diff --git a/autotests/export/docbook/Linguistics_forest.xml b/autotests/export/docbook/Linguistics_forest.xml
index 65c0f0bc98..65144e7f21 100644
--- a/autotests/export/docbook/Linguistics_forest.xml
+++ b/autotests/export/docbook/Linguistics_forest.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 <para>Here is a simple example:</para>
 <mediaobject>
 <imageobject>
-<imagedata fileref='lyxpreviewAJskuj1.png' />
+<imagedata fileref='lyx_waUJAzFwGUKDEN7MJCcs6gYNMbJuYBkgsRTDTpIvs.png' />
 </imageobject>
 <textobject>
 <programlisting language='latex' role='forest'>[VP [DP[John]] [V' [V[sent]] [DP[Mary]] [DP[D[a]][NP[letter]]] ] ]</programlisting>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 <para>expands to a real structure tree. To view the result within the work area, you can simply embed the Structure Tree inset into a Preview inset. If instant preview is correctly installed and activated, you should see the tree immediately (just click on the image in order to edit):</para>
 <para><mediaobject>
 <imageobject>
-<imagedata fileref='lyxpreviewWZhpAx1.png' />
+<imagedata fileref='lyx_Neo86S96tfZZQHjpBg7ADIb30ZP0DTrDTR1DEIL6dM.png' />
 </imageobject>
 <textobject>
 <programlisting language='latex' role='forest'>[VP [DP[Mary]] [V' [V[sent]] [DP[John]] [DP[D[a]][NP[response]]] ] ]</programlisting>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 <para>Roofs can be easily generated by means of the <code>roof</code> option (note that the comma has special meaning, as it marks options):</para>
 <mediaobject>
 <imageobject>
-<imagedata fileref='lyxpreviewQJTcYJ1.png' />
+<imagedata fileref='lyx_Evmv0h17wY4EoBIBFZjUQJMv0cyWz6KodzrzPiY1tQ.png' />
 </imageobject>
 <textobject>
 <programlisting language='latex' role='forest'>[VP [DP[John]] [V' [V[sent]] [DP[Mary]] [DP[another letter, roof]] ] ]</programlisting>
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 <para>In order to align nodes of the tree more elegantly, use the &#8220;tier&#8221; option. All nodes which have the same <code>tier</code> allocated get aligned. Here is an example:</para>
 <mediaobject>
 <imageobject>
-<imagedata fileref='lyxpreviewBkSuoA1.png' />
+<imagedata fileref='lyx_EafAhhREpvwrFIFUHprlnoS9qCdR7kk23QfWTsObCjg.png' />
 </imageobject>
 <textobject>
 <programlisting language='latex' role='forest'>[VP [DP[John,tier=word]] [V' [V[sent,tier=word]] [DP[Mary,tier=word]] [DP[D[a,tier=word]][NP[letter,tier=word]]] ] ]</programlisting>
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diff --git a/autotests/export/docbook/lyx_Neo86S96tfZZQHjpBg7ADIb30ZP0DTrDTR1DEIL6dM.png b/autotests/export/docbook/lyx_Neo86S96tfZZQHjpBg7ADIb30ZP0DTrDTR1DEIL6dM.png
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diff --git a/autotests/export/docbook/lyxpreviewAJskuj1.png b/autotests/export/docbook/lyx_waUJAzFwGUKDEN7MJCcs6gYNMbJuYBkgsRTDTpIvs.png
similarity index 100%
rename from autotests/export/docbook/lyxpreviewAJskuj1.png
rename to autotests/export/docbook/lyx_waUJAzFwGUKDEN7MJCcs6gYNMbJuYBkgsRTDTpIvs.png
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetText.cpp b/src/insets/InsetText.cpp
index 2fc63cef7f..7bb0c0c8df 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetText.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetText.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <stack>
 
+#include <QCryptographicHash>
+
 
 using namespace std;
 using namespace lyx::support;
@@ -669,8 +671,28 @@ void InsetText::docbookRenderAsImage(XMLStream & xs, OutputParams const & rp, XH
 	LASSERT(img != nullptr, return);
 	support::FileName const & filename = img->filename();
 
+	// Use a file name that is only determined by the LaTeX code: the name of
+	// the snippet is more or less random (i.e., if the user generates the file
+	// several times, they will have a clutter of preview files).
+	// Hence: use a cryptographic hash of the snippet. If the snippet changes,
+	// the file name will change a lot; two snippets are unlikely to have the
+	// same hash (by design of cryptographic hash functions). Computing a hash
+	// is typically slow, but extremely fast compared to compilation of the
+	// preview and image rendering.
+	QString snippetQ = QString(snippet.c_str());
+#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000
+	QByteArray hash = QCryptographicHash::hash(snippetQ.toLocal8Bit(), QCryptographicHash::Sha256);
+#else
+	QByteArray hash = QCryptographicHash::hash(snippetQ.toLocal8Bit(), QCryptographicHash::Sha1);
+#endif
+	auto newFileBase = QString(hash.toBase64())
+			.replace("/", "")
+			.replace("+", "")
+			.replace("=", "");
+	std::string newFileName = "lyx_" + newFileBase.toStdString() + "." + filename.extension();
+
 	// Copy the image into the right folder.
-	rp.exportdata->addExternalFile("docbook5", filename, filename.onlyFileName());
+	rp.exportdata->addExternalFile("docbook5", filename, newFileName);
 
 	// TODO: deal with opts. What exactly is the WriterOuterTag here, for instance?
 	// Start writing the DocBook code for the image.
@@ -680,7 +702,7 @@ void InsetText::docbookRenderAsImage(XMLStream & xs, OutputParams const & rp, XH
 	// Output the rendered inset.
 	xs << xml::StartTag("imageobject")
 	   << xml::CR()
-	   << xml::CompTag("imagedata", std::string("fileref='") + filename.onlyFileName() + "'")
+	   << xml::CompTag("imagedata", std::string("fileref='") + newFileName + "'")
 	   << xml::CR()
 	   << xml::EndTag("imageobject")
 	   << xml::CR();