diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 10aa24c74a28..317766ec070b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ perfexec_instdir = $(prefix)/$(perfexecdir)
 endif
 perfexec_instdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(perfexec_instdir))
 
-install: all try-install-man
+install-bin: all
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)'
 	$(INSTALL) $(OUTPUT)perf '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)'
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/Perf/Trace'
@@ -1123,6 +1123,8 @@ install: all try-install-man
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests/attr'
 	$(INSTALL) tests/attr/* '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests/attr'
 
+install: install-bin try-install-man
+
 install-python_ext:
 	$(PYTHON_WORD) util/setup.py --quiet install --root='/$(DESTDIR_SQ)'