diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 5f23d16..41f2387 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ in {
       tufted
       routeros.routeros
       routeros.ros-exec-script
-      mips-vm
+      run-liminix-vm
       borderVm.build.vm
       go-l2tp
       min-copy-closure
diff --git a/devices/qemu/default.nix b/devices/qemu/default.nix
index ee199dd..f2a7bf3 100644
--- a/devices/qemu/default.nix
+++ b/devices/qemu/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         };
       in {
         defaultOutput = "vmroot";
-        flash.eraseBlockSize = "65536"; # c.f. pkgs/mips-vm/mips-vm.sh
+        flash.eraseBlockSize = "65536"; # c.f. pkgs/run-liminix-vm/run-liminix-vm.sh
         networkInterfaces =
           let inherit (config.system.service.network) link;
           in {
diff --git a/doc/development.rst b/doc/development.rst
index c47bfb5..f7cc19c 100644
--- a/doc/development.rst
+++ b/doc/development.rst
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ To build it,
 
     nix-build -I liminix-config=path/to/your/configuration.nix --arg device "import ./devices/qemu" -A outputs.default
 
-In a ``buildEnv`` nix-shell, you can use the :command:`mips-vm` command
+In a ``buildEnv`` nix-shell, you can use the :command:`run-liminix-vm` command
 to run Qemu with appropriate options. It connects the Liminix
 serial console and the `QEMU monitor  <https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/monitor.html>`_ to stdin/stdout. Use ^P (not ^A) to switch to the monitor.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    nix-shell --run "mips-vm result/vmlinux result/squashfs"
+    nix-shell --run "run-liminix-vm result/vmlinux result/squashfs"
 
 If you run with ``--background /path/to/some/directory`` as the first
 parameter, it will fork into the background and open Unix sockets in
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ the right way:
 * multicast 230.0.0.1:1235  : lan
 * multicast 230.0.0.1:1236  : world (the internet)
 
-A VM started with :command:`mips-vm` is connected to "lan" and "access", and
+A VM started with :command:`run-liminix-vm` is connected to "lan" and "access", and
 the emulated border network gateway (see below) runs PPPoE and is
 connected to "access" and "world".
 
diff --git a/doc/tutorial.rst b/doc/tutorial.rst
index 7a50099..bb5ab8b 100644
--- a/doc/tutorial.rst
+++ b/doc/tutorial.rst
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Now you can try it:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    nix-shell --run "mips-vm ./result/vmlinux ./result/rootfs"
+    nix-shell --run "run-liminix-vm ./result/vmlinux ./result/rootfs"
 
 This starts the Qemu emulator with a bunch of useful options, to run
 the Liminix configuration you just built.  It connects the emulated
diff --git a/modules/outputs.nix b/modules/outputs.nix
index 02c3cd1..6e8ec2d 100644
--- a/modules/outputs.nix
+++ b/modules/outputs.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ in
         type = types.package;
         description = ''
           Directory containing separate kernel and rootfs image for
-          use with qemu (see mips-vm)
+          use with qemu (see run-liminix-vm)
         '';
       };
       manifest = mkOption {
diff --git a/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/default.nix
index a7233c3..13cd494 100644
--- a/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ in {
   systemconfig = callPackage ./systemconfig {};
   s6-init-bin =  callPackage ./s6-init-bin {};
   s6-rc-database = callPackage ./s6-rc-database {};
-  mips-vm = callPackage ./mips-vm {};
+  run-liminix-vm = callPackage ./run-liminix-vm {};
   ppp = callPackage ./ppp {};
   pppoe = callPackage ./pppoe {};
 
diff --git a/pkgs/mips-vm/default.nix b/pkgs/run-liminix-vm/default.nix
similarity index 65%
rename from pkgs/mips-vm/default.nix
rename to pkgs/run-liminix-vm/default.nix
index 21d268c..323810f 100644
--- a/pkgs/mips-vm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/run-liminix-vm/default.nix
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@
 , symlinkJoin
 , lib
 }: let
-  mips-vm = writeShellScriptBin "mips-vm" ''
+  run-liminix-vm = writeShellScriptBin "run-liminix-vm" ''
      export PATH="${lib.makeBinPath [qemu]}:$PATH"
-     ${builtins.readFile ./mips-vm.sh}
+     ${builtins.readFile ./run-liminix-vm.sh}
   '';
   connect = writeShellScriptBin "connect-vm" ''
     export PATH="${lib.makeBinPath [socat]}:$PATH"
     socat -,raw,echo=0,icanon=0,isig=0,icrnl=0,escape=0x0f unix-connect:$1
   '';
 in symlinkJoin {
-  name = "mips-vm";
-  paths = [ mips-vm connect ];
+  name = "run-liminix-vm";
+  paths = [ run-liminix-vm connect ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/mips-vm/mips-vm.sh b/pkgs/run-liminix-vm/mips-vm.sh
similarity index 97%
rename from pkgs/mips-vm/mips-vm.sh
rename to pkgs/run-liminix-vm/mips-vm.sh
index 2f534ab..f23671b 100755
--- a/pkgs/mips-vm/mips-vm.sh
+++ b/pkgs/run-liminix-vm/mips-vm.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ test -n "$2" || usage
 
 lan=${LAN-"socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1235,localaddr=127.0.0.1"}
 
-rootfs=$(mktemp mips-vm-fs-XXXXXX)
+rootfs=$(mktemp run-liminix-vm-fs-XXXXXX)
 dd if=/dev/zero of=$rootfs bs=1M count=16 conv=sync
 dd if=$2 of=$rootfs bs=65536 conv=sync,nocreat,notrunc
 
diff --git a/tests/jffs2/test.nix b/tests/jffs2/test.nix
index 7a04b03..44ad570 100644
--- a/tests/jffs2/test.nix
+++ b/tests/jffs2/test.nix
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ let img = (import liminix {
       liminix-config = ./configuration.nix;
     }).outputs.vmroot;
     pkgs = import <nixpkgs> { overlays = [(import ../../overlay.nix)]; };
-    inherit (pkgs.pkgsBuildBuild) routeros mips-vm;
+    inherit (pkgs.pkgsBuildBuild) routeros run-liminix-vm;
 in pkgs.runCommand "check" {
   nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
-    mips-vm
+    run-liminix-vm
     expect
     socat
   ] ;
 } ''
 mkdir vm
-mips-vm --background ./vm ${img}/vmlinux ${img}/rootfs
+run-liminix-vm --background ./vm ${img}/vmlinux ${img}/rootfs
 expect ${./script.expect} >$out
 ''
diff --git a/tests/min-copy-closure/test.nix b/tests/min-copy-closure/test.nix
index fc58b68..d296bbd 100644
--- a/tests/min-copy-closure/test.nix
+++ b/tests/min-copy-closure/test.nix
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ let lmx = (import liminix {
     rogue = lmx.pkgs.rogue;
     img = lmx.outputs.vmroot;
     pkgs = import <nixpkgs> { overlays = [(import ../../overlay.nix)]; };
-    inherit (pkgs.pkgsBuildBuild) mips-vm;
+    inherit (pkgs.pkgsBuildBuild) run-liminix-vm;
 in pkgs.runCommand "check" {
   nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
     expect
-    mips-vm
+    run-liminix-vm
     socat
     min-copy-closure
     rogue
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ in pkgs.runCommand "check" {
 . ${../test-helpers.sh}
 
 mkdir vm
-LAN=user,hostfwd=tcp::2022-:22 mips-vm --background ./vm ${img}/vmlinux ${img}/rootfs
+LAN=user,hostfwd=tcp::2022-:22 run-liminix-vm --background ./vm ${img}/vmlinux ${img}/rootfs
 expect ${./wait-until-ready.expect}
 export SSH_COMMAND="ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p 2022 -i ${./id}"
 $SSH_COMMAND root@localhost echo ready
diff --git a/tests/pppoe/test.nix b/tests/pppoe/test.nix
index c5d261f..d0d1754 100644
--- a/tests/pppoe/test.nix
+++ b/tests/pppoe/test.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ let img = (import liminix {
       liminix-config = ./configuration.nix;
     }).outputs.default;
     pkgs = import <nixpkgs> { overlays = [(import ../../overlay.nix)]; };
-    inherit (pkgs.pkgsBuildBuild) routeros mips-vm;
+    inherit (pkgs.pkgsBuildBuild) routeros run-liminix-vm;
 in pkgs.runCommand "check" {
   nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
     python3Packages.scapy
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ in pkgs.runCommand "check" {
     jq
     socat
     routeros.routeros
-    mips-vm
+    run-liminix-vm
   ] ;
 } ''
 serverstatedir=$(mktemp -d -t routeros-XXXXXX)
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export MPLCONFIGDIR=$(mktemp -d -t routeros-XXXXXX)
 
 routeros $serverstatedir
 mkdir vm
-mips-vm --background ./vm ${img}/vmlinux ${img}/rootfs
+run-liminix-vm --background ./vm ${img}/vmlinux ${img}/rootfs
 expect ${./getaddress.expect}
 
 set -o pipefail
diff --git a/tests/wlan/test.nix b/tests/wlan/test.nix
index 4afc38d..3dd9989 100644
--- a/tests/wlan/test.nix
+++ b/tests/wlan/test.nix
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ let img = (import liminix {
       liminix-config = ./configuration.nix;
     }).outputs.default;
     pkgs = import <nixpkgs> { overlays = [(import ../../overlay.nix)]; };
-    inherit (pkgs.pkgsBuildBuild)  mips-vm;
+    inherit (pkgs.pkgsBuildBuild)  run-liminix-vm;
 in pkgs.runCommand "check" {
   nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
     expect
-    mips-vm
+    run-liminix-vm
     socat
   ] ;
 } ''
 . ${../test-helpers.sh}
 
 mkdir vm
-mips-vm --background ./vm ${img}/vmlinux ${img}/rootfs
+run-liminix-vm --background ./vm ${img}/vmlinux ${img}/rootfs
 expect ${./wait-for-wlan.expect} |tee output && mv output $out
 ''