diff --git a/unittest/CMakeLists.txt b/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
index 507f1456368a7bfa108e54a3fdddcac7e0054561..7ef9001d42e311edf83ebfaa43fc22964b5d86f3 100644
--- a/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if(NOT ${EIGEN3_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.2.0")
   add_lib_unit_test(eigen_ref)
 endif()
 add_lib_unit_test(user_type)
-add_lib_unit_test(vector)
+add_lib_unit_test(std_vector)
 
 add_python_unit_test("py-matrix" "unittest/python/test_matrix.py" "unittest")
 add_python_unit_test("py-geometry" "unittest/python/test_geometry.py"
diff --git a/unittest/python/test_std_vector.py b/unittest/python/test_std_vector.py
index afa26000977a293baad0038b2da024c8b74b2c28..52fd4c0d3cb623d178831f60f12e0551c1147959 100644
--- a/unittest/python/test_std_vector.py
+++ b/unittest/python/test_std_vector.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import numpy as np
 import eigenpy
 import inspect
 import pprint
-import vector
-from vector import printVectorOfMatrix, printVectorOf3x3, copyStdVector
+import std_vector
+from std_vector import printVectorOfMatrix, printVectorOf3x3, copyStdVector
 
 np.random.seed(0)
 
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ assert isinstance(l4_copy, eigenpy.StdVec_MatrixXd)
 assert "StdVec_Mat3d" in printVectorOf3x3.__doc__
 printVectorOf3x3(l4)
 
-l4_copy2 = vector.copyStdVec_3x3(l4)
-assert isinstance(l4_copy2, vector.StdVec_Mat3d)
+l4_copy2 = std_vector.copyStdVec_3x3(l4)
+assert isinstance(l4_copy2, std_vector.StdVec_Mat3d)
 
 
 def checkZero(l):
@@ -54,21 +54,21 @@ def checkZero(l):
 
 print("Check setZero() works:")
 print("l1:")
-vector.setZero(l1)
+std_vector.setZero(l1)
 print(l1)
 checkZero(l1)
 print("-----------------")
 
 print("l2:")
 l2_py = l2.tolist()
-vector.setZero(l2_py)
+std_vector.setZero(l2_py)
 pprint.pprint(l2_py)
 checkZero(l2_py)
 print("-----------------")
 
 l3_copy = copyStdVector(l3)
 print("l3_std:")
-vector.setZero(l3_copy)
+std_vector.setZero(l3_copy)
 pprint.pprint(list(l3_copy))
 checkZero(l3_copy)
 print("-----------------")
diff --git a/unittest/vector.cpp b/unittest/std_vector.cpp
similarity index 97%
rename from unittest/vector.cpp
rename to unittest/std_vector.cpp
index b45f70d0496dfb1d1d78839bf170c27d92a96c33..a3679917a61916f761d0202755f935192cd2a442 100644
--- a/unittest/vector.cpp
+++ b/unittest/std_vector.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ void setZero(std::vector<MatType> &Ms) {
   }
 }
 
-BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(vector) {
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(std_vector) {
   namespace bp = boost::python;
   using namespace eigenpy;