diff --git a/src/dunst.c b/src/dunst.c
index 80a1400..0a2b495 100644
--- a/src/dunst.c
+++ b/src/dunst.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ int dunst_main(int argc, char *argv[])
                 n->progress = -1;
                 n->timeout = 10 * G_USEC_PER_SEC;
                 n->markup = MARKUP_NO;
-                n->urgency = LOW;
+                n->urgency = URG_LOW;
                 notification_init(n);
                 queues_notification_insert(n, 0);
                 // we do not call wakeup now, wake_up does not work here yet
diff --git a/src/notification.c b/src/notification.c
index eae26a1..8c046c1 100644
--- a/src/notification.c
+++ b/src/notification.c
@@ -113,13 +113,13 @@ void notification_run_script(notification *n)
 const char *notification_urgency_to_string(enum urgency urgency)
 {
         switch (urgency) {
-        case NONE:
+        case URG_NONE:
                 return "NONE";
-        case LOW:
+        case URG_LOW:
                 return "LOW";
-        case NORM:
+        case URG_NORM:
                 return "NORMAL";
-        case CRIT:
+        case URG_CRIT:
                 return "CRITICAL";
         default:
                 return "UNDEF";
@@ -437,8 +437,8 @@ void notification_init(notification *n)
 
         n->dup_count = 0;
 
-        /* urgency > CRIT -> array out of range */
-        n->urgency = n->urgency > CRIT ? CRIT : n->urgency;
+        /* urgency > URG_CRIT -> array out of range */
+        n->urgency = n->urgency > URG_CRIT ? URG_CRIT : n->urgency;
 
         if (!n->color_strings[ColFG]) {
                 n->color_strings[ColFG] = xctx.color_strings[ColFG][n->urgency];
diff --git a/src/notification.h b/src/notification.h
index 5c507b2..df574ac 100644
--- a/src/notification.h
+++ b/src/notification.h
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 #define DUNST_NOTIF_MAX_CHARS 5000
 
 enum urgency {
-        NONE = -1,
-        LOW = 0,
-        NORM = 1,
-        CRIT = 2,
+        URG_NONE = -1,
+        URG_LOW = 0,
+        URG_NORM = 1,
+        URG_CRIT = 2,
 };
 
 typedef struct _raw_image {
diff --git a/src/rules.c b/src/rules.c
index d23c7a0..086c627 100644
--- a/src/rules.c
+++ b/src/rules.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ void rule_apply(rule_t *r, notification *n)
 {
         if (r->timeout != -1)
                 n->timeout = r->timeout;
-        if (r->urgency != NONE)
+        if (r->urgency != URG_NONE)
                 n->urgency = r->urgency;
         if (r->history_ignore != -1)
                 n->history_ignore = r->history_ignore;
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ void rule_init(rule_t *r)
         r->body = NULL;
         r->icon = NULL;
         r->category = NULL;
-        r->msg_urgency = NONE;
+        r->msg_urgency = URG_NONE;
         r->timeout = -1;
-        r->urgency = NONE;
+        r->urgency = URG_NONE;
         r->markup = MARKUP_NULL;
         r->new_icon = NULL;
         r->history_ignore = false;
@@ -86,6 +86,6 @@ bool rule_matches_notification(rule_t *r, notification *n)
                 && (!r->icon || !fnmatch(r->icon, n->icon, 0))
                 && (!r->category || !fnmatch(r->category, n->category, 0))
                 && (r->match_transient == -1 || (r->match_transient == n->transient))
-                && (r->msg_urgency == NONE || r->msg_urgency == n->urgency));
+                && (r->msg_urgency == URG_NONE || r->msg_urgency == n->urgency));
 }
 /* vim: set tabstop=8 shiftwidth=8 expandtab textwidth=0: */
diff --git a/src/settings.c b/src/settings.c
index 350a0d1..0d4a569 100644
--- a/src/settings.c
+++ b/src/settings.c
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ static enum urgency ini_get_urgency(const char *section, const char *key, const
 
         if (strlen(urg) > 0) {
                 if (strcmp(urg, "low") == 0)
-                        ret = LOW;
+                        ret = URG_LOW;
                 else if (strcmp(urg, "normal") == 0)
-                        ret = NORM;
+                        ret = URG_NORM;
                 else if (strcmp(urg, "critical") == 0)
-                        ret = CRIT;
+                        ret = URG_CRIT;
                 else
                         fprintf(stderr,
                                 "unknown urgency: %s, ignoring\n",
@@ -492,15 +492,15 @@ void load_settings(char *cmdline_config_path)
                 "Frame color for notifications with low urgency"
         );
 
-        settings.timeouts[LOW] = option_get_time(
+        settings.timeouts[URG_LOW] = option_get_time(
                 "urgency_low",
-                "timeout", "-lto", defaults.timeouts[LOW],
+                "timeout", "-lto", defaults.timeouts[URG_LOW],
                 "Timeout for notifications with low urgency"
         );
 
-        settings.icons[LOW] = option_get_string(
+        settings.icons[URG_LOW] = option_get_string(
                 "urgency_low",
-                "icon", "-li", defaults.icons[LOW],
+                "icon", "-li", defaults.icons[URG_LOW],
                 "Icon for notifications with low urgency"
         );
 
@@ -522,15 +522,15 @@ void load_settings(char *cmdline_config_path)
                 "Frame color for notifications with normal urgency"
         );
 
-        settings.timeouts[NORM] = option_get_time(
+        settings.timeouts[URG_NORM] = option_get_time(
                 "urgency_normal",
-                "timeout", "-nto", defaults.timeouts[NORM],
+                "timeout", "-nto", defaults.timeouts[URG_NORM],
                 "Timeout for notifications with normal urgency"
         );
 
-        settings.icons[NORM] = option_get_string(
+        settings.icons[URG_NORM] = option_get_string(
                 "urgency_normal",
-                "icon", "-ni", defaults.icons[NORM],
+                "icon", "-ni", defaults.icons[URG_NORM],
                 "Icon for notifications with normal urgency"
         );
 
@@ -552,15 +552,15 @@ void load_settings(char *cmdline_config_path)
                 "Frame color for notifications with critical urgency"
         );
 
-        settings.timeouts[CRIT] = option_get_time(
+        settings.timeouts[URG_CRIT] = option_get_time(
                 "urgency_critical",
-                "timeout", "-cto", defaults.timeouts[CRIT],
+                "timeout", "-cto", defaults.timeouts[URG_CRIT],
                 "Timeout for notifications with critical urgency"
         );
 
-        settings.icons[CRIT] = option_get_string(
+        settings.icons[URG_CRIT] = option_get_string(
                 "urgency_critical",
-                "icon", "-ci", defaults.icons[CRIT],
+                "icon", "-ci", defaults.icons[URG_CRIT],
                 "Icon for notifications with critical urgency"
         );
 
diff --git a/src/x11/x.c b/src/x11/x.c
index 0710b67..aaa4eda 100644
--- a/src/x11/x.c
+++ b/src/x11/x.c
@@ -980,26 +980,26 @@ void x_setup(void)
         x_shortcut_grab(&settings.context_ks);
         x_shortcut_ungrab(&settings.context_ks);
 
-        xctx.color_strings[ColFG][LOW] = settings.lowfgcolor;
-        xctx.color_strings[ColFG][NORM] = settings.normfgcolor;
-        xctx.color_strings[ColFG][CRIT] = settings.critfgcolor;
+        xctx.color_strings[ColFG][URG_LOW] = settings.lowfgcolor;
+        xctx.color_strings[ColFG][URG_NORM] = settings.normfgcolor;
+        xctx.color_strings[ColFG][URG_CRIT] = settings.critfgcolor;
 
-        xctx.color_strings[ColBG][LOW] = settings.lowbgcolor;
-        xctx.color_strings[ColBG][NORM] = settings.normbgcolor;
-        xctx.color_strings[ColBG][CRIT] = settings.critbgcolor;
+        xctx.color_strings[ColBG][URG_LOW] = settings.lowbgcolor;
+        xctx.color_strings[ColBG][URG_NORM] = settings.normbgcolor;
+        xctx.color_strings[ColBG][URG_CRIT] = settings.critbgcolor;
 
         if (settings.lowframecolor)
-                xctx.color_strings[ColFrame][LOW] = settings.lowframecolor;
+                xctx.color_strings[ColFrame][URG_LOW] = settings.lowframecolor;
         else
-                xctx.color_strings[ColFrame][LOW] = settings.frame_color;
+                xctx.color_strings[ColFrame][URG_LOW] = settings.frame_color;
         if (settings.normframecolor)
-                xctx.color_strings[ColFrame][NORM] = settings.normframecolor;
+                xctx.color_strings[ColFrame][URG_NORM] = settings.normframecolor;
         else
-                xctx.color_strings[ColFrame][NORM] = settings.frame_color;
+                xctx.color_strings[ColFrame][URG_NORM] = settings.frame_color;
         if (settings.critframecolor)
-                xctx.color_strings[ColFrame][CRIT] = settings.critframecolor;
+                xctx.color_strings[ColFrame][URG_CRIT] = settings.critframecolor;
         else
-                xctx.color_strings[ColFrame][CRIT] = settings.frame_color;
+                xctx.color_strings[ColFrame][URG_CRIT] = settings.frame_color;
 
         /* parse and set xctx.geometry and monitor position */
         if (settings.geom[0] == '-') {
diff --git a/test/notification.c b/test/notification.c
index e5812dd..c4e3494 100644
--- a/test/notification.c
+++ b/test/notification.c
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ TEST test_notification_is_duplicate(void *notifications)
 
         ASSERT(notification_is_duplicate(a, b));
 
-        b->urgency = LOW;
+        b->urgency = URG_LOW;
         ASSERT_FALSE(notification_is_duplicate(a, b));
-        b->urgency = NORM;
+        b->urgency = URG_NORM;
         ASSERT(notification_is_duplicate(a, b));
-        b->urgency = CRIT;
+        b->urgency = URG_CRIT;
         ASSERT_FALSE(notification_is_duplicate(a, b));
 
         PASS();
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ SUITE(suite_notification)
         a->summary = "Summary";
         a->body = "Body";
         a->icon = "Icon";
-        a->urgency = NORM;
+        a->urgency = URG_NORM;
 
         notification *b = notification_create();
         memcpy(b, a, sizeof(*b));