diff --git a/src/tools/pg_bsd_indent/meson.build b/src/tools/pg_bsd_indent/meson.build
index 5545c097bf..85bedf13f6 100644
--- a/src/tools/pg_bsd_indent/meson.build
+++ b/src/tools/pg_bsd_indent/meson.build
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pg_bsd_indent = executable('pg_bsd_indent',
   dependencies: [frontend_code],
   include_directories: include_directories('.'),
   kwargs: default_bin_args + {
-    'install': false,
+    'install': true,
 # possibly at some point do this:
 #   'install_dir': dir_pgxs / 'src/tools/pg_bsd_indent',
   },