diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/CMakeLists.txt b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,5 +55,6 @@
   DESTINATION share/clang
   COMPONENT clang-tidy)
 install(PROGRAMS run-clang-tidy.py
-  DESTINATION share/clang
-  COMPONENT clang-tidy)
+  DESTINATION bin
+  COMPONENT clang-tidy
+  RENAME run-clang-tidy)
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@
   <clang-tidy/checks/cppcoreguidelines-init-variables>` and
   :doc:`modernize-make-unique <clang-tidy/checks/modernize-make-unique>`.
 
+- The run-clang-tidy.py helper script is now installed in bin/ as
+  run-clang-tidy. It was previously installed in share/clang/.
+
 New modules
 ^^^^^^^^^^^