diff --git a/lisp/ob-C.el b/lisp/ob-C.el
index 3a6e99623..76842acb6 100644
--- a/lisp/ob-C.el
+++ b/lisp/ob-C.el
@@ -128,16 +128,21 @@ This function is called by `org-babel-execute-src-block'."
   "Expand a block of C code with org-babel according to its header arguments."
   (let ((org-babel-c-variant 'c)) (org-babel-C-expand-C body params)))
 
+(defun org-babel-C-src/bin-file (params src?)
+  "Return the src or bin file name."
+  (let* ((f (cdr (assq :file params)))
+         (file (or f (if src? "C-src-" "C-bin-")))
+         (ext (if src? (pcase org-babel-c-variant
+	                 (`c ".c") (`cpp ".cpp") (`d ".d")) org-babel-exeext)))
+    (org-babel-process-file-name
+     (if f (concat file ext)
+       (org-babel-temp-file file ext)))))
+
 (defun org-babel-C-execute (body params)
   "This function should only be called by `org-babel-execute:C'
 or `org-babel-execute:C++' or `org-babel-execute:D'."
-  (let* ((tmp-src-file (org-babel-temp-file
-			"C-src-"
-			(pcase org-babel-c-variant
-			  (`c ".c") (`cpp ".cpp") (`d ".d"))))
-	 (tmp-bin-file			;not used for D
-	  (org-babel-process-file-name
-	   (org-babel-temp-file "C-bin-" org-babel-exeext)))
+  (let* ((tmp-src-file (org-babel-C-src/bin-file params t))
+	 (tmp-bin-file (org-babel-C-src/bin-file params nil)) ;not used for D
 	 (cmdline (cdr (assq :cmdline params)))
 	 (cmdline (if cmdline (concat " " cmdline) ""))
 	 (flags (cdr (assq :flags params)))
diff --git a/testing/examples/ob-C-test.org b/testing/examples/ob-C-test.org
index c7a96f665..1a104ae6a 100644
--- a/testing/examples/ob-C-test.org
+++ b/testing/examples/ob-C-test.org
@@ -174,3 +174,13 @@ std::cout << "\"line 1\"\n";
 std::cout << "\"line 2\"\n";
 std::cout << "\"line 3\"\n";
 #+end_src
+
+* File naming
+:PROPERTIES:
+:ID:       1a691f36-f9c1-4531-8fc0-ee7b21ef5975
+:END:
+
+#+source: file_naming
+#+begin_src cpp :includes <iostream> :results output raw drawer :file ./hello-world
+std::cout << "Hello World!\n";
+#+end_src
diff --git a/testing/lisp/test-ob-C.el b/testing/lisp/test-ob-C.el
index b6dbed8e3..3d16d1ae5 100644
--- a/testing/lisp/test-ob-C.el
+++ b/testing/lisp/test-ob-C.el
@@ -192,5 +192,19 @@
                                "\"line 1\"\n\"line 2\"\n\"line 3\"\n"
                                (org-babel-execute-src-block))))))
 
+(ert-deftest ob-C/set-src+bin-file-name ()
+  "Set the name of the src and bin file names created by `org-babel-C-execute'."
+  (if (executable-find org-babel-C++-compiler)
+      (unwind-protect
+          (org-test-at-id "1a691f36-f9c1-4531-8fc0-ee7b21ef5975"
+            (org-babel-next-src-block 1)
+            (should (equal
+                     "Hello World!\n"
+                     (org-babel-execute-src-block)))
+            (should (file-exists-p "./hello-world"))
+            (should (file-exists-p "./hello-world.cpp")))
+        (ignore-errors (delete-file "./hello-world"))
+        (ignore-errors (delete-file "./hello-world.cpp")))))
+
 (provide 'test-ob-C)
 ;;; test-ob-C.el ends here