diff --git a/src/geany.h b/src/geany.h
index 21f1c2972..10d4c6850 100644
--- a/src/geany.h
+++ b/src/geany.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 
 
 #define GEANY_HOME_DIR					g_get_home_dir()
+#define GEANY_FIFO_NAME					"geany_fifo.0"
 #define GEANY_CODENAME					"Nivers"
 #define GEANY_HOMEPAGE					"http://geany.uvena.de/"
 #define GEANY_MAX_OPEN_FILES			25