diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 8bb16aa9d661d0e5b8104adc0ef3d14a1fc296f9..4da19b6ba94acd03c9764733f84d089def765dbf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -661,6 +661,7 @@ ifndef NO_PERF_READ_VDSOX32
 endif
 ifndef NO_JVMTI
 	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, $(LIBJVMTI)) \
+		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(libdir_SQ)'; \
 		$(INSTALL) $(OUTPUT)$(LIBJVMTI) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(libdir_SQ)';
 endif
 	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, libexec) \