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
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
 Improvements to clang-tidy
 --------------------------
 
+- The `run-clang-tidy.py` helper script is now installed in `bin/` as
+  `run-clang-tidy`. It was previously installed in `share/clang/`.
+
 New checks
 ^^^^^^^^^^