diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
index 1d688f8cc9..8f966d0576 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
@@ -4584,6 +4584,7 @@ (define-public emacs-key-chord
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri "https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/key-chord.el")
+       (file-name (string-append "key-chord-" version ".el"))
        (sha256
         (base32
          "03m44pqggfrd53nh9dvpdjgm0rvca34qxmd30hr33hzprzjambxg"))))