diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bfacfeb95..5df8f4140 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ stdio = []
 # Enable `rustix::system::*`.
 system = ["linux-raw-sys/system"]
 
-# Enable `rustix::runtime::*`. ⚠ This API is undocumented and unstable and
+# Enable `rustix::runtime_*::*`. ⚠ This API is undocumented and unstable and
 # experimental and not intended for general-purpose use. ⚠
 runtime = ["linux-raw-sys/prctl"]
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 8d4a5e521..6d0c12f30 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -309,12 +309,21 @@ pub mod thread;
 pub mod time;
 
 // "runtime" is also a public API module, but it's only for libc-like users.
+//
+// People have been observed using it in the wild, so as a counter-measure,
+// it now has a name mangled with a random string that will rotate periodically.
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+#[cfg(feature = "runtime")]
+#[cfg(linux_raw)]
+#[cfg_attr(not(document_experimental_runtime_api), doc(hidden))]
+#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "runtime")))]
+pub mod runtime_448b8ad740e2a26f;
 #[cfg(not(windows))]
 #[cfg(feature = "runtime")]
 #[cfg(linux_raw)]
 #[cfg_attr(not(document_experimental_runtime_api), doc(hidden))]
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "runtime")))]
-pub mod runtime;
+pub(crate) use runtime_448b8ad740e2a26f as runtime;
 
 // Declare "fs" as a non-public module if "fs" isn't enabled but we need it for
 // reading procfs.
diff --git a/src/runtime.rs b/src/runtime_448b8ad740e2a26f.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/runtime.rs
rename to src/runtime_448b8ad740e2a26f.rs