diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5a6058b80..7c2342c3e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ ARG_WITH_SUBST([nm-ca-dir],          [/usr/share/ca-certificates], [directory th
 ARG_WITH_SUBST([linux-headers],      [\${top_srcdir}/src/include], [set directory of linux header files to use])
 ARG_WITH_SUBST([routing-table],      [220], [set routing table to use for IPsec routes])
 ARG_WITH_SUBST([routing-table-prio], [220], [set priority for IPsec routing table])
+ARG_WITH_SUBST([ipsec-script],       [ipsec], [change the name of the ipsec script])
 
 ARG_WITH_SET([capabilities],         [no], [set capability dropping library. Currently supported values are "libcap" and "native"])
 ARG_WITH_SET([mpz_powm_sec],         [yes], [use the more side-channel resistant mpz_powm_sec in libgmp, if available])
@@ -65,6 +66,9 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(
 	[AC_SUBST(ipsecgroup, "root")]
 )
 
+# convert script name to uppercase
+AC_SUBST(ipsec_script_upper, [`echo -n "$ipsec_script" | tr a-z A-Z`])
+
 m4_include(m4/macros/enable-disable.m4)
 
 ARG_ENABL_SET([curl],           [enable CURL fetcher plugin to fetch files via libcurl. Requires libcurl.])
diff --git a/init/systemd/Makefile.am b/init/systemd/Makefile.am
index e2bbfc451..bdbf502e4 100644
--- a/init/systemd/Makefile.am
+++ b/init/systemd/Makefile.am
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@ CLEANFILES = strongswan.service
 systemdsystemunit_DATA = strongswan.service
 
 strongswan.service : strongswan.service.in
-	sed -e "s:@SBINDIR@:$(sbindir):" $(srcdir)/$@.in > $@
+	sed \
+	-e "s:@SBINDIR@:$(sbindir):" \
+	-e "s:@IPSEC_SCRIPT@:$(ipsec_script):" \
+	$(srcdir)/$@.in > $@
diff --git a/init/systemd/strongswan.service.in b/init/systemd/strongswan.service.in
index e8dc5e819..dee892e90 100644
--- a/init/systemd/strongswan.service.in
+++ b/init/systemd/strongswan.service.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Description=strongSwan IPsec
 After=syslog.target
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/ipsec start --nofork
+ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/@IPSEC_SCRIPT@ start --nofork
 StandardOutput=syslog
 
 [Install]
diff --git a/src/ipsec/.gitignore b/src/ipsec/.gitignore
index 8517fc4f9..6eca7ddba 100644
--- a/src/ipsec/.gitignore
+++ b/src/ipsec/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-ipsec
-ipsec.8
+_ipsec
+_ipsec.8
diff --git a/src/ipsec/Makefile.am b/src/ipsec/Makefile.am
index bbf009721..29e710533 100644
--- a/src/ipsec/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/ipsec/Makefile.am
@@ -1,22 +1,35 @@
-sbin_SCRIPTS = ipsec
-CLEANFILES = ipsec ipsec.8
-dist_man8_MANS = ipsec.8
+sbin_SCRIPTS = _ipsec
+CLEANFILES = _ipsec _ipsec.8
+dist_man8_MANS = _ipsec.8
 EXTRA_DIST = ipsec.in ipsec.8.in Android.mk
 
-ipsec.8 : ipsec.8.in
+_ipsec.8 : ipsec.8.in
 	sed \
 	-e "s:@IPSEC_VERSION@:$(PACKAGE_VERSION):" \
-	$(srcdir)/$@.in > $@
+	-e "s:@IPSEC_SCRIPT@:$(ipsec_script):g" \
+	-e "s:@IPSEC_SCRIPT_UPPER@:$(ipsec_script_upper):g" \
+	$< > $@
 
-ipsec : ipsec.in
+_ipsec : ipsec.in
 	sed \
 	-e "s:@IPSEC_SHELL@:/bin/sh:" \
 	-e "s:@IPSEC_VERSION@:$(PACKAGE_VERSION):" \
 	-e "s:@IPSEC_NAME@:$(PACKAGE_NAME):" \
 	-e "s:@IPSEC_DISTRO@::" \
 	-e "s:@IPSEC_DIR@:$(ipsecdir):" \
+	-e "s:@IPSEC_SCRIPT@:$(ipsec_script):" \
 	-e "s:@IPSEC_SBINDIR@:$(sbindir):" \
 	-e "s:@IPSEC_CONFDIR@:$(sysconfdir):" \
 	-e "s:@IPSEC_PIDDIR@:$(piddir):" \
-	$(srcdir)/$@.in > $@
+	$< > $@
 	chmod +x $@
+
+install-exec-hook:
+	mv $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)/_ipsec $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)/$(ipsec_script)
+
+install-data-hook:
+	mv $(DESTDIR)$(man8dir)/_ipsec.8 $(DESTDIR)$(man8dir)/$(ipsec_script).8
+
+uninstall-hook:
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)/$(ipsec_script)
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(man8dir)/$(ipsec_script).8
diff --git a/src/ipsec/ipsec.8.in b/src/ipsec/ipsec.8.in
index ba8df4fc7..41c6ff8d2 100644
--- a/src/ipsec/ipsec.8.in
+++ b/src/ipsec/ipsec.8.in
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-.TH IPSEC 8 "2010-05-30" "@IPSEC_VERSION@" "strongSwan"
+.TH @IPSEC_SCRIPT_UPPER@ 8 "2012-06-19" "@IPSEC_VERSION@" "strongSwan"
 .SH NAME
-ipsec \- invoke IPsec utilities
+@IPSEC_SCRIPT@ \- invoke IPsec utilities
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.B ipsec
+.B @IPSEC_SCRIPT@
 \fIcommand\fP [ \fIarguments\fP ] [ \fIoptions\fP ]
 .PP
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
-.B ipsec
+.B @IPSEC_SCRIPT@
 utility invokes any of several utilities involved in controlling and monitoring
 the IPsec encryption/authentication system, running the specified \fIcommand\fP
 with the specified \fIarguments\fP and \fIoptions\fP as if it had been invoked
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ All the commands described in this manual page are built-in and are used to
 control and monitor IPsec connections as well as the IKE daemons.
 .PP
 For other commands
-.I ipsec
+.I @IPSEC_SCRIPT@
 supplies the invoked
 .I command
 with a suitable PATH environment variable,
@@ -226,7 +226,9 @@ purges all cached OCSP information records.
 .SS INFO COMMANDS
 .TP
 .B "\-\-help"
-returns the usage information for the ipsec command.
+returns the usage information for the
+.B @IPSEC_SCRIPT@
+command.
 .PP
 .TP
 .B "\-\-version"
@@ -260,19 +262,20 @@ returns the \fISYSCONFDIR\fP directory as defined by the configure options.
 The following environment variables control where strongSwan finds its
 components.
 The
-.B ipsec
+.B @IPSEC_SCRIPT@
 command sets them if they are not already set.
 .nf
 .na
 
-IPSEC_DIR 		directory containing ipsec programs and utilities
-IPSEC_SBINDIR		directory containing \fBipsec\fP command
-IPSEC_CONFDIR 		directory containing configuration files
-IPSEC_PIDDIR		directory containing PID files
-IPSEC_NAME 		name of ipsec distribution
-IPSEC_VERSION 		version numer of ipsec userland and kernel
-IPSEC_STARTER_PID 	PID file for ipsec starter
-IPSEC_CHARON_PID	PID file for IKE keying daemon
+IPSEC_DIR               directory containing ipsec programs and utilities
+IPSEC_SBINDIR           directory containing \fBipsec\fP command
+IPSEC_CONFDIR           directory containing configuration files
+IPSEC_PIDDIR            directory containing PID files
+IPSEC_SCRIPT            name of the ipsec script
+IPSEC_NAME              name of ipsec distribution
+IPSEC_VERSION           version numer of ipsec userland and kernel
+IPSEC_STARTER_PID       PID file for ipsec starter
+IPSEC_CHARON_PID        PID file for IKE keying daemon
 .ad
 .fi
 .SH SEE ALSO
diff --git a/src/ipsec/ipsec.in b/src/ipsec/ipsec.in
index a2d77b6d9..2acf5a3f6 100644
--- a/src/ipsec/ipsec.in
+++ b/src/ipsec/ipsec.in
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ IPSEC_DIR="@IPSEC_DIR@"
 IPSEC_SBINDIR="@IPSEC_SBINDIR@"
 IPSEC_CONFDIR="@IPSEC_CONFDIR@"
 IPSEC_PIDDIR="@IPSEC_PIDDIR@"
+IPSEC_SCRIPT="@IPSEC_SCRIPT@"
 
 IPSEC_STARTER_PID="${IPSEC_PIDDIR}/starter.pid"
 IPSEC_CHARON_PID="${IPSEC_PIDDIR}/charon.pid"
@@ -35,21 +36,21 @@ IPSEC_CHARON_PID="${IPSEC_PIDDIR}/charon.pid"
 IPSEC_STROKE="${IPSEC_DIR}/stroke"
 IPSEC_STARTER="${IPSEC_DIR}/starter"
 
-export IPSEC_DIR IPSEC_SBINDIR IPSEC_CONFDIR IPSEC_PIDDIR IPSEC_VERSION IPSEC_NAME IPSEC_STARTER_PID IPSEC_CHARON_PID
+export IPSEC_DIR IPSEC_SBINDIR IPSEC_CONFDIR IPSEC_PIDDIR IPSEC_SCRIPT IPSEC_VERSION IPSEC_NAME IPSEC_STARTER_PID IPSEC_CHARON_PID
 
 IPSEC_DISTRO="Institute for Internet Technologies and Applications\nUniversity of Applied Sciences Rapperswil, Switzerland"
 
 case "$1" in
 '')
-	echo "Usage: ipsec command argument ..."
-	echo "Use --help for list of commands, or see ipsec(8) manual page"
-	echo "or the $IPSEC_NAME documentation for names of the common ones."
-	echo "Most have their own manual pages, e.g. ipsec_auto(8)."
+	echo "Usage: $IPSEC_SCRIPT command argument ..."
+	echo "Use --help for list of commands, or see $IPSEC_SCRIPT(8) manual "
+	echo "page or the $IPSEC_NAME documentation for names of the common "
+	echo "ones."
 	echo "See <http://www.strongswan.org> for more general info."
 	exit 0
 	;;
 --help)
-	echo "Usage: ipsec command argument ..."
+	echo "Usage: $IPSEC_SCRIPT command argument ..."
 	echo "where command is one of:"
 	echo "	start|restart  arguments..."
 	echo "	update|reload|stop"
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ down)
 	shift
 	if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]
 	then
-	    echo "Usage: ipsec down <connection name>"
+	    echo "Usage: $IPSEC_SCRIPT down <connection name>"
 	    exit 2
 	fi
 	rc=7
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ down-srcip)
 	shift
 	if [ "$#" -lt 1 ]
 	then
-	    echo "Usage: ipsec down-srcip <start> [<end>]"
+	    echo "Usage: $IPSEC_SCRIPT down-srcip <start> [<end>]"
 	    exit 2
 	fi
 	rc=7
@@ -183,10 +184,10 @@ reload)
 	exit "$rc"
 	;;
 restart)
-	$IPSEC_SBINDIR/ipsec stop
+	$IPSEC_SBINDIR/$IPSEC_SCRIPT stop
 	sleep 2
 	shift
-	exec $IPSEC_SBINDIR/ipsec start "$@"
+	exec $IPSEC_SBINDIR/$IPSEC_SCRIPT start "$@"
 	;;
 route|unroute)
 	op="$1"
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ route|unroute)
 	shift
 	if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]
 	then
-		echo "Usage: ipsec $op <connection name>"
+		echo "Usage: $IPSEC_SCRIPT $op <connection name>"
 		exit 2
 	fi
 	if [ -e $IPSEC_CHARON_PID ]
@@ -282,7 +283,7 @@ up)
 	shift
 	if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]
 	then
-	    echo "Usage: ipsec up <connection name>"
+	    echo "Usage: $IPSEC_SCRIPT up <connection name>"
 	    exit 2
 	fi
 	rc=7
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ update)
 version|--version)
 	printf "$OS_NAME $IPSEC_NAME $IPSEC_VERSION\n"
 	printf "$IPSEC_DISTRO\n"
-	printf "See 'ipsec --copyright' for copyright information.\n"
+	printf "See '$IPSEC_SCRIPT --copyright' for copyright information.\n"
 	exit 0
 	;;
 --*)
@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@ then
     path="$IPSEC_DIR/$cmd"
     if [ ! -x "$path" ]
     then
-	echo "$0: unknown IPsec command \`$cmd' (\`ipsec --help' for list)" >&2
+	echo "$0: unknown IPsec command \`$cmd' (\`$IPSEC_SCRIPT --help' for list)" >&2
 	exit 2
     fi
 fi