diff --git a/src/bindgen/bindings.rs b/src/bindgen/bindings.rs
index b857764..dc1922f 100644
--- a/src/bindgen/bindings.rs
+++ b/src/bindgen/bindings.rs
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ impl Bindings {
             }
 
             if self.config.language == Language::Cxx || self.config.cpp_compat {
-                if let Some(ref using) = self.config.using {
-                    for namespace in using {
+                if let Some(ref using_namespaces) = self.config.using_namespaces {
+                    for namespace in using_namespaces {
                         out.new_line();
                         write!(out, "using namespace {};", namespace);
                     }
diff --git a/src/bindgen/config.rs b/src/bindgen/config.rs
index aa0d18f..ba962e0 100644
--- a/src/bindgen/config.rs
+++ b/src/bindgen/config.rs
@@ -621,8 +621,8 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub namespace: Option<String>,
     /// An optional list of namespaces. Only applicable when language="C++"
     pub namespaces: Option<Vec<String>>,
-    /// An optional list of namespaces to ddeclare as using. Only applicable when language="C++"
-    pub using: Option<Vec<String>>,
+    /// An optional list of namespaces to declare as using. Only applicable when language="C++"
+    pub using_namespaces: Option<Vec<String>>,
     /// The style to use for braces
     pub braces: Braces,
     /// The preferred length of a line, used for auto breaking function arguments
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
             no_includes: false,
             namespace: None,
             namespaces: None,
-            using: None,
+            using_namespaces: None,
             braces: Braces::SameLine,
             line_length: 100,
             tab_width: 2,
diff --git a/tests/expectations/both/using.c b/tests/expectations/both/using_namespaces.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/expectations/both/using.c
rename to tests/expectations/both/using_namespaces.c
diff --git a/tests/expectations/both/using.compat.c b/tests/expectations/both/using_namespaces.compat.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/expectations/both/using.compat.c
rename to tests/expectations/both/using_namespaces.compat.c
diff --git a/tests/expectations/tag/using.c b/tests/expectations/tag/using_namespaces.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/expectations/tag/using.c
rename to tests/expectations/tag/using_namespaces.c
diff --git a/tests/expectations/tag/using.compat.c b/tests/expectations/tag/using_namespaces.compat.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/expectations/tag/using.compat.c
rename to tests/expectations/tag/using_namespaces.compat.c
diff --git a/tests/expectations/using.c b/tests/expectations/using_namespaces.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/expectations/using.c
rename to tests/expectations/using_namespaces.c
diff --git a/tests/expectations/using.compat.c b/tests/expectations/using_namespaces.compat.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/expectations/using.compat.c
rename to tests/expectations/using_namespaces.compat.c
diff --git a/tests/expectations/using.cpp b/tests/expectations/using_namespaces.cpp
similarity index 78%
rename from tests/expectations/using.cpp
rename to tests/expectations/using_namespaces.cpp
index cd881fa..497a0b8 100644
--- a/tests/expectations/using.cpp
+++ b/tests/expectations/using_namespaces.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <new>
 
+namespace root {
+
 using namespace std;
 
 extern "C" {
@@ -10,3 +12,5 @@ extern "C" {
 void root();
 
 } // extern "C"
+
+} // namespace root
diff --git a/tests/rust/using.toml b/tests/rust/using.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 986e255..0000000
--- a/tests/rust/using.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-using = ["std"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/rust/using.rs b/tests/rust/using_namespaces.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/rust/using.rs
rename to tests/rust/using_namespaces.rs
diff --git a/tests/rust/using_namespaces.toml b/tests/rust/using_namespaces.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1dd9a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rust/using_namespaces.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+namespaces = ["root"]
+using_namespaces = ["std"]
\ No newline at end of file