diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 706a0ddadd..0df45b3e7d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ if building_full
       exe_name = '@0@-@1@'.format(tool, apiversion)
       extra_args = data.get('extra_c_args', [])
       sources = data.get('files')
+      install_tag = data.get('install_tag', 'bin')
       deps = []
       foreach d : data.get('deps', [])
         if d not in exposed_deps
@@ -453,6 +454,7 @@ if building_full
       executable(exe_name,
         sources,
         install: true,
+        install_tag: install_tag,
         include_directories : [configinc],
         dependencies : [gst_full_dep] + deps,
         c_args: extra_args + gst_c_args + ['-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="@0@"'.format(exe_name)],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/tools/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/tools/meson.build
index 63a1b99023..88796e3263 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/tools/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/tools/meson.build
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ endif
 if not get_option('tools').disabled()
 
   foreach tool, data: gst_tools
-    if data.has_key('config_data')
-    else
+    if not data.has_key('config_data')
       exe_name = '@0@-@1@'.format(tool, apiversion)
       executable(
         exe_name,
         data.get('files'),
         install: true,
+        install_tag: 'bin-devel',
         include_directories : inc_dirs,
         dependencies : data.get('deps'),
         c_args : [gst_c_args] + ['-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="@0@"'.format(exe_name)],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tools/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tools/meson.build
index dfba0f4317..1b935cc9d4 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tools/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tools/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 executable('gst-transcoder-' + api_version,
   'gst-transcoder.c', 'utils.c',
   install : true,
+  install_tag : 'bin',
   dependencies : [gst_dep, gstpbutils_dep, gst_transcoder_dep],
   c_args: ['-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="gst-transcoder-@0@"'.format(api_version)],
 )
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tools/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tools/meson.build
index b553b07502..ab49e83909 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tools/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tools/meson.build
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ if not get_option('tools').disabled()
     executable(exe_name,
       data.get('files'),
       install: true,
+      install_tag: 'bin',
       include_directories : [configinc],
       dependencies : data.get('deps'),
       c_args: data.get('extra_c_args', []) + gst_plugins_base_args + ['-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="@0@"'.format(exe_name)],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-python/gi/overrides/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-python/gi/overrides/meson.build
index cac9a483cb..5977ee3c93 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-python/gi/overrides/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-python/gi/overrides/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ gstpython = python.extension_module('_gi_gst',
     sources: ['gstmodule.c'],
     install: true,
     install_dir : pygi_override_dir,
+    install_tag: 'python-runtime',
     include_directories : [configinc],
     dependencies : [gst_dep, python_dep, pygobject_dep])
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/data/bash-completion/helpers/meson.build b/subprojects/gstreamer/data/bash-completion/helpers/meson.build
index c633a4b0a2..160b2e5bba 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/data/bash-completion/helpers/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/data/bash-completion/helpers/meson.build
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ configure_file(input : 'gst.in',
     output : 'gst',
     install_dir : bash_helpers_dir,
     configuration : bash_helper_conf,
-    install_tag : 'runtime')
+    install_tag : 'bin')
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/data/meson.build b/subprojects/gstreamer/data/meson.build
index aafcb4f350..ac01dc005a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/data/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/data/meson.build
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ if (bashcomp_found)
   subdir('bash-completion/helpers')
   install_data('bash-completion/completions/gst-launch-1.0',
     install_dir : bash_completions_dir,
-    install_tag : 'runtime')
+    install_tag : 'bin')
   install_data('bash-completion/completions/gst-inspect-1.0',
     install_dir : bash_completions_dir,
-    install_tag : 'runtime')
+    install_tag : 'bin')
 endif
 
 if host_system == 'android'
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/libs/gst/helpers/meson.build b/subprojects/gstreamer/libs/gst/helpers/meson.build
index 4aeacd1217..543064ca13 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/libs/gst/helpers/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/libs/gst/helpers/meson.build
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ if bashcomp_found
     include_directories : [configinc],
     dependencies : [gst_dep],
     install_dir : helpers_install_dir,
+    install_tag : 'bin',
     install: true,
   )
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/tests/validate/meson.build b/subprojects/gstreamer/tests/validate/meson.build
index fa137c14a1..29e5264266 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/tests/validate/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/tests/validate/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ gst_tester = executable('gst-tester-' + apiversion,
     c_args : gst_c_args,
     include_directories : [configinc],
     install: true,
+    install_tag: 'bin-devel',
     dependencies : [gio_dep],
 )
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/tools/meson.build b/subprojects/gstreamer/tools/meson.build
index f51892c4cc..cc1ec2f6e2 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/tools/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/tools/meson.build
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ foreach tool : tools
     executable(exe_name,
       src_file,
       install: true,
+      install_tag: 'bin',
       include_directories : [configinc],
       dependencies : [glib_dep, gobject_dep, gmodule_dep, mathlib, gst_dep] + extra_deps,
       c_args: gst_c_args + extra_c_args + ['-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="@0@"'.format(exe_name)],