diff --git a/src/pd.tk b/src/pd.tk
index 7d5d30ece39a454f7fcf9571da4438abc8ab11e6..1183dc0a36d306f2b0e22be2e35af057bd9f2c29 100644
--- a/src/pd.tk
+++ b/src/pd.tk
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ if { $tcl_platform(platform) == "windows" }  {
 		{{max binary files} {.mxb} }
 		{{max help files}   {.help} }
 	}
-	set externalsdir "$::env(HOME)/pd-externals"
+	set externalsdir "$::env(HOME)/pd-l2ork-externals"
 }        
 
 # make sure the user folder for installing externals exists
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ set ::dialog_menubar .mbar
 set ::modifier $ctrl_key
 set ::sys_libdir $pd_guidir
 switch $pd_nt {
-    0 {set ::pd_path [list ~/pd-externals /usr/local/lib/pd-externals]}
+    0 {set ::pd_path [list ~/pd-l2ork-externals /usr/local/lib/pd-l2ork-externals]}
     1 {set ::pd_path [list [file normalize $::env(AppData)/Pd] \
                           [file normalize $::env(CommonProgramFiles)/Pd]]}
     2 {set ::pd_path [list ~/Library/Pd /Library/Pd]}
diff --git a/src/s_path.c b/src/s_path.c
index a96e5f52c4ce7631ba1dae82553d1cac145da09f..0025096543f2a56e33718c14fa4e22d98e685d40 100644
--- a/src/s_path.c
+++ b/src/s_path.c
@@ -221,9 +221,9 @@ void sys_setextrapath(const char *p)
     namelist_free(pd_extrapath);
     /* add standard place for users to install stuff first */
 #ifdef __gnu_linux__
-    sys_expandpath("~/pd-externals", pathbuf);
+    sys_expandpath("~/pd-l2ork-externals", pathbuf);
     pd_extrapath = namelist_append(0, pathbuf, 0);
-    pd_extrapath = namelist_append(pd_extrapath, "/usr/local/lib/pd-externals", 0);
+    pd_extrapath = namelist_append(pd_extrapath, "/usr/local/lib/pd-l2ork-externals", 0);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__