diff --git a/parse.c b/parse.c
index 2772ce8..1fe209b 100644
--- a/parse.c
+++ b/parse.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ pkg_dependency_parse(pkg_t *pkg, const char *depends)
  * Parse a .pc file into a pkg_t object structure.
  */
 pkg_t *
-parse_file(const char *filename, FILE *f)
+pkg_new_from_file(const char *filename, FILE *f)
 {
 	pkg_t *pkg;
 	char readbuf[BUFSIZ];
diff --git a/pkg.c b/pkg.c
index fc14bfc..276eac9 100644
--- a/pkg.c
+++ b/pkg.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ pkg_find(const char *name, unsigned int flags)
 	if (str_has_suffix(name, PKG_CONFIG_EXT))
 	{
 		if ((f = fopen(name, "r")) != NULL)
-			return parse_file(name, f);
+			return pkg_new_from_file(name, f);
 	}
 
 	/* PKG_CONFIG_PATH has to take precedence */
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ pkg_find(const char *name, unsigned int flags)
 
 			if (!(flags & PKGF_NO_UNINSTALLED) && (f = fopen(uninst_locbuf, "r")) != NULL)
 			{
-				pkg = parse_file(locbuf, f);
+				pkg = pkg_new_from_file(locbuf, f);
 				pkg->uninstalled = true;
 
 				goto out;
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ pkg_find(const char *name, unsigned int flags)
 
 			if ((f = fopen(locbuf, "r")) != NULL)
 			{
-				pkg = parse_file(locbuf, f);
+				pkg = pkg_new_from_file(locbuf, f);
 				goto out;
 			}
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ pkg_find(const char *name, unsigned int flags)
 
 			if (!(flags & PKGF_NO_UNINSTALLED) && (f = fopen(uninst_locbuf, "r")) != NULL)
 			{
-				pkg_t *pkg = parse_file(locbuf, f);
+				pkg_t *pkg = pkg_new_from_file(locbuf, f);
 				pkg->uninstalled = true;
 
 				goto out;
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ pkg_find(const char *name, unsigned int flags)
 
 			if ((f = fopen(locbuf, "r")) != NULL)
 			{
-				pkg = parse_file(locbuf, f);
+				pkg = pkg_new_from_file(locbuf, f);
 				goto out;
 			}
 
diff --git a/pkg.h b/pkg.h
index 1f26cc4..19fa58a 100644
--- a/pkg.h
+++ b/pkg.h
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ pkg_t *pkg_verify_dependency(pkg_dependency_t *pkgdep, unsigned int flags, unsig
 const char *pkg_get_comparator(pkg_dependency_t *pkgdep);
 
 /* parse.c */
-pkg_t *parse_file(const char *path, FILE *f);
+pkg_t *pkg_new_from_file(const char *path, FILE *f);
 pkg_dependency_t *pkg_dependency_parse(pkg_t *pkg, const char *depends);
 pkg_dependency_t *pkg_dependency_append(pkg_dependency_t *head, pkg_dependency_t *tail);
 void pkg_dependency_free(pkg_dependency_t *head);