diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 15c0c53..d2cf382 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ struct settings defaults = {
 
 };
 
-rule_t default_rules[] = {
+struct rule default_rules[] = {
         /* name can be any unique string. It is used to identify
          * the rule in dunstrc to override it there
          */
diff --git a/src/rules.c b/src/rules.c
index 47f452e..a97b03f 100644
--- a/src/rules.c
+++ b/src/rules.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 /*
  * Apply rule to notification.
  */
-void rule_apply(rule_t *r, notification *n)
+void rule_apply(struct rule *r, notification *n)
 {
         if (r->timeout != -1)
                 n->timeout = r->timeout;
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void rule_apply(rule_t *r, notification *n)
 void rule_apply_all(notification *n)
 {
         for (GSList *iter = rules; iter; iter = iter->next) {
-                rule_t *r = iter->data;
+                struct rule *r = iter->data;
                 if (rule_matches_notification(r, n)) {
                         rule_apply(r, n);
                 }
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void rule_apply_all(notification *n)
 /*
  * Initialize rule with default values.
  */
-void rule_init(rule_t *r)
+void rule_init(struct rule *r)
 {
         r->name = NULL;
         r->appname = NULL;
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ void rule_init(rule_t *r)
 /*
  * Check whether rule should be applied to n.
  */
-bool rule_matches_notification(rule_t *r, notification *n)
+bool rule_matches_notification(struct rule *r, notification *n)
 {
         return   ( (!r->appname  || (n->appname  && !fnmatch(r->appname,  n->appname, 0)))
                 && (!r->summary  || (n->summary  && !fnmatch(r->summary,  n->summary, 0)))
diff --git a/src/rules.h b/src/rules.h
index 0e22eb8..e2a26a6 100644
--- a/src/rules.h
+++ b/src/rules.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "notification.h"
 #include "settings.h"
 
-typedef struct _rule_t {
+struct rule {
         char *name;
         /* filters */
         char *appname;
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ typedef struct _rule_t {
         const char *format;
         const char *script;
         enum behavior_fullscreen fullscreen;
-} rule_t;
+};
 
 extern GSList *rules;
 
-void rule_init(rule_t *r);
-void rule_apply(rule_t *r, notification *n);
+void rule_init(struct rule *r);
+void rule_apply(struct rule *r, notification *n);
 void rule_apply_all(notification *n);
-bool rule_matches_notification(rule_t *r, notification *n);
+bool rule_matches_notification(struct rule *r, notification *n);
 
 #endif
 /* vim: set tabstop=8 shiftwidth=8 expandtab textwidth=0: */
diff --git a/src/settings.c b/src/settings.c
index d6e5834..a2c38f4 100644
--- a/src/settings.c
+++ b/src/settings.c
@@ -727,16 +727,16 @@ void load_settings(char *cmdline_config_path)
                         continue;
 
                 /* check for existing rule with same name */
-                rule_t *r = NULL;
+                struct rule *r = NULL;
                 for (GSList *iter = rules; iter; iter = iter->next) {
-                        rule_t *match = iter->data;
+                        struct rule *match = iter->data;
                         if (match->name &&
                             strcmp(match->name, cur_section) == 0)
                                 r = match;
                 }
 
                 if (!r) {
-                        r = g_malloc(sizeof(rule_t));
+                        r = g_malloc(sizeof(struct rule));
                         rule_init(r);
                         rules = g_slist_insert(rules, r, -1);
                 }