diff --git a/cmake/FindGooglePerfTools.cmake b/cmake/FindGooglePerfTools.cmake
index d85c01389..f7caa7c1c 100644
--- a/cmake/FindGooglePerfTools.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindGooglePerfTools.cmake
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 # - Find GPerfTools (formerly Google perftools)
 # Find the GPerfTools libraries
 # If false, do not try to use Google perftools.
-# also defined for general use are
-#  TCMALLOC_LIBRARY, where to find the tcmalloc library.
+# Also defined for general use are
+# - GPERFTOOLS_TCMALLOC: where to find the tcmalloc library
+# - GPERFTOOLS_PROFILER: where to find the profiler library
 
 SET(TCMALLOC_NAMES ${TCMALLOC_NAMES} tcmalloc)
-find_library(TCMALLOC_LIBRARY
+find_library(GPERFTOOLS_TCMALLOC
   NAMES ${TCMALLOC_NAMES}
   PATHS /usr/lib /usr/local/lib
 )
@@ -16,12 +17,12 @@ find_library(GPERFTOOLS_PROFILER
    PATHS /usr/lib /usr/local/lib
 )
 
-IF (TCMALLOC_LIBRARY AND GPERFTOOLS_PROFILER)
-    SET(TCMALLOC_LIBRARIES ${TCMALLOC_LIBRARY})
+IF (GPERFTOOLS_TCMALLOC AND GPERFTOOLS_PROFILER)
+    SET(TCMALLOC_LIBRARIES ${GPERFTOOLS_TCMALLOC})
     SET(GOOGLE_PERFTOOLS_FOUND "YES")
-ELSE (TCMALLOC_LIBRARY AND GPERFTOOLS_PROFILER)
+ELSE (GPERFTOOLS_TCMALLOC AND GPERFTOOLS_PROFILER)
   SET(GOOGLE_PERFTOOLS_FOUND "NO")
-ENDIF (TCMALLOC_LIBRARY AND GPERFTOOLS_PROFILER)
+ENDIF (GPERFTOOLS_TCMALLOC AND GPERFTOOLS_PROFILER)
 
 IF (GOOGLE_PERFTOOLS_FOUND)
    MESSAGE(STATUS "Found Google perftools: ${GPERFTOOLS_PROFILER}")
@@ -32,6 +33,6 @@ ELSE (GOOGLE_PERFTOOLS_FOUND)
 ENDIF (GOOGLE_PERFTOOLS_FOUND)
 
 MARK_AS_ADVANCED(
-  TCMALLOC_LIBRARY
+  GPERFTOOLS_TCMALLOC
   GPERFTOOLS_PROFILER
 )