diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
index 586422f769..af099043e1 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ EXTRA_OEMAKE = '\
     perfexecdir=${libexecdir} \
     NO_GTK2=1 \
     ${PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS} \
+    TMPDIR="${B}" \
 '
 
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += "\