diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-tools.inc b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-tools.inc
index ef81650..88a1c5b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-tools.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-tools.inc
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ do_compile_perf_libc-uclibc () {
 do_install_perf_libc-uclibc () {
 	:
 }
-do_compile_perf() {
+fakeroot do_compile_perf() {
 	oe_runmake -C ${S}/tools/perf CC="${CC}" LD="${LD}" prefix=${prefix} NO_NEWT=1 NO_DWARF=1
 }
 
-do_install_perf() {
+fakeroot do_install_perf() {
 	oe_runmake -C ${S}/tools/perf CC="${CC}" LD="${LD}" prefix=${prefix} DESTDIR=${D} install NO_NEWT=1 NO_DWARF=1
 }