(USELIBS_$(1)),$$(SHLIB_$$(LIBREF_$$(use))))
+ LDLIBS_$$(LIBREF_$(1)) = $$(SHDEPS_$$(LIBREF_$(1))) $$(XEN_$$(LIBREF_$(1)))/$$(LIBREF_$(1))$$(libextension)
+ SHLIB_$$(LIBREF_$(1)) = $$(SHDEPS_$$(LIBREF_$(1))) -Wl,-rpath-link=$$(XEN_$$(LIBREF_$(1)))
 endef
 
 $(foreach lib,$(LIBS_LIBS),$(eval $(call LIB_defs,$(lib))))
diff --git a/tools/libs/libs.mk b/tools/libs/libs.mk
index 8b1ca2aa62..fca8228d25 100644
--- a/tools/libs/libs.mk
+++ b/tools/libs/libs.mk
@@ -9,23 +9,26 @@ LIBNAME := $(notdir $(CURDIR))
 MAJOR ?= $(shell $(XEN_ROOT)/version.sh $(XEN_ROOT)/xen/Makefile)
 MINOR ?= 0
 
-SHLIB_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--version-script=libxen$(LIBNAME).map
+my_lib := $(LIBREF_$(LIBNAME))
+my_name := $(LIB_PREFIX_$(LIBNAME))$(LIBNAME)
+
+SHLIB_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--version-script=$(my_lib).map
 
 CFLAGS   += -Werror -Wmissing-prototypes
 CFLAGS   += -I./include $(CFLAGS_xeninclude)
-CFLAGS   += $(foreach lib, $(USELIBS_$(LIBNAME)), $(CFLAGS_libxen$(lib)))
+CFLAGS   += $(foreach lib, $(USELIBS_$(LIBNAME)), $(CFLAGS_$(LIBREF_$(lib))))
 
-LDUSELIBS = $(foreach lib, $(USELIBS_$(LIBNAME)), $(LDLIBS_libxen$(lib)))
+LDUSELIBS = $(foreach lib, $(USELIBS_$(LIBNAME)), $(LDLIBS_$(LIBREF_$(lib))))
 
 LIB_OBJS := $(SRCS-y:.c=.o)
 PIC_OBJS := $(SRCS-y:.c=.opic)
 
-LIB := libxen$(LIBNAME).a
+LIB := $(my_lib).a
 ifneq ($(nosharedlibs),y)
-LIB += libxen$(LIBNAME).so
+LIB += $(my_lib).so
 endif
 
-PKG_CONFIG ?= xen$(LIBNAME).pc
+PKG_CONFIG ?= $(my_name).pc
 PKG_CONFIG_VERSION := $(MAJOR).$(MINOR)
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_LIBXC_MINIOS),y)
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ endif
 
 PKG_CONFIG_LOCAL := $(PKG_CONFIG_DIR)/$(PKG_CONFIG)
 
-LIBHEADER ?= xen$(LIBNAME).h
+LIBHEADER ?= $(my_name).h
 LIBHEADERS = $(foreach h, $(LIBHEADER), include/$(h))
 LIBHEADERSGLOB = $(foreach h, $(LIBHEADER), $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/include/$(h))
 
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ $(PKG_CONFIG_LOCAL): PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR = $(CURDIR)
 all: build
 
 .PHONY: build
-build: libs libxen$(LIBNAME).map
+build: libs $(my_lib).map
 
 .PHONY: libs
 libs: headers.chk $(LIB) $(PKG_CONFIG_INST) $(PKG_CONFIG_LOCAL)
@@ -67,42 +70,42 @@ endif
 
 headers.chk: $(LIBHEADERSGLOB) $(AUTOINCS)
 
-libxen$(LIBNAME).map:
+$(my_lib).map:
 	echo 'VERS_$(MAJOR).$(MINOR) { global: *; };' >$@
 
 $(LIBHEADERSGLOB): $(LIBHEADERS)
 	for i in $(realpath $(LIBHEADERS)); do ln -sf $$i $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/include; done
 
-libxen$(LIBNAME).a: $(LIB_OBJS)
+$(my_lib).a: $(LIB_OBJS)
 	$(AR) rc $@ $^
 
-libxen$(LIBNAME).so: libxen$(LIBNAME).so.$(MAJOR)
+$(my_lib).so: $(my_lib).so.$(MAJOR)
 	$(SYMLINK_SHLIB) $< $@
-libxen$(LIBNAME).so.$(MAJOR): libxen$(LIBNAME).so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR)
+$(my_lib).so.$(MAJOR): $(my_lib).so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR)
 	$(SYMLINK_SHLIB) $< $@
 
-libxen$(LIBNAME).so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR): $(PIC_OBJS) libxen$(LIBNAME).map
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(PTHREAD_LDFLAGS) -Wl,$(SONAME_LDFLAG) -Wl,libxen$(LIBNAME).so.$(MAJOR) $(SHLIB_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(PIC_OBJS) $(LDUSELIBS) $(APPEND_LDFLAGS)
+$(my_lib).so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR): $(PIC_OBJS) $(my_lib).map
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(PTHREAD_LDFLAGS) -Wl,$(SONAME_LDFLAG) -Wl,$(my_lib).so.$(MAJOR) $(SHLIB_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(PIC_OBJS) $(LDUSELIBS) $(APPEND_LDFLAGS)
 
 .PHONY: install
 install: build
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)
-	$(INSTALL_SHLIB) libxen$(LIBNAME).so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) libxen$(LIBNAME).a $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
-	$(SYMLINK_SHLIB) libxen$(LIBNAME).so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libxen$(LIBNAME).so.$(MAJOR)
-	$(SYMLINK_SHLIB) libxen$(LIBNAME).so.$(MAJOR) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libxen$(LIBNAME).so
+	$(INSTALL_SHLIB) $(my_lib).so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(my_lib).a $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
+	$(SYMLINK_SHLIB) $(my_lib).so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(my_lib).so.$(MAJOR)
+	$(SYMLINK_SHLIB) $(my_lib).so.$(MAJOR) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(my_lib).so
 	for i in $(LIBHEADERS); do $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(includedir); done
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_CONFIG) $(DESTDIR)$(PKG_INSTALLDIR)
 
 .PHONY: uninstall
 uninstall:
-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PKG_INSTALLDIR)/xen$(LIBNAME).pc
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PKG_INSTALLDIR)/$(my_name).pc
 	for i in $(LIBHEADER); do rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)/$(LIBHEADER); done
-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libxen$(LIBNAME).so
-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libxen$(LIBNAME).so.$(MAJOR)
-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libxen$(LIBNAME).so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR)
-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libxen$(LIBNAME).a
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(my_lib).so
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(my_lib).so.$(MAJOR)
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(my_lib).so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR)
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(my_lib).a
 
 .PHONY: TAGS
 TAGS:
@@ -111,7 +114,7 @@ TAGS:
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	rm -rf *.rpm $(LIB) *~ $(DEPS_RM) $(LIB_OBJS) $(PIC_OBJS)
-	rm -f libxen$(LIBNAME).so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR) libxen$(LIBNAME).so.$(MAJOR)
+	rm -f $(my_lib).so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR) $(my_lib).so.$(MAJOR)
 	rm -f headers.chk
 	rm -f $(PKG_CONFIG)
 	rm -f $(LIBHEADERSGLOB)
