diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9f8b48ba42..b23d151624 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ set(CC_SOURCES
     src/graph/tuning.cc
     src/graph/topo.cc
     src/graph/xml.cc
-    src/collectives/all_reduce.cc
-    src/collectives/all_gather.cc
-    src/collectives/reduce.cc
-    src/collectives/broadcast.cc
-    src/collectives/reduce_scatter.cc
+    src/collectives/all_reduce_api.cc
+    src/collectives/all_gather_api.cc
+    src/collectives/reduce_api.cc
+    src/collectives/broadcast_api.cc
+    src/collectives/reduce_scatter_api.cc
     src/channel.cc
     src/misc/argcheck.cc
     src/misc/nvmlwrap_stub.cc
diff --git a/src/collectives/all_gather.cc b/src/collectives/all_gather_api.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from src/collectives/all_gather.cc
rename to src/collectives/all_gather_api.cc
diff --git a/src/collectives/all_reduce.cc b/src/collectives/all_reduce_api.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from src/collectives/all_reduce.cc
rename to src/collectives/all_reduce_api.cc
diff --git a/src/collectives/broadcast.cc b/src/collectives/broadcast_api.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from src/collectives/broadcast.cc
rename to src/collectives/broadcast_api.cc
diff --git a/src/collectives/reduce.cc b/src/collectives/reduce_api.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from src/collectives/reduce.cc
rename to src/collectives/reduce_api.cc
diff --git a/src/collectives/reduce_scatter.cc b/src/collectives/reduce_scatter_api.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from src/collectives/reduce_scatter.cc
rename to src/collectives/reduce_scatter_api.cc