diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b573ead887..413c56af75 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ endif()
 option(BENCHMARK_ENABLE_INSTALL "Enable installation of benchmark. (Projects embedding benchmark may want to turn this OFF.)" ON)
 option(BENCHMARK_ENABLE_DOXYGEN "Build documentation with Doxygen." OFF)
 option(BENCHMARK_INSTALL_DOCS "Enable installation of documentation." ON)
+option(BENCHMARK_INSTALL_TOOLS "Enable installation of tools." ON)
 
 # Allow unmet dependencies to be met using CMake's ExternalProject mechanics, which
 # may require downloading the source code.
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index fe7325365f..8e5db4115e 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -194,3 +194,11 @@ else()
       DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR})
   endif()
 endif()
+
+set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PYTOOLSDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/googlebenchmark/tools" CACHE PATH "")
+
+if (BENCHMARK_ENABLE_INSTALL AND BENCHMARK_INSTALL_TOOLS)
+  install(
+    DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/"
+    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PYTOOLSDIR})
+endif()