diff --git a/toolchain/Config.in b/toolchain/Config.in
index ee94143a2e..52b9d8b163 100644
--- a/toolchain/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/Config.in
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL
 endchoice
 
 source "toolchain/Config.in.1"
-source "toolchain/external-toolchain/Config.in"
+source "toolchain/toolchain-external/Config.in"
 
 # we want gdb config in the middle of both source and external
 # toolchains, but mconf won't let us source the same file twice,
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ source "toolchain/gdb/Config.in"
 comment "Common Toolchain Options"
 
 source "toolchain/Config.in.2"
-source "toolchain/external-toolchain/Config.in.2"
+source "toolchain/toolchain-external/Config.in.2"
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/toolchain/external-toolchain/Config.in b/toolchain/toolchain-external/Config.in
similarity index 100%
rename from toolchain/external-toolchain/Config.in
rename to toolchain/toolchain-external/Config.in
diff --git a/toolchain/external-toolchain/Config.in.2 b/toolchain/toolchain-external/Config.in.2
similarity index 100%
rename from toolchain/external-toolchain/Config.in.2
rename to toolchain/toolchain-external/Config.in.2
diff --git a/toolchain/external-toolchain/ext-tool.mk b/toolchain/toolchain-external/ext-tool.mk
similarity index 100%
rename from toolchain/external-toolchain/ext-tool.mk
rename to toolchain/toolchain-external/ext-tool.mk