diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 306e7bd4b5..3cfa7d0f75 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -306,10 +306,13 @@ install-doc: $(DOCS)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) QMP/qmp-commands.txt "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_docdir)"
 ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) "$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1"
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) qemu.1 qemu-img.1 "$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1"
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) qemu.1 "$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1"
+ifneq ($(TOOLS),)
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) qemu-img.1 "$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1"
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) "$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man8"
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) qemu-nbd.8 "$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man8"
 endif
+endif
 ifdef CONFIG_VIRTFS
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) "$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1"
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.1 "$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1"