diff --git a/include/notcurses/notcurses.h b/include/notcurses/notcurses.h
index ede84161e..de423aeea 100644
--- a/include/notcurses/notcurses.h
+++ b/include/notcurses/notcurses.h
@@ -2898,7 +2898,7 @@ struct blitset {
   bool fill;
 };
 
-API extern const struct blitset geomdata[];
+API extern const struct blitset notcurses_blitters[];
 
 #undef API
 
diff --git a/src/lib/blit.c b/src/lib/blit.c
index c4b711d83..d3f1b5b15 100644
--- a/src/lib/blit.c
+++ b/src/lib/blit.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ braille_blit(ncplane* nc, int placey, int placex, int linesize,
 
 // NCBLIT_DEFAULT is not included, as it has no defined properties. It ought
 // be replaced with some real blitter implementation by the calling widget.
-const struct blitset geomdata[] = {
+const struct blitset notcurses_blitters[] = {
    { .geom = NCBLIT_8x1,     .width = 1, .height = 8, .egcs = L" ▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█",
      .blit = NULL,           .fill = false, },
    { .geom = NCBLIT_1x1,     .width = 1, .height = 1, .egcs = L" █",
diff --git a/src/lib/blitset.h b/src/lib/blitset.h
index 735d0abfe..825f56b49 100644
--- a/src/lib/blitset.h
+++ b/src/lib/blitset.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ lookup_blitset(const struct notcurses* nc, ncblitter_e setid, bool may_degrade)
       return NULL;
     }
   }
-  const struct blitset* bset = geomdata;
+  const struct blitset* bset = notcurses_blitters;
   while(bset->egcs){
     if(bset->geom == setid){
       return bset;