diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 23abaac..95b0754 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ endif
 
 LDFLAGS := -s -Wl,--as-needed ${shell pkg-config --libs ${GTK} ${VTE}} ${LDFLAGS}
 
-termite: termite.c
+termite: termite.cc
 	${CXX} ${CXXFLAGS} -o $@ $< ${LDFLAGS}
 
 install: termite
diff --git a/termite.c b/termite.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from termite.c
rename to termite.cc