diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 8bc6e00bc9..173a646fed 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -1035,6 +1035,9 @@ else:
     print "It appears you don't have the required MIDI libraries installed. For Linux this means you are missing the development package for ALSA libraries."
     sys.exit (1)
 
+pname = env['PROGRAM_NAME']
+subst_dict['%MIDI_DEVICE_NAME%'] = pname.lower()
+
 env = conf.Finish()
 
 if env['GTKOSX']:
diff --git a/ardour.rc.in b/ardour.rc.in
index bd692fa5a0..4003c18ca3 100644
--- a/ardour.rc.in
+++ b/ardour.rc.in
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <Ardour>
-  <MIDI-port tag="%MIDITAG%" device="ardour" type="%MIDITYPE%" mode="duplex"/>
-  <MIDI-port tag="control" device="ardour" type="%MIDITYPE%" mode="duplex"/>
-  <MIDI-port tag="mcu" device="ardour" type="%MIDITYPE%" mode="duplex"/>
+  <MIDI-port tag="%MIDITAG%" device="%MIDI_DEVICE_NAME%" type="%MIDITYPE%" mode="duplex"/>
+  <MIDI-port tag="control" device="%MIDI_DEVICE_NAME%" type="%MIDITYPE%" mode="duplex"/>
+  <MIDI-port tag="mcu" device="%MIDI_DEVICE_NAME%" type="%MIDITYPE%" mode="duplex"/>
   <Config>
     <Option name="minimum-disk-io-bytes" value="262144"/>
     <Option name="track-buffer-seconds" value="5.000000"/>