diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5bc74f359..820643320 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ linux-tools (3.16~rc7-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * debian/control: Update Build-Depends for usbip switching from
     libsysfs to libudev
   * perf: Build with V=1 as V=2 no longer works
+  * perf: Change build command to avoid a rebuild during 'make install'
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Tue, 29 Jul 2014 18:08:55 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/rules.real b/debian/rules.real
index dcdae6c87..76bd1265f 100644
--- a/debian/rules.real
+++ b/debian/rules.real
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ install-kbuild: $(STAMPS_DIR)/build
 	dh_builddeb
 
 build-tools:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(BUILD_DIR)/tools top_srcdir=$(CURDIR)
+# perf changes some default directories depending on whether DESTDIR is
+# set.  We must define it even when building to avoid a rebuild when we
+# run 'make install'.
+	$(MAKE) -C $(BUILD_DIR)/tools top_srcdir=$(CURDIR) DESTDIR=dummy
 
 install-tools: PACKAGE_NAME = linux-tools-$(VERSION)
 install-tools: DH_OPTIONS = -p$(PACKAGE_NAME)