diff --git a/resources/lite_xl_plugin_api.h b/resources/lite_xl_plugin_api.h
index 41a882aa..9dc83cd2 100644
--- a/resources/lite_xl_plugin_api.h
+++ b/resources/lite_xl_plugin_api.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 The lite_xl plugin API is quite simple. Any shared library can be a plugin file, so long
 as it has an entrypoint that looks like the following, where xxxxx is the plugin name:
 #include "lite_xl_plugin_api.h"
-int lua_open_lite_xl_xxxxx(lua_State* L, void* XL) {
+int luaopen_lite_xl_xxxxx(lua_State* L, void* XL) {
   lite_xl_plugin_init(XL);
   ...
   return 1;
diff --git a/scripts/generate_header.sh b/scripts/generate_header.sh
index 8d5da527..31ad5724 100755
--- a/scripts/generate_header.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate_header.sh
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ generate_header() {
   echo "The lite_xl plugin API is quite simple. Any shared library can be a plugin file, so long"
   echo "as it has an entrypoint that looks like the following, where xxxxx is the plugin name:"
   echo '#include "lite_xl_plugin_api.h"'
-  echo "int lua_open_lite_xl_xxxxx(lua_State* L, void* XL) {"
+  echo "int luaopen_lite_xl_xxxxx(lua_State* L, void* XL) {"
   echo "  lite_xl_plugin_init(XL);"
   echo "  ..."
   echo "  return 1;"