diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/proxymakefile.cpp b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/proxymakefile.cpp
index 10f4638d514..fde86b38a15 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/proxymakefile.cpp
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/proxymakefile.cpp
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ ProxyMakefile::GenerateProxyMakefileForModule ( Module& module,
 		base = module.GetBasePath ();
 		pathToTopDirectory = GetPathToTopDirectory ( module );
 	}
-	string proxyMakefile = NormalizeFilename ( base + SSEP "makefile" );
+	string proxyMakefile = NormalizeFilename ( base + SSEP "GNUmakefile" );
 	string defaultTarget = module.name;
 
 	buf = (char*) malloc ( 10*1024 );