diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 94a495594e99..30e41dcd4095 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ strip-libs = $(filter-out -l%,$(1))
 
 ifneq ($(OUTPUT),)
   TE_PATH=$(OUTPUT)
+  PLUGINS_PATH=$(OUTPUT)
   BPF_PATH=$(OUTPUT)
   SUBCMD_PATH=$(OUTPUT)
   LIBPERF_PATH=$(OUTPUT)
@@ -288,6 +289,7 @@ else
 endif
 else
   TE_PATH=$(TRACE_EVENT_DIR)
+  PLUGINS_PATH=$(TRACE_EVENT_DIR)plugins/
   API_PATH=$(LIB_DIR)
   BPF_PATH=$(BPF_DIR)
   SUBCMD_PATH=$(SUBCMD_DIR)
@@ -297,7 +299,7 @@ endif
 LIBTRACEEVENT = $(TE_PATH)libtraceevent.a
 export LIBTRACEEVENT
 
-LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC_LIST = $(TE_PATH)plugins/libtraceevent-dynamic-list
+LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC_LIST = $(PLUGINS_PATH)libtraceevent-dynamic-list
 
 #
 # The static build has no dynsym table, so this does not work for
@@ -756,10 +758,10 @@ $(LIBTRACEEVENT): FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(TRACE_EVENT_DIR) $(LIBTRACEEVENT_FLAGS) O=$(OUTPUT) $(OUTPUT)libtraceevent.a
 
 libtraceevent_plugins: FORCE
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(TRACE_EVENT_DIR) $(LIBTRACEEVENT_FLAGS) O=$(OUTPUT) plugins
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(TRACE_EVENT_DIR)plugins $(LIBTRACEEVENT_FLAGS) O=$(OUTPUT) plugins
 
 $(LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC_LIST): libtraceevent_plugins
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(TRACE_EVENT_DIR) $(LIBTRACEEVENT_FLAGS) O=$(OUTPUT) $(OUTPUT)plugins/libtraceevent-dynamic-list
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(TRACE_EVENT_DIR)plugins $(LIBTRACEEVENT_FLAGS) O=$(OUTPUT) $(OUTPUT)libtraceevent-dynamic-list
 
 $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean:
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, libtraceevent)