diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/Makefile b/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/Makefile
index e1ebb1d60cd4b..741f21477432a 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/Makefile
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ HAVE_PYCONFIG := $(shell if which python-config >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo 1; el
 LIB_DIR := ../../lib
 PY_INCLUDE = $(firstword $(shell python-config --includes))
 OBJECTS_LIB = $(wildcard $(LIB_DIR)/*.o)
+INSTALL_DIR = $(shell python3 -c "import site; print(site.getsitepackages()[0])")
 
 all: _raw_pylibcpupower.so
 
@@ -28,6 +29,15 @@ else ifeq ($(HAVE_PYCONFIG),0)
 endif
 	swig -python raw_pylibcpupower.swg
 
+# Only installs the Python bindings
+install: _raw_pylibcpupower.so
+	install -D _raw_pylibcpupower.so $(INSTALL_DIR)/_raw_pylibcpupower.so
+	install -D raw_pylibcpupower.py $(INSTALL_DIR)/raw_pylibcpupower.py
+
+uninstall:
+	rm -f $(INSTALL_DIR)/_raw_pylibcpupower.so
+	rm -f $(INSTALL_DIR)/raw_pylibcpupower.py
+
 # Will only clean the bindings folder; will not clean the actual cpupower folder
 clean:
 	rm -f raw_pylibcpupower.py raw_pylibcpupower_wrap.c raw_pylibcpupower_wrap.o _raw_pylibcpupower.so
diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/README b/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/README
index 0a4bb2581e8a8..952e2e02fd32b 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/README
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/README
@@ -48,6 +48,31 @@ To run the test script:
 $ python test_raw_pylibcpupower.py
 
 
+developing/using the bindings directly
+--------------------------------------
+
+You need to add the Python bindings directory to your $PYTHONPATH.
+
+You would set the path in the Bash terminal or in the Bash profile:
+
+PYTHONPATH=~/linux/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python:$PYTHONPATH
+
+This allows you to set a specific repo of the bindings to use.
+
+
+installing/uninstalling
+-----------------------
+
+Python uses a system specific site-packages folder to look up modules to import
+by default. You do not need to install cpupower to use the SWIG bindings.
+
+You can install and uninstall the bindings to the site-packages with:
+
+sudo make install
+
+sudo make uninstall
+
+
 credits
 -------