diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e16a38a..41d0a26 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -257,17 +257,17 @@ Suppose you have the following directory structure:
     WORKSPACE
     workflows/
         BUILD
-        workflow.jsonnet
+        workflow.libsonnet
         wordcount.jsonnet
         intersection.jsonnet
 ```
 
-Say that `workflow.jsonnet` is a base configuration library for a workflow
+Say that `workflow.libsonnet` is a base configuration library for a workflow
 scheduling system and `wordcount.jsonnet` and `intersection.jsonnet` both
-import `workflow.jsonnet` to define workflows for performing a wordcount and
+import `workflow.libsonnet` to define workflows for performing a wordcount and
 intersection of two files, respectively.
 
-First, create a `jsonnet_library` target with `workflow.jsonnet`:
+First, create a `jsonnet_library` target with `workflow.libsonnet`:
 
 `workflows/BUILD`:
 
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ load("@io_bazel_rules_jsonnet//jsonnet:jsonnet.bzl", "jsonnet_library")
 
 jsonnet_library(
     name = "workflow",
-    srcs = ["workflow.jsonnet"],
+    srcs = ["workflow.libsonnet"],
 )
 ```
 
@@ -469,12 +469,12 @@ Suppose you have the following directory structure:
     WORKSPACE
     config/
         BUILD
-        base_config.jsonnet
+        base_config.libsonnet
         test_config.jsonnet
         test_config.json
 ```
 
-Suppose that `base_config.jsonnet` is a library Jsonnet file, containing the
+Suppose that `base_config.libsonnet` is a library Jsonnet file, containing the
 base configuration for a service. Suppose that `test_config.jsonnet` is a test
 configuration file that is used to test `base_config.jsonnet`, and
 `test_config.json` is the expected JSON output from compiling
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ load(
 
 jsonnet_library(
     name = "base_config",
-    srcs = ["base_config.jsonnet"],
+    srcs = ["base_config.libsonnet"],
 )
 
 jsonnet_to_json_test(
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ Suppose you have the following directory structure:
     WORKSPACE
     config/
         BUILD
-        base_config.jsonnet
+        base_config.libsonnet
         invalid_config.jsonnet
         invalid_config.output
 ```
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ load(
 
 jsonnet_library(
     name = "base_config",
-    srcs = ["base_config.jsonnet"],
+    srcs = ["base_config.libsonnet"],
 )
 
 jsonnet_to_json_test(
diff --git a/examples/BUILD b/examples/BUILD
index 6fbb726..5950663 100644
--- a/examples/BUILD
+++ b/examples/BUILD
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ load(
 
 jsonnet_library(
     name = "workflow",
-    srcs = ["workflow.jsonnet"],
+    srcs = ["workflow.libsonnet"],
 )
 
 jsonnet_to_json(
diff --git a/examples/intersection.jsonnet b/examples/intersection.jsonnet
index a4c66ce..d757e49 100644
--- a/examples/intersection.jsonnet
+++ b/examples/intersection.jsonnet
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-local workflow = import "examples/workflow.jsonnet";
+local workflow = import "examples/workflow.libsonnet";
 
 // Workflow that performs an intersection of two files using shell commands.
 {
diff --git a/examples/wordcount.jsonnet b/examples/wordcount.jsonnet
index b6aafe4..bad7424 100644
--- a/examples/wordcount.jsonnet
+++ b/examples/wordcount.jsonnet
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-local workflow = import "examples/workflow.jsonnet";
+local workflow = import "examples/workflow.libsonnet";
 
 // Workflow that performs a wordcount using shell commands.
 {
diff --git a/examples/workflow.jsonnet b/examples/workflow.libsonnet
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/workflow.jsonnet
rename to examples/workflow.libsonnet
diff --git a/jsonnet/jsonnet.bzl b/jsonnet/jsonnet.bzl
index 2540674..6bbb502 100644
--- a/jsonnet/jsonnet.bzl
+++ b/jsonnet/jsonnet.bzl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 """Jsonnet rules for Bazel."""
 
-_JSONNET_FILETYPE = FileType([".jsonnet"])
+_JSONNET_FILETYPE = FileType([".jsonnet", ".libsonnet"])
 
 def _setup_deps(deps):
   """Collects source files and import flags of transitive dependencies.