diff --git a/src/bank.rs b/src/bank.rs
index ebd157dd2c..2b62348889 100644
--- a/src/bank.rs
+++ b/src/bank.rs
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ impl Bank {
                 error_counters.account_not_found_leader += 1;
             }
             if BudgetState::check_id(&tx.program_id) {
-                use instruction::Instruction;
+                use budget_instruction::Instruction;
                 if let Some(Instruction::NewVote(_vote)) = tx.instruction() {
                     error_counters.account_not_found_vote += 1;
                 }
diff --git a/src/instruction.rs b/src/budget_instruction.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/instruction.rs
rename to src/budget_instruction.rs
diff --git a/src/budget_program.rs b/src/budget_program.rs
index 49203ab852..37083bc545 100644
--- a/src/budget_program.rs
+++ b/src/budget_program.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 use bank::Account;
 use bincode::{self, deserialize, serialize_into, serialized_size};
 use budget::Budget;
+use budget_instruction::Instruction;
 use chrono::prelude::{DateTime, Utc};
-use instruction::Instruction;
 use payment_plan::Witness;
 use signature::Pubkey;
 use std::io;
diff --git a/src/budget_transaction.rs b/src/budget_transaction.rs
index 5dd8f3cc38..254938af30 100644
--- a/src/budget_transaction.rs
+++ b/src/budget_transaction.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 use bincode::{deserialize, serialize};
 use budget::{Budget, Condition};
+use budget_instruction::{Contract, Instruction, Vote};
 use budget_program::BudgetState;
 use chrono::prelude::*;
 use hash::Hash;
-use instruction::{Contract, Instruction, Vote};
 use payment_plan::Payment;
 use signature::{Keypair, Pubkey};
 use transaction::Transaction;
diff --git a/src/crdt.rs b/src/crdt.rs
index 958e99b441..e327aa420b 100644
--- a/src/crdt.rs
+++ b/src/crdt.rs
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 //!
 //! Bank needs to provide an interface for us to query the stake weight
 use bincode::{deserialize, serialize};
+use budget_instruction::Vote;
 use choose_gossip_peer_strategy::{ChooseGossipPeerStrategy, ChooseWeightedPeerStrategy};
 use counter::Counter;
 use hash::Hash;
-use instruction::Vote;
 use ledger::LedgerWindow;
 use log::Level;
 use netutil::{bind_in_range, bind_to, multi_bind_in_range};
@@ -1398,13 +1398,13 @@ fn report_time_spent(label: &str, time: &Duration, extra: &str) {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use budget_instruction::Vote;
     use crdt::{
         Crdt, CrdtError, Node, NodeInfo, Protocol, FULLNODE_PORT_RANGE, GOSSIP_PURGE_MILLIS,
         GOSSIP_SLEEP_MILLIS, MIN_TABLE_SIZE,
     };
     use entry::Entry;
     use hash::{hash, Hash};
-    use instruction::Vote;
     use ledger::{LedgerWindow, LedgerWriter};
     use logger;
     use packet::BlobRecycler;
diff --git a/src/ledger.rs b/src/ledger.rs
index 7ed14b168f..0e5bd260aa 100644
--- a/src/ledger.rs
+++ b/src/ledger.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 //! access read to a persistent file-based ledger.
 
 use bincode::{self, deserialize, deserialize_from, serialize_into, serialized_size};
+use budget_instruction::Vote;
 use budget_transaction::BudgetTransaction;
 use entry::Entry;
 use hash::Hash;
-use instruction::Vote;
 use log::Level::Trace;
 #[cfg(test)]
 use mint::Mint;
@@ -581,11 +581,11 @@ pub fn genesis(name: &str, num: i64) -> (Mint, String) {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use bincode::serialized_size;
+    use budget_instruction::Vote;
     use budget_transaction::BudgetTransaction;
     use chrono::prelude::*;
     use entry::{next_entry, Entry};
     use hash::hash;
-    use instruction::Vote;
     use packet::{BlobRecycler, BLOB_DATA_SIZE, PACKET_DATA_SIZE};
     use signature::{Keypair, KeypairUtil};
     use std;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c2f66f08b8..1ffb243aa6 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ pub mod banking_stage;
 pub mod blob_fetch_stage;
 pub mod broadcast_stage;
 pub mod budget;
+pub mod budget_instruction;
 pub mod budget_transaction;
 pub mod choose_gossip_peer_strategy;
 pub mod client;
-pub mod instruction;
 #[macro_use]
 pub mod crdt;
 pub mod budget_program;
diff --git a/src/vote_stage.rs b/src/vote_stage.rs
index a5d7e8c50c..e89e7b0078 100644
--- a/src/vote_stage.rs
+++ b/src/vote_stage.rs
@@ -168,10 +168,10 @@ pub mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use bank::Bank;
     use bincode::deserialize;
+    use budget_instruction::Vote;
     use crdt::{Crdt, NodeInfo};
     use entry::next_entry;
     use hash::{hash, Hash};
-    use instruction::Vote;
     use logger;
     use mint::Mint;
     use std::sync::mpsc::channel;