diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
index 95e7eae9fe..95b4362958 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ do_configure:prepend () {
     if [ -e "${S}/tools/perf/Makefile.perf" ]; then
         sed -i -e 's,\ .config-detected, $(OUTPUT)/config-detected,g' \
             ${S}/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
-        sed -i -e "s,prefix='\$(DESTDIR_SQ)/usr'$,prefix='\$(DESTDIR_SQ)/usr' --install-lib='\$(DESTDIR)\$(PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR)',g" \
+        sed -i -e "s,prefix='\$(DESTDIR_SQ)/usr'$,prefix='\$(DESTDIR_SQ)/usr' --install-lib='\$(PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR)' --root='\$(DESTDIR)',g" \
             ${S}/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
         # backport https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e4ffd066ff440a57097e9140fa9e16ceef905de8
         sed -i -e 's,\($(Q)$(SHELL) .$(arch_errno_tbl).\) $(CC) $(arch_errno_hdr_dir),\1 $(firstword $(CC)) $(arch_errno_hdr_dir),g' \