diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 03409cc02117..5816a3bb7e9f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ check: $(OUTPUT)common-cmds.h
 
 install-gtk:
 
-install-bin: all install-gtk
+install-tools: all install-gtk
 	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, binaries) \
 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)'; \
 		$(INSTALL) $(OUTPUT)perf '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)'; \
@@ -502,12 +502,16 @@ endif
 	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, perf_completion-script) \
 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(sysconfdir_SQ)/bash_completion.d'; \
 		$(INSTALL) perf-completion.sh '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(sysconfdir_SQ)/bash_completion.d/perf'
+
+install-tests: all install-gtk
 	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, tests) \
 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests'; \
 		$(INSTALL) tests/attr.py '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests'; \
 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests/attr'; \
 		$(INSTALL) tests/attr/* '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests/attr'
 
+install-bin: install-tools install-tests
+
 install: install-bin try-install-man install-traceevent-plugins
 
 install-python_ext: