diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 185f2c3069..2fdc198b7f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -386,11 +386,11 @@ append("-DLDC_WITH_PGO" LDC_CXXFLAGS)
 # Enable Runtime compilation if supported for this platform and LLVM version.
 # LLVM >= 3.9 is required
 #
-set(LDC_RUNTIME_COMPILE False)  # must be a valid Python boolean constant (case sensitive)
+set(LDC_DYNAMIC_COMPILE False)  # must be a valid Python boolean constant (case sensitive)
 if (NOT (LDC_LLVM_VER LESS 400))
     message(STATUS "Building LDC with runtime compilation support")
-    add_definitions(-DLDC_RUNTIME_COMPILE)
-    set(LDC_RUNTIME_COMPILE True)
+    add_definitions(-DLDC_DYNAMIC_COMPILE)
+    set(LDC_DYNAMIC_COMPILE True)
 endif()
 
 #
diff --git a/driver/cl_options.cpp b/driver/cl_options.cpp
index 33af00deb3..c10f5ea83a 100644
--- a/driver/cl_options.cpp
+++ b/driver/cl_options.cpp
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ cl::opt<std::string>
                        cl::value_desc("prefix"));
 #endif
 
-#if defined(LDC_RUNTIME_COMPILE)
+#if defined(LDC_DYNAMIC_COMPILE)
 cl::opt<bool> enableDynamicCompile(
     "enable-dynamic-compile",
     cl::desc("Enable dynamic compilation"),
diff --git a/driver/cl_options.h b/driver/cl_options.h
index 0d18feee28..d72a302b03 100644
--- a/driver/cl_options.h
+++ b/driver/cl_options.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ extern cl::list<std::string> dcomputeTargets;
 extern cl::opt<std::string> dcomputeFilePrefix;
 #endif
 
-#if defined(LDC_RUNTIME_COMPILE)
+#if defined(LDC_DYNAMIC_COMPILE)
 extern cl::opt<bool> enableDynamicCompile;
 extern cl::opt<bool> dynamicCompileTlsWorkaround;
 #else
diff --git a/gen/runtimecompile.cpp b/gen/runtimecompile.cpp
index b803e94448..a64537102d 100644
--- a/gen/runtimecompile.cpp
+++ b/gen/runtimecompile.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 #include "gen/runtimecompile.h"
 
-#if defined(LDC_RUNTIME_COMPILE)
+#if defined(LDC_DYNAMIC_COMPILE)
 
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <unordered_set>
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ void addRuntimeCompiledVar(IRState *irs, IrGlobal *var) {
   irs->dynamicCompiledVars.insert(var);
 }
 
-#else // defined(LDC_RUNTIME_COMPILE)
+#else // defined(LDC_DYNAMIC_COMPILE)
 
 void generateBitcodeForRuntimeCompile(IRState *) {
   // nothing
diff --git a/runtime/jit-rt/DefineBuildJitRT.cmake b/runtime/jit-rt/DefineBuildJitRT.cmake
index c5e82891da..1d506c3c0b 100644
--- a/runtime/jit-rt/DefineBuildJitRT.cmake
+++ b/runtime/jit-rt/DefineBuildJitRT.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if(LDC_RUNTIME_COMPILE)
+if(LDC_DYNAMIC_COMPILE)
     file(GLOB LDC_JITRT_D ${JITRT_DIR}/d/ldc/*.d)
 
     # Choose the correct subfolder depending on the LLVM version
diff --git a/tests/lit.site.cfg.in b/tests/lit.site.cfg.in
index 37e5153a32..494135f687 100644
--- a/tests/lit.site.cfg.in
+++ b/tests/lit.site.cfg.in
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ config.llvm_version        = @LDC_LLVM_VER@
 config.llvm_targetsstr     = "@LLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD@"
 config.default_target_bits = @DEFAULT_TARGET_BITS@
 config.with_PGO            = @LDC_WITH_PGO@
-config.runtime_compile     = @LDC_RUNTIME_COMPILE@
+config.dynamic_compile     = @LDC_DYNAMIC_COMPILE@
 
 config.name = 'LDC'
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ if not config.with_PGO:
     config.excludes.append('PGO')
 
 # Exclude runtime compilation tests when it's disabled
-if not config.runtime_compile:
+if not config.dynamic_compile:
     config.excludes.append('dynamiccompile')
 
 # Explicit forwarding of environment variables