diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index ab661a1d271c..bdedf6620758 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -401,6 +401,10 @@ export PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB PYTHON_EXTBUILD_TMP
 
 python-clean := $(call QUIET_CLEAN, python) $(RM) -r $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD) $(OUTPUT)python/perf*.so
 
+ifneq ($(quiet),)
+python_setup_quiet=--quiet
+endif
+
 # Use the detected configuration
 -include $(OUTPUT).config-detected
 
@@ -526,7 +530,7 @@ $(OUTPUT)python/perf$(PYTHON_EXTENSION_SUFFIX): util/python.c util/setup.py $(PE
 	$(QUIET_GEN)LDSHARED="$(CC) -pthread -shared" \
         CFLAGS='$(CFLAGS)' LDFLAGS='$(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS_PY)' \
 	  $(PYTHON_WORD) util/setup.py \
-	  --quiet build_ext; \
+	  $(python_setup_quiet) build_ext; \
 	cp $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB)perf*.so $(OUTPUT)python/
 
 python_perf_target:
@@ -903,7 +907,7 @@ install-bin: install-tools install-tests
 install: install-bin try-install-man
 
 install-python_ext:
-	$(PYTHON_WORD) util/setup.py --quiet install --root='/$(DESTDIR_SQ)'
+	$(PYTHON_WORD) util/setup.py $(python_setup_quiet) install --root='/$(DESTDIR_SQ)'
 
 # 'make install-doc' should call 'make -C Documentation install'
 $(INSTALL_DOC_TARGETS):