diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1f0ebd9624447373e629b7d0114440fb23dfd61b..41ce3fd96b73693a9957430499f96bbc626a8f72 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ An ABI [suppression specification file](https://sourceware.org/libabigail/manual
 
 In order to add a global suppression file, modify the variable `GLOBAL_SUPPRESSION_FILE` in `local.conf` to be the suppression's filepath:
 
-`GLOBAL_SUPRESSION_FILE = "/path/to/suppression.file"`
+`BINARY_AUDIT_GLOBAL_SUPPRESSION_FILE = "/path/to/suppression.file"`
 
 To add recipe-specific suppressions, add the filepath to the suppression to the recipe's `SRC_URI` list. The suppression file must also have a name which follows the regex `abi*.suppr`. Here is an example for adding a suppression called `abi_openssl.suppr` to the `openssl` recipe:
 
diff --git a/classes/abicheck.bbclass b/classes/abicheck.bbclass
index b31a8f0ab5d9bc29005e5b45af54ad53dfccbc05..2d6085eb451c05781e8e8109d8f0aaf9f74aa37e 100644
--- a/classes/abicheck.bbclass
+++ b/classes/abicheck.bbclass
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ python binary_audit_abixml_compare_to_ref() {
     
     suppr = glob.glob(recipe_suppr)
 
-    if os.path.isfile(str(d.getVar("GLOBAL_SUPPRESSION_FILE"))):
-        suppr += [d.getVar("GLOBAL_SUPPRESSION_FILE")]
+    if os.path.isfile(str(d.getVar("BINARY_AUDIT_GLOBAL_SUPPRESSION_FILE"))):
+        suppr += [d.getVar("BINARY_AUDIT_GLOBAL_SUPPRESSION_FILE")]
     else:
         util.note("No global suppression found")