diff --git a/tools/boilerplate/recipe.py b/tools/boilerplate/recipe.py
index b473736d75d4999f889bca3a8d07cc50696cc7a8..7984aaba662b7aa45649349001269ecab166f4ce 100644
--- a/tools/boilerplate/recipe.py
+++ b/tools/boilerplate/recipe.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def configure_subparser(cls, subparsers):
 
     def __init__(self, args):
         self.name = args.name.lower().replace(' ', '')
-        self.classname = args.name.title().replace(' ', '')
+        self.classname = args.name.title().replace(' ', '').replace('_', '')
         self.year = datetime.date.today().year
         self.author = args.author
         self.email = args.email