diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf_3.4.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf_3.4.bb
index decc911de5..b09436231f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf_3.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf_3.4.bb
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ EXTRA_OEMAKE = \
 		ARCH=${ARCH} \
 		CC="${CC}" \
 		AR="${AR}" \
-		prefix=/usr \
+		perfexecdir=${libexecdir} \
 		NO_GTK2=1 ${TUI_DEFINES} NO_DWARF=1 ${SCRIPTING_DEFINES} \
 		'