diff --git a/src/super_context.ml b/src/super_context.ml
index 181de7b5..f769a995 100644
--- a/src/super_context.ml
+++ b/src/super_context.ml
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ let create
       ; "ext_lib"        , string context.ext_lib
       ; "ext_dll"        , string context.ext_dll
       ; "ext_exe"        , string context.ext_exe
-      ; "build_profile"  , string context.profile
+      ; "profile"        , string context.profile
       ]
     in
     let vars =
diff --git a/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/workspaces/custom-profile/dune b/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/workspaces/custom-profile/dune
index 1517a8a5..72b034ed 100644
--- a/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/workspaces/custom-profile/dune
+++ b/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/workspaces/custom-profile/dune
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 (alias
  (name runtest)
- (action (echo "build profile: %{build_profile}")))
\ No newline at end of file
+ (action (echo "build profile: %{profile}")))
\ No newline at end of file