diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 023445e4..f56d45dc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -441,8 +441,17 @@ if(BUILD_UNIVERSAL_DDPROF)
   endif()
 endif()
 
+set(_install_targets ddprof dd_profiling-static dd_profiling-shared)
+if(USE_LOADER)
+  # Install the embedded profiling library so the loader can dlopen it from a
+  # standard path instead of extracting the copy baked into the loader to /tmp.
+  # The /tmp fallback loses file capabilities (CAP_PERFMON) on the ddprof
+  # binary, which breaks perf_event_open.
+  list(APPEND _install_targets dd_profiling-embedded)
+endif()
+
 install(
-  TARGETS ddprof dd_profiling-static dd_profiling-shared
+  TARGETS ${_install_targets}
   RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
   LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
   ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib