diff --git a/gnu/packages/tex.scm b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
index 5871383d09..30033e1041 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tex.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
@@ -3874,6 +3874,7 @@ (define-public texlive-generic-pdftex
                                         %texlive-tag "/Master/texmf-dist/"
                                         "/tex/generic/pdftex"))
                     (revision %texlive-revision)))
+              (file-name (string-append name "-" version "-checkout"))
               (sha256
                (base32
                 "0k68zmqzs4qvrqxdwsrawbjb14hxqjfamq649azvai0jjxdpkljd"))))