diff --git a/src/bin/eolian_cxx/eolian_wrappers.hh b/src/bin/eolian_cxx/eolian_wrappers.hh
index 1eec82bb50..726f715164 100644
--- a/src/bin/eolian_cxx/eolian_wrappers.hh
+++ b/src/bin/eolian_cxx/eolian_wrappers.hh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class_base_file(Eolian_Class const& klass)
 inline std::string
 class_name(Eolian_Class const& klass)
 {
-   return safe_str(::eolian_class_name_get(&klass));
+   return safe_lower(::eolian_class_name_get(&klass));
 }
 
 inline std::string