diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c7a9313543..d151b3d288 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 [submodule "aux/binpac"]
 	path = aux/binpac
 	url = https://github.com/zeek/binpac
-[submodule "aux/broctl"]
-	path = aux/broctl
-	url = https://github.com/zeek/broctl
+[submodule "aux/zeekctl"]
+	path = aux/zeekctl
+	url = https://github.com/zeek/zeekctl
 [submodule "aux/btest"]
 	path = aux/btest
 	url = https://github.com/zeek/btest
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1d28dd2ed3..5140b3b96b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 
+2.6-287 | 2019-05-14 17:40:40 -0700
+
+  * Rename broctl submodule to zeekctl (Jon Siwek, Corelight)
+
 2.6-286 | 2019-05-14 13:19:12 -0700
 
   * Undo an unintentional change to btest.cfg from a recent commit (Daniel Thayer)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 25be38244b..6d6eb4e3ce 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.6-286
+2.6-287
diff --git a/aux/broctl b/aux/broctl
deleted file mode 160000
index 2ab58cc88f..0000000000
--- a/aux/broctl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 2ab58cc88fd80f1d7a7fc5dd14bfd63b07f285f6
diff --git a/aux/broctl b/aux/broctl
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..d17a55b030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aux/broctl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+zeekctl
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/aux/zeekctl b/aux/zeekctl
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..b89ebe1582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aux/zeekctl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b89ebe15821d0d1ef895149f4dd97336789c7910