diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 8dc7cef684dc..eb8e487ef90b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -1117,6 +1117,8 @@ prefix ?= $(HOME)
 endif
 bindir_relative = bin
 bindir = $(abspath $(prefix)/$(bindir_relative))
+includedir_relative = include
+includedir = $(abspath $(prefix)/$(includedir_relative))
 mandir = share/man
 infodir = share/info
 perfexecdir = libexec/perf-core
@@ -1149,6 +1151,7 @@ ETC_PERFCONFIG_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(ETC_PERFCONFIG))
 STRACE_GROUPS_DIR_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(STRACE_GROUPS_DIR))
 DESTDIR_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(DESTDIR))
 bindir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(bindir))
+includedir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(includedir))
 mandir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(mandir))
 infodir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(infodir))
 perfexecdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(perfexecdir))
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index e47f04e5b51e..c9e0de5b00c1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -923,7 +923,9 @@ install-tools: all install-gtk
 	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, binaries) \
 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)'; \
 		$(INSTALL) $(OUTPUT)perf '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)'; \
-		$(LN) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)/perf' '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)/trace'
+		$(LN) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)/perf' '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(dir_SQ)/trace'; \
+		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(includedir_SQ)/perf'; \
+		$(INSTALL) util/perf_dlfilter.h -t '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(includedir_SQ)/perf'
 ifndef NO_PERF_READ_VDSO32
 	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, perf-read-vdso32) \
 		$(INSTALL) $(OUTPUT)perf-read-vdso32 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)';