diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 18263cf521..d00613686f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -934,6 +934,10 @@ install: all $(if $(BUILD_DOCS),install-doc) \
 	recurse-install
 ifneq ($(TOOLS),)
 	$(call install-prog,$(TOOLS),$(DESTDIR)$(bindir))
+	for t in $(TOOLS); do \
+		tname=$$(basename $${t}); \
+		mv $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$tname $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/zephyr-$$tname; \
+	done
 endif
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_MODULES),)
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_moddir)"
@@ -954,6 +958,7 @@ ifneq ($(vhost-user-json-y),)
 endif
 ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_SYSTEMTAP
 	$(INSTALL_PROG) "scripts/qemu-trace-stap" $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
+	mv $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/qemu-trace-stap $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/zephyr-qemu-trace-stap
 endif
 ifneq ($(BLOBS),)
 	set -e; for x in $(BLOBS); do \
diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 8ed1eba95b..5d4bbe4051 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@ endif
 install: all
 ifneq ($(PROGS),)
 	$(call install-prog,$(PROGS),$(DESTDIR)$(bindir))
+	for p in $(PROGS); do \
+		pname=$$(basename $${p}); \
+		mv $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$pname $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/zephyr-$$pname; \
+	done
 endif
 ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_SYSTEMTAP
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_datadir)/../systemtap/tapset"