diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/.gitignore b/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/.gitignore
index 5c9a1f0212dd..51cbb8799c44 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 __pycache__/
 raw_pylibcpupower_wrap.c
 *.o
 *.so
 *.py
 !test_raw_pylibcpupower.py
-# git keeps ignoring this file, use git add -f raw_libcpupower.i
-!raw_pylibcpupower.i
diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/Makefile b/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/Makefile
index dc09c5b66ead..e1ebb1d60cd4 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/Makefile
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/Makefile
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ _raw_pylibcpupower.so: raw_pylibcpupower_wrap.o
 raw_pylibcpupower_wrap.o: raw_pylibcpupower_wrap.c
 	$(CC) -fPIC -c raw_pylibcpupower_wrap.c $(PY_INCLUDE)
 
-raw_pylibcpupower_wrap.c: raw_pylibcpupower.i
+raw_pylibcpupower_wrap.c: raw_pylibcpupower.swg
 ifeq ($(HAVE_SWIG),0)
 	$(error "swig was not found. Make sure you have it installed and in the PATH to generate the bindings.")
 else ifeq ($(HAVE_PYCONFIG),0)
 	$(error "python-config was not found. Make sure you have it installed and in the PATH to generate the bindings.")
 endif
-	swig -python raw_pylibcpupower.i
+	swig -python raw_pylibcpupower.swg
 
 # Will only clean the bindings folder; will not clean the actual cpupower folder
 clean:
diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/raw_pylibcpupower.i b/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/raw_pylibcpupower.swg
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/raw_pylibcpupower.i
rename to tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/raw_pylibcpupower.swg