diff --git a/gnu/packages/tex.scm b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
index 936bcbc018..b953e7b999 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tex.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
@@ -3222,6 +3222,7 @@ (define-public texlive-latex-pdfpages
     (source (origin
               (method svn-fetch)
               (uri (texlive-ref "latex" "pdfpages"))
+              (file-name (string-append name "-" version "-checkout"))
               (sha256
                (base32
                 "06p5smfq66559ppdnmkl3hp8534x84ywbscimsiir4gllpya3i9h"))))