diff --git a/gnu/packages/tex.scm b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
index 78d52f592b..459d051c15 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tex.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
@@ -1620,6 +1620,7 @@ (define-public texlive-latex-cyrillic
     (source (origin
               (method svn-fetch)
               (uri (texlive-ref "latex" "cyrillic"))
+              (file-name (string-append name "-" version "-checkout"))
               (sha256
                (base32
                 "1mdhl35hwas68ki56qqngzar37dwv4mm64l2canihr255bz34lbv"))))