diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 89e07574..26a087a5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ You can read more info at the project's website http://lloyd.github.com/yajl or
 Go ahead and install it as usual:
 
 ```
-gem install yajl-ruby
+gem install yajl
 ```
 
 Or use your Gemfile:
diff --git a/tasks/compile.rake b/tasks/compile.rake
index 77848ba6..c24ddf77 100644
--- a/tasks/compile.rake
+++ b/tasks/compile.rake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'rake/extensiontask'
 
 def gemspec
-  @clean_gemspec ||= eval(File.read(File.expand_path('../../yajl-ruby.gemspec', __FILE__)))
+  @clean_gemspec ||= eval(File.read(File.expand_path('../../yajl.gemspec', __FILE__)))
 end
 
 Rake::ExtensionTask.new('yajl', gemspec) do |ext|
diff --git a/yajl-ruby.gemspec b/yajl.gemspec
similarity index 97%
rename from yajl-ruby.gemspec
rename to yajl.gemspec
index f689fddd..a4879009 100644
--- a/yajl-ruby.gemspec
+++ b/yajl.gemspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require './lib/yajl/version'
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
-  s.name = %q{yajl-ruby}
+  s.name = %q{yajl}
   s.version = Yajl::VERSION
   s.license = "MIT"
   s.authors = ["Brian Lopez", "Lloyd Hilaiel"]