diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf_perf_event.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf_perf_event.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0674272598205c300e7f573e38dae6087de94429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf_perf_event.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2016 Facebook
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+#ifndef _UAPI__LINUX_BPF_PERF_EVENT_H__
+#define _UAPI__LINUX_BPF_PERF_EVENT_H__
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/ptrace.h>
+
+struct bpf_perf_event_data {
+	struct pt_regs regs;
+	__u64 sample_period;
+};
+
+#endif /* _UAPI__LINUX_BPF_PERF_EVENT_H__ */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index 4b498265dae6dc3b52b35818453f2c895809b323..67531f47781b4069a33557f2f5a832b3aa57492a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 LIBDIR := ../../../lib
 BPFOBJ := $(LIBDIR)/bpf/bpf.o
 
-CFLAGS += -Wall -O2 -lcap -I../../../include/uapi -I$(LIBDIR)
+CFLAGS += -Wall -O2 -lcap -I../../../include/uapi -I$(LIBDIR) $(BPFOBJ)
 
 TEST_GEN_PROGS = test_verifier test_tag test_maps test_lru_map test_lpm_map
 
 TEST_PROGS := test_kmod.sh
 
+all: $(TEST_GEN_PROGS)
+
 .PHONY: all clean force
 
 # force a rebuild of BPFOBJ when its dependencies are updated
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
index e1f5b9eea1e874ab7f4698a1e20abc5588fe00bb..d1555e4240c0fb3066c459e05f76a6f91f3b66af 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
 
+#include <asm/types.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -4583,10 +4585,12 @@ static bool is_admin(void)
 	cap_flag_value_t sysadmin = CAP_CLEAR;
 	const cap_value_t cap_val = CAP_SYS_ADMIN;
 
+#ifdef CAP_IS_SUPPORTED
 	if (!CAP_IS_SUPPORTED(CAP_SETFCAP)) {
 		perror("cap_get_flag");
 		return false;
 	}
+#endif
 	caps = cap_get_proc();
 	if (!caps) {
 		perror("cap_get_proc");