diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 770cf77f19..8e1a8be68f 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@
 /doc/dev			 export-ignore
 /util/**			 export-ignore
 /util/bindkeys.pl		-export-ignore
-/util/check-make-install.in	-export-ignore
+/util/check-make-install.sh.in	-export-ignore
 /util/dtrace.sh		-export-ignore
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9f315a88e5..805c52cc5c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ timestamp
 # Gets generated by Build Ear (bear)
 /compile_commands.commands.json
 /tsan
-/util/check-make-install
+/util/check-make-install.sh
 /INSTALL
 doc/man/dnssec-cds.8in
 doc/man/dnssec-checkds.8in
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b9ccdc5e52..f7f1bdad5e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ stages:
     - *check_readline_setup
     - make -j${BUILD_PARALLEL_JOBS:-1} -k all V=1
     - test -z "${RUN_MAKE_INSTALL}" || make DESTDIR="${INSTALL_PATH}" install
-    - test -z "${RUN_MAKE_INSTALL}" || DESTDIR="${INSTALL_PATH}" sh util/check-make-install
+    - test -z "${RUN_MAKE_INSTALL}" || DESTDIR="${INSTALL_PATH}" sh util/check-make-install.sh
     - if [[ "${CFLAGS}" == *"-fsanitize=address"* ]]; then ( ! grep -F AddressSanitizer config.log ); fi
     - test -z "${CROSS_COMPILATION}" || grep -F -A 1 "checking whether we are cross compiling" config.log | grep -q "result.*yes"
     - test -z "${CROSS_COMPILATION}" || file lib/dns/gen | grep -F -q "ELF 64-bit LSB"
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ coccinelle:
   <<: *precheck_job
   needs: []
   script:
-    - util/check-cocci
+    - util/check-cocci.sh
     - if test "$(git status --porcelain | grep -Ev '\?\?' | wc -l)" -gt "0"; then git status --short; exit 1; fi
 
 doctest:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 30612c894f..34895e9b46 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1669,7 +1669,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([fuzz/Makefile])
 
 # Misc
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([util/check-make-install])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([util/check-make-install.sh])
 
 #
 # Do it
diff --git a/util/check-cocci b/util/check-cocci.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from util/check-cocci
rename to util/check-cocci.sh
diff --git a/util/check-make-install.in b/util/check-make-install.sh.in
similarity index 100%
rename from util/check-make-install.in
rename to util/check-make-install.sh.in