diff --git a/src/rename_bench_option.py b/src/rename_bench_option.py
index 280db8f..5237e30 100644
--- a/src/rename_bench_option.py
+++ b/src/rename_bench_option.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 from src.utils.shell import *
 from src.utils.dict import *
 
+from .update_option import *
+
 #from delete_option import *
 
 # rename a benchmark from the suite
@@ -100,6 +102,17 @@ def rename_bench_func(spbench_path, args):
 
         print('\n  ' + old_bench_id + " -> " + new_bench_id + '\n')
 
+        # update the makefiles
+
+        #create an custom args object to call the update function
+        class Custom_update_args:
+            def __init__(self, bench_id):
+                self.app_id = ''
+                self.ppi_id = ''
+                self.benchmark_id = bench_id
+
+        update_func(spbench_path, Custom_update_args(new_bench_id))
+
         sys.exit()
     
     print('\n Error while renaming your new benchmark\n')