diff --git a/include/libssh/priv.h b/include/libssh/priv.h
index 1713e327..81dd6158 100644
--- a/include/libssh/priv.h
+++ b/include/libssh/priv.h
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ void agent_free(struct agent_struct *agent);
  *
  * @return 1 if it is running, 0 if not.
  */
-int agent_running(struct ssh_session *session);
+int agent_is_running(struct ssh_session *session);
 
 int agent_get_ident_count(struct ssh_session *session);
 
diff --git a/libssh/agent.c b/libssh/agent.c
index 7e95a614..2293e331 100644
--- a/libssh/agent.c
+++ b/libssh/agent.c
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ STRING *agent_sign_data(struct ssh_session *session,
   return sig;
 }
 
-int agent_running(SSH_SESSION *session) {
+int agent_is_running(SSH_SESSION *session) {
   if (session == NULL || session->agent == NULL) {
     return 0;
   }
diff --git a/libssh/auth.c b/libssh/auth.c
index 3ec00caa..42e852e6 100644
--- a/libssh/auth.c
+++ b/libssh/auth.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ int ssh_userauth_agent_pubkey(SSH_SESSION *session, const char *username,
   int err = SSH_AUTH_ERROR;
 
   enter_function();
-  if (! agent_running(session)) {
+  if (! agent_is_running(session)) {
     return err;
   }
 
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ int ssh_userauth_autopubkey(SSH_SESSION *session, const char *passphrase) {
 
     /* try ssh-agent keys first */
 #ifndef _WIN32
-    if (agent_running(session)) {
+    if (agent_is_running(session)) {
       ssh_log(session, SSH_LOG_RARE,
           "Trying to authenticate with SSH agent keys");