diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0d9099a..ba0cd98 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ $(call set-vpath, $(SRC_PATH))
 
 LIBS+=-lz $(LIBS_TOOLS)
 
-HELPERS-$(CONFIG_LINUX) = qemu-bridge-helper$(EXESUF)
-
 ifdef BUILD_DOCS
 DOCS=qemu-doc.html qemu-tech.html qemu.1 qemu-img.1 qemu-nbd.8 QMP/qmp-commands.txt
 ifdef CONFIG_VIRTFS
@@ -115,7 +113,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_SMARTCARD_NSS),y)
 include $(SRC_PATH)/libcacard/Makefile
 endif
 
-all: $(DOCS) $(TOOLS) $(HELPERS-y) recurse-all
+all: $(DOCS) $(TOOLS) $(HELPERS) recurse-all
 
 config-host.h: config-host.h-timestamp
 config-host.h-timestamp: config-host.mak
@@ -215,7 +213,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -f qemu-options.def
 	find . -name '*.[oda]' -type f -exec rm -f {} +
 	find . -name '*.l[oa]' -type f -exec rm -f {} +
-	rm -f $(TOOLS) $(HELPERS-y) qemu-ga TAGS cscope.* *.pod *~ */*~
+	rm -f $(TOOLS) $(HELPERS) qemu-ga TAGS cscope.* *.pod *~ */*~
 	rm -Rf .libs
 	rm -f qemu-img-cmds.h
 	@# May not be present in GENERATED_HEADERS
@@ -305,9 +303,9 @@ install: all $(if $(BUILD_DOCS),install-doc) install-sysconfig install-datadir
 ifneq ($(TOOLS),)
 	$(INSTALL_PROG) $(STRIP_OPT) $(TOOLS) "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)"
 endif
-ifneq ($(HELPERS-y),)
+ifneq ($(HELPERS),)
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) "$(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)"
-	$(INSTALL_PROG) $(STRIP_OPT) $(HELPERS-y) "$(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)"
+	$(INSTALL_PROG) $(STRIP_OPT) $(HELPERS) "$(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)"
 endif
 ifneq ($(BLOBS),)
 	set -e; for x in $(BLOBS); do \
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8789324..304c648 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3204,6 +3204,7 @@ qemu_confdir=$sysconfdir$confsuffix
 qemu_datadir=$datadir$confsuffix
 
 tools=""
+helpers=""
 if test "$want_tools" = "yes" ; then
   tools="qemu-img\$(EXESUF) qemu-io\$(EXESUF) $tools"
   if [ "$linux" = "yes" -o "$bsd" = "yes" -o "$solaris" = "yes" ] ; then
@@ -3225,9 +3226,12 @@ if test "$softmmu" = yes ; then
   fi
   if [ "$linux" = "yes" -o "$bsd" = "yes" -o "$solaris" = "yes" ] ; then
     if [ "$guest_agent" = "yes" ]; then
-      tools="qemu-ga\$(EXESUF) $tools"
+      helpers="qemu-ga\$(EXESUF) $helpers"
     fi
   fi
+  if [ "$linux" = "yes"  ] ; then
+     helpers="qemu-bridge-helper\$(EXESUF) $helpers"
+  fi
 fi
 
 # Mac OS X ships with a broken assembler
@@ -3744,6 +3748,7 @@ if test "$trace_default" = "yes"; then
 fi
 
 echo "TOOLS=$tools" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "HELPERS=$helpers" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "ROMS=$roms" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "MAKE=$make" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "INSTALL=$install" >> $config_host_mak