diff --git a/ghc/compiler/basicTypes/Module.lhs b/ghc/compiler/basicTypes/Module.lhs
index e098db4d00caeb6205cf6976dd2ed2bc0506bcb2..f8b40c937e5f18e0e724adbd3203f5a9f6f81aaa 100644
--- a/ghc/compiler/basicTypes/Module.lhs
+++ b/ghc/compiler/basicTypes/Module.lhs
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ data PackageInfo = ThisPackage 			-- A module from the same package
 type PackageName = FastString		-- No encoding at all
 
 preludePackage :: PackageName
-preludePackage = SLIT("prelude")
+preludePackage = SLIT("std")
 
 instance Show PackageInfo where	-- Just used in debug prints of lex tokens
   showsPrec n ThisPackage s = s