diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index e416ccc7d83180d203e7dd0cea0f64cc49819fec..abc7ac3713adf28a601f6e862a1fd991178fd061 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ ifeq ($(config),1)
 include config/Makefile
 endif
 
-export prefix bindir sharedir sysconfdir
+export prefix bindir sharedir sysconfdir DESTDIR
 
 # sparse is architecture-neutral, which means that we need to tell it
 # explicitly what architecture to check for. Fix this up for yours..
@@ -710,13 +710,20 @@ $(LIB_FILE): $(LIB_OBJS)
 # libtraceevent.a
 TE_SOURCES = $(wildcard $(TRACE_EVENT_DIR)*.[ch])
 
-$(LIBTRACEEVENT): $(TE_SOURCES)
-	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)$(TRACE_EVENT_DIR) $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) O=$(OUTPUT) CFLAGS="-g -Wall $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)" libtraceevent.a
+LIBTRACEEVENT_FLAGS  = $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) O=$(OUTPUT)
+LIBTRACEEVENT_FLAGS += CFLAGS="-g -Wall $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)"
+LIBTRACEEVENT_FLAGS += plugin_dir=$(plugindir_SQ)
+
+$(LIBTRACEEVENT): $(TE_SOURCES) $(OUTPUT)PERF-CFLAGS
+	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)$(TRACE_EVENT_DIR) $(LIBTRACEEVENT_FLAGS) libtraceevent.a plugins
 
 $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean:
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, libtraceevent)
 	@$(MAKE) -C $(TRACE_EVENT_DIR) O=$(OUTPUT) clean >/dev/null
 
+install-traceevent-plugins:
+	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)$(TRACE_EVENT_DIR) $(LIBTRACEEVENT_FLAGS) install_plugins
+
 LIBLK_SOURCES = $(wildcard $(LK_PATH)*.[ch])
 
 # if subdir is set, we've been called from above so target has been built
@@ -785,7 +792,7 @@ cscope:
 
 ### Detect prefix changes
 TRACK_CFLAGS = $(subst ','\'',$(CFLAGS)):\
-             $(bindir_SQ):$(perfexecdir_SQ):$(template_dir_SQ):$(prefix_SQ)
+             $(bindir_SQ):$(perfexecdir_SQ):$(template_dir_SQ):$(prefix_SQ):$(plugindir_SQ)
 
 $(OUTPUT)PERF-CFLAGS: .FORCE-PERF-CFLAGS
 	@FLAGS='$(TRACK_CFLAGS)'; \
@@ -849,7 +856,7 @@ endif
 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests/attr'; \
 		$(INSTALL) tests/attr/* '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests/attr'
 
-install: install-bin try-install-man
+install: install-bin try-install-man install-traceevent-plugins
 
 install-python_ext:
 	$(PYTHON_WORD) util/setup.py --quiet install --root='/$(DESTDIR_SQ)'
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index 0761d57e5fb66f5f440a5c8ef6d1017184ce9432..bae10720a136b47224ed4ee6f687ff487a1752ff 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -593,3 +593,11 @@ else
 perfexec_instdir = $(prefix)/$(perfexecdir)
 endif
 perfexec_instdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(perfexec_instdir))
+
+# If we install to $(HOME) we keep the traceevent default:
+# $(HOME)/.traceevent/plugins
+# Otherwise we install plugins into the global $(libdir).
+ifdef DESTDIR
+plugindir=$(libdir)/traceevent/plugins
+plugindir_SQ= $(subst ','\'',$(prefix)/$(plugindir))
+endif