diff --git a/src/encoding/Makefile b/src/encoding/Makefile
index d42664474..ca19aae1f 100644
--- a/src/encoding/Makefile
+++ b/src/encoding/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ include $(top_builddir)/Makefile.config
 
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_BROTLI)	+= brotli.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_BZIP2)	+= bzip2.o
-OBJS-$(CONFIG_GZIP)	+= deflate.o
+OBJS-$(CONFIG_GZIP)	+= gzip.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_LZMA)	+= lzma.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_ZSTD)	+= zstd.o
 
diff --git a/src/encoding/encoding.c b/src/encoding/encoding.c
index 103de8a3d..62f5b2ec1 100644
--- a/src/encoding/encoding.c
+++ b/src/encoding/encoding.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static const struct decoding_backend dummy_decoding_backend = {
 
 #include "encoding/brotli.h"
 #include "encoding/bzip2.h"
-#include "encoding/deflate.h"
+#include "encoding/gzip.h"
 #include "encoding/lzma.h"
 #include "encoding/zstd.h"
 
diff --git a/src/encoding/deflate.c b/src/encoding/gzip.c
similarity index 99%
rename from src/encoding/deflate.c
rename to src/encoding/gzip.c
index 0e0fabad5..bee758c79 100644
--- a/src/encoding/deflate.c
+++ b/src/encoding/gzip.c
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 
 #include "elinks.h"
 
-#include "encoding/deflate.h"
 #include "encoding/encoding.h"
+#include "encoding/gzip.h"
 #include "util/memory.h"
 
 /* How many bytes of compressed data to read before decompressing. */
diff --git a/src/encoding/deflate.h b/src/encoding/gzip.h
similarity index 85%
rename from src/encoding/deflate.h
rename to src/encoding/gzip.h
index b3b60b891..1a25cbc27 100644
--- a/src/encoding/deflate.h
+++ b/src/encoding/gzip.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#ifndef EL__ENCODING_DEFLATE_H
-#define EL__ENCODING_DEFLATE_H
+#ifndef EL__ENCODING_GZIP_H
+#define EL__ENCODING_GZIP_H
 
 #include "encoding/encoding.h"
 
diff --git a/src/encoding/meson.build b/src/encoding/meson.build
index 415600f19..82cb2f75e 100644
--- a/src/encoding/meson.build
+++ b/src/encoding/meson.build
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ if conf_data.get('CONFIG_BZIP2')
 	srcs += files('bzip2.c')
 endif
 if conf_data.get('CONFIG_GZIP')
-	srcs += files('deflate.c')
+	srcs += files('gzip.c')
 endif
 if conf_data.get('CONFIG_LZMA')
 	srcs += files('lzma.c')