diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f4018cb..29d30a1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ xdg-shell-protocol.c:
 
 xdg-shell-protocol.o: xdg-shell-protocol.h
 
+config.h: | config.def.h
+	cp config.def.h $@
+
 dwl.o: config.h xdg-shell-protocol.h
 
 dwl: xdg-shell-protocol.o
diff --git a/config.h b/config.def.h
similarity index 100%
rename from config.h
rename to config.def.h