diff --git a/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index fb16d265c070..b208e1a664db 100644
--- a/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ endif()
 
 set(SOF_ROOT_SOURCE_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/..")
 
+# Standard install directories (CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR, ...), overridable
+# by distribution builds.
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
 # Most (too) verbose, keep this one first (assuming -j1)
 add_subdirectory(topology)
 # Includes test/topology/
diff --git a/tools/ctl/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/ctl/CMakeLists.txt
index ba897c99d126..fc9c7dd1eedc 100644
--- a/tools/ctl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/ctl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,4 +31,15 @@ target_include_directories(sof-ctl PRIVATE
 	"${SOF_ROOT_SOURCE_DIRECTORY}"
 )
 
-install(TARGETS sof-ctl DESTINATION bin)
+install(TARGETS sof-ctl DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}")
+
+# Install the sof-ctl blob configuration files, keeping the
+# ipc3/ and ipc4/ split and the per-component subdirectories:
+#   <prefix>/share/sof/ctl/ipc3/{eq_iir,eq_fir}/*.txt
+#   <prefix>/share/sof/ctl/ipc4/{eq_iir,eq_fir,drc}/*.txt
+install(DIRECTORY
+		"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ipc3"
+		"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ipc4"
+	DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/sof/ctl"
+	FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.txt"
+)
diff --git a/tools/logger/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/logger/CMakeLists.txt
index 0566752baaf7..6a60e04e006c 100644
--- a/tools/logger/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/logger/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ target_include_directories(sof-logger PRIVATE
 	"${SOF_ROOT_SOURCE_DIRECTORY}"
 )
 
-install(TARGETS sof-logger DESTINATION bin)
+install(TARGETS sof-logger DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}")
diff --git a/tools/probes/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/probes/CMakeLists.txt
index b38cd965844d..b5e3af94dcfe 100644
--- a/tools/probes/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/probes/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ target_include_directories(sof-probes PRIVATE
 	"../../posix/include"
 )
 
-install(TARGETS sof-probes DESTINATION bin)
+install(TARGETS sof-probes DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}")