--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ NLS ?=		true
 # cpufreq-bench benchmarking tool
 CPUFRQ_BENCH ?= false
 
+# Set the following to 'false' on non-x86, cpufreq-aperf uses cpuid
+APERF ?=	true
+
 # Use the sysfs-based interface which is included in all 2.6 kernels
 # built with cpufreq support
 SYSFS ?=	true
@@ -199,7 +202,12 @@ cpufreq-%: libcpufreq.so.$(LIB_MAJ) $(UT
 	$(QUIET) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -L. -o $@ utils/$@.o -lcpufreq
 	$(QUIET) $(STRIPCMD) $@
 
-utils: cpufreq-info cpufreq-set cpufreq-aperf
+UTILS = cpufreq-info cpufreq-set
+ifeq ($(strip $(APERF)),true)
+UTILS += cpufreq-aperf
+endif
+
+utils: $(UTILS)
 
 po/$(PACKAGE).pot: $(UTIL_SRC)
 	@xgettext --default-domain=$(PACKAGE) --add-comments \
@@ -241,9 +249,7 @@ install-lib:
 
 install-tools:
 	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)${bindir}
-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) cpufreq-set $(DESTDIR)${bindir}/cpufreq-set
-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) cpufreq-info $(DESTDIR)${bindir}/cpufreq-info
-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) cpufreq-aperf $(DESTDIR)${bindir}/cpufreq-aperf
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(UTILS) $(DESTDIR)${bindir}/
 
 install-man:
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) -D man/cpufreq-set.1 $(DESTDIR)${mandir}/man1/cpufreq-set.1