diff --git a/bake/bakefile.py b/bake/bakefile.py
index d0ec46e..93271d1 100644
--- a/bake/bakefile.py
+++ b/bake/bakefile.py
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class Bakefile:
             task = self[task]
             f_name = task.name.replace("/", "_")
             f_name = f_name.replace("-", "_")
-            f_name = f"_{f_name}"
+            f_name = f"task_{f_name}"
 
             source.append(
                 # Replace / namespacing with _ namespacing, for functions.