diff --git a/src/box/CMakeLists.txt b/src/box/CMakeLists.txt
index 8e9cafea0060f6e75c59bfce0764f2ae24084815..11ec81e6232a5c00851acf5e8f644bb7edbb93ae 100644
--- a/src/box/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/box/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ lua_source(lua_sources lua/load_cfg.lua)
 lua_source(lua_sources lua/schema.lua)
 lua_source(lua_sources lua/tuple.lua)
 lua_source(lua_sources lua/session.lua)
-lua_source(lua_sources lua/snapshot_daemon.lua)
+lua_source(lua_sources lua/checkpoint_daemon.lua)
 lua_source(lua_sources lua/net_box.lua)
 lua_source(lua_sources lua/upgrade.lua)
 lua_source(lua_sources lua/console.lua)
diff --git a/src/box/lua/snapshot_daemon.lua b/src/box/lua/checkpoint_daemon.lua
similarity index 98%
rename from src/box/lua/snapshot_daemon.lua
rename to src/box/lua/checkpoint_daemon.lua
index 3543e29b12aa0f559419c1dc992f2f933f3eff09..686ea8103519676f16801ba655eb46785c254a94 100644
--- a/src/box/lua/snapshot_daemon.lua
+++ b/src/box/lua/checkpoint_daemon.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--- snapshot_daemon.lua (internal file)
+-- checkpoint_daemon.lua (internal file)
 
 local log = require 'log'
 local fiber = require 'fiber'
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ local errno = require 'errno'
 local digest = require 'digest'
 local pickle = require 'pickle'
 
-local PREFIX = 'snapshot_daemon'
+local PREFIX = 'checkpoint_daemon'
 
 local daemon = {
     checkpoint_interval = 0;
diff --git a/src/box/lua/init.c b/src/box/lua/init.c
index d9fef7638aa67af362b3b4e89ba8ab319366e535..0e3ceff26c7b91c58605abbf5597f2619633a294 100644
--- a/src/box/lua/init.c
+++ b/src/box/lua/init.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ extern char session_lua[],
 	tuple_lua[],
 	schema_lua[],
 	load_cfg_lua[],
-	snapshot_daemon_lua[],
+	checkpoint_daemon_lua[],
 	net_box_lua[],
 	upgrade_lua[],
 	console_lua[];
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static const char *lua_sources[] = {
 	"box/session", session_lua,
 	"box/tuple", tuple_lua,
 	"box/schema", schema_lua,
-	"box/snapshot_daemon", snapshot_daemon_lua,
+	"box/checkpoint_daemon", checkpoint_daemon_lua,
 	"box/upgrade", upgrade_lua,
 	"box/net_box", net_box_lua,
 	"box/console", console_lua,
diff --git a/src/box/lua/load_cfg.lua b/src/box/lua/load_cfg.lua
index 66790ba77cb9eb9a16c6f59283c5f64e0a0eda38..8bd15958195c87bd8eac5b7772857c577ab5b1ee 100644
--- a/src/box/lua/load_cfg.lua
+++ b/src/box/lua/load_cfg.lua
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ local dynamic_cfg = {
     read_only               = private.cfg_set_read_only,
     vinyl_timeout           = private.cfg_update_vinyl_options,
     checkpoint_count        = private.cfg_set_checkpoint_count,
-    checkpoint_interval     = private.snapshot_daemon.set_checkpoint_interval,
+    checkpoint_interval     = private.checkpoint_daemon.set_checkpoint_interval,
     -- do nothing, affects new replicas, which query this value on start
     wal_dir_rescan_delay    = function() end,
     custom_proc_title       = function()
diff --git a/test/xlog/snapshot_daemon.result b/test/xlog/checkpoint_daemon.result
similarity index 97%
rename from test/xlog/snapshot_daemon.result
rename to test/xlog/checkpoint_daemon.result
index 4555a14ed48b10f1c61f0bc12b035dd4c9c2aaa8..dd0b7de6fd5f558948be634dfc6196f785e853bb 100644
--- a/test/xlog/snapshot_daemon.result
+++ b/test/xlog/checkpoint_daemon.result
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PERIOD = 0.03
 if jit.os ~= 'Linux' then PERIOD = 1.5 end
 ---
 ...
-space = box.schema.space.create('snapshot_daemon')
+space = box.schema.space.create('checkpoint_daemon')
 ---
 ...
 index = space:create_index('pk', { type = 'tree', parts = { 1, 'unsigned' }})
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ box.cfg{checkpoint_interval = 3600 * 4, checkpoint_count = 4 }
 space:drop()
 ---
 ...
-daemon = box.internal.snapshot_daemon
+daemon = box.internal.checkpoint_daemon
 ---
 ...
 -- stop daemon
diff --git a/test/xlog/snapshot_daemon.test.lua b/test/xlog/checkpoint_daemon.test.lua
similarity index 97%
rename from test/xlog/snapshot_daemon.test.lua
rename to test/xlog/checkpoint_daemon.test.lua
index 59337e503053e3c9b9d43c623b691a4e936875de..55d7defd94ef5ca64cd8a788b54b0f0dc7441242 100644
--- a/test/xlog/snapshot_daemon.test.lua
+++ b/test/xlog/checkpoint_daemon.test.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PERIOD = 0.03
 if jit.os ~= 'Linux' then PERIOD = 1.5 end
 
 
-space = box.schema.space.create('snapshot_daemon')
+space = box.schema.space.create('checkpoint_daemon')
 index = space:create_index('pk', { type = 'tree', parts = { 1, 'unsigned' }})
 
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ fio.basename(snaps[1], '.snap') >= fio.basename(xlogs[1], '.xlog')
 box.cfg{checkpoint_interval = 3600 * 4, checkpoint_count = 4 }
 space:drop()
 
-daemon = box.internal.snapshot_daemon
+daemon = box.internal.checkpoint_daemon
 -- stop daemon
 box.cfg{ checkpoint_interval = 0 }
 -- wait daemon to stop