diff --git a/Generate.hs b/Generate.hs
index 573866a7..649f510b 100755
--- a/Generate.hs
+++ b/Generate.hs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ qualify pw str
     where
         prelude = ["elem","uncurry","snd","fst","not","null","if","then","else"
                   ,"True","False","concat","isPrefixOf","isSuffixOf"]
-        fpops = ["</>","<.>"]
+        fpops = ["</>","<.>","-<.>"]
 
 
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/System/FilePath/Internal.hs b/System/FilePath/Internal.hs
index af20ad62..e97bba5b 100644
--- a/System/FilePath/Internal.hs
+++ b/System/FilePath/Internal.hs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ module System.FilePath.MODULE_NAME
 
     -- * Extension methods
     splitExtension,
-    takeExtension, replaceExtension, dropExtension, addExtension, hasExtension, (<.>),
+    takeExtension, replaceExtension, (-<.>), dropExtension, addExtension, hasExtension, (<.>),
     splitExtensions, dropExtensions, takeExtensions,
 
     -- * Drive methods
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ import Data.Maybe(isJust, fromJust)
 import System.Environment(getEnv)
 
 
-infixr 7  <.>
+infixr 7  <.>, -<.>
 infixr 5  </>
 
 
@@ -228,6 +228,12 @@ splitExtension x = case nameDot of
 takeExtension :: FilePath -> String
 takeExtension = snd . splitExtension
 
+-- | Remove the current extension and add another, an alias for 'replaceExtension'.
+--
+-- > "foo.o" -<.> "c" == "foo.c"
+(-<.>) :: FilePath -> String -> FilePath
+(-<.>) = replaceExtension
+
 -- | Set the extension of a file, overwriting one if already present.
 --
 -- > replaceExtension "file.txt" ".bob" == "file.bob"
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 807c6523..f8e14f15 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ _Note: below all `FilePath` values are unquoted, so `\\` really means two backsl
 
   * Bundled with GHC 7.10.1
 
+  * New function: Add `-<.>` as an alias for `replaceExtension`.
+
   * Semantic change: `joinDrive /foo bar` now returns `/foo/bar`, instead of `/foobar`
 
   * Semantic change: on Windows, `splitSearchPath File1;\"File 2\"` now returns `[File1,File2]` instead of `[File1,\"File2\"]`
diff --git a/tests/TestGen.hs b/tests/TestGen.hs
index 7bae497b..014275f5 100755
--- a/tests/TestGen.hs
+++ b/tests/TestGen.hs
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ tests =
     ,("W.takeExtension (W.addExtension x \"ext\") == \".ext\"", test $ \(QFilePathValidW x) -> W.takeExtension (W.addExtension x "ext") == ".ext")
     ,("P.takeExtension (P.replaceExtension x \"ext\") == \".ext\"", test $ \(QFilePathValidP x) -> P.takeExtension (P.replaceExtension x "ext") == ".ext")
     ,("W.takeExtension (W.replaceExtension x \"ext\") == \".ext\"", test $ \(QFilePathValidW x) -> W.takeExtension (W.replaceExtension x "ext") == ".ext")
+    ,("\"foo.o\" P.-<.> \"c\" == \"foo.c\"", test $ "foo.o" P.-<.> "c" == "foo.c")
+    ,("\"foo.o\" W.-<.> \"c\" == \"foo.c\"", test $ "foo.o" W.-<.> "c" == "foo.c")
     ,("P.replaceExtension \"file.txt\" \".bob\" == \"file.bob\"", test $ P.replaceExtension "file.txt" ".bob" == "file.bob")
     ,("W.replaceExtension \"file.txt\" \".bob\" == \"file.bob\"", test $ W.replaceExtension "file.txt" ".bob" == "file.bob")
     ,("P.replaceExtension \"file.txt\" \"bob\" == \"file.bob\"", test $ P.replaceExtension "file.txt" "bob" == "file.bob")