diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d1587452f1..374fbc7e58 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ ifdef NO_LIBGEN_H
 endif
 
 ifdef USE_LIBPCRE
-	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DUSE_LIBPCRE
+	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DUSE_LIBPCRE1
 	ifdef LIBPCREDIR
 		BASIC_CFLAGS += -I$(LIBPCREDIR)/include
 		EXTLIBS += -L$(LIBPCREDIR)/$(lib) $(CC_LD_DYNPATH)$(LIBPCREDIR)/$(lib)
@@ -2240,7 +2240,7 @@ GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS: FORCE
 	@echo TAR=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(TAR)))'\' >>$@+
 	@echo NO_CURL=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(NO_CURL)))'\' >>$@+
 	@echo NO_EXPAT=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(NO_EXPAT)))'\' >>$@+
-	@echo USE_LIBPCRE=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(USE_LIBPCRE)))'\' >>$@+
+	@echo USE_LIBPCRE1=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(USE_LIBPCRE)))'\' >>$@+
 	@echo NO_PERL=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(NO_PERL)))'\' >>$@+
 	@echo NO_PYTHON=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(NO_PYTHON)))'\' >>$@+
 	@echo NO_UNIX_SOCKETS=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(NO_UNIX_SOCKETS)))'\' >>$@+
diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c
index 18306bc605..7a3858a1c3 100644
--- a/grep.c
+++ b/grep.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ static int has_null(const char *s, size_t len)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#ifdef USE_LIBPCRE
+#ifdef USE_LIBPCRE1
 static void compile_pcre_regexp(struct grep_pat *p, const struct grep_opt *opt)
 {
 	const char *error;
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static void free_pcre_regexp(struct grep_pat *p)
 	pcre_free(p->pcre_extra_info);
 	pcre_free((void *)p->pcre_tables);
 }
-#else /* !USE_LIBPCRE */
+#else /* !USE_LIBPCRE1 */
 static void compile_pcre_regexp(struct grep_pat *p, const struct grep_opt *opt)
 {
 	die("cannot use Perl-compatible regexes when not compiled with USE_LIBPCRE");
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ static int pcrematch(struct grep_pat *p, const char *line, const char *eol,
 static void free_pcre_regexp(struct grep_pat *p)
 {
 }
-#endif /* !USE_LIBPCRE */
+#endif /* !USE_LIBPCRE1 */
 
 static int is_fixed(const char *s, size_t len)
 {
diff --git a/grep.h b/grep.h
index 267534ca24..073b0e4c92 100644
--- a/grep.h
+++ b/grep.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef GREP_H
 #define GREP_H
 #include "color.h"
-#ifdef USE_LIBPCRE
+#ifdef USE_LIBPCRE1
 #include <pcre.h>
 #else
 typedef int pcre;
diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index 6abf1d1918..e5cfbcc36b 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ esac
 ( COLUMNS=1 && test $COLUMNS = 1 ) && test_set_prereq COLUMNS_CAN_BE_1
 test -z "$NO_PERL" && test_set_prereq PERL
 test -z "$NO_PYTHON" && test_set_prereq PYTHON
-test -n "$USE_LIBPCRE" && test_set_prereq PCRE
+test -n "$USE_LIBPCRE1" && test_set_prereq PCRE
 test -z "$NO_GETTEXT" && test_set_prereq GETTEXT
 
 # Can we rely on git's output in the C locale?