diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
index 89e8e8e5b60e4b80aa8ff6c36e99691c3c272695..d0afb26c2e0fb72fa83d05eca3eadff2aa6f9c9b 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static int sys_bpf(enum bpf_cmd cmd, union bpf_attr *attr,
 }
 
 int bpf_create_map(enum bpf_map_type map_type, int key_size,
-		   int value_size, int max_entries)
+		   int value_size, int max_entries, __u32 map_flags)
 {
 	union bpf_attr attr;
 
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ int bpf_create_map(enum bpf_map_type map_type, int key_size,
 	attr.key_size = key_size;
 	attr.value_size = value_size;
 	attr.max_entries = max_entries;
+	attr.map_flags = map_flags;
 
 	return sys_bpf(BPF_MAP_CREATE, &attr, sizeof(attr));
 }
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
index 61130170a6ad27471294823cc0257897e686ac69..7fcdce16fd62b6358d4a989eb59cd89182104f52 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
 
 int bpf_create_map(enum bpf_map_type map_type, int key_size, int value_size,
-		   int max_entries);
+		   int max_entries, __u32 map_flags);
 
 /* Recommend log buffer size */
 #define BPF_LOG_BUF_SIZE 65536
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 2e974593f3e8dc2b14b47d61b9354b31f7c8c0c5..84e6b35da4bd7da84022a1d914f765c5f7d8e3c6 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -854,7 +854,8 @@ bpf_object__create_maps(struct bpf_object *obj)
 		*pfd = bpf_create_map(def->type,
 				      def->key_size,
 				      def->value_size,
-				      def->max_entries);
+				      def->max_entries,
+				      0);
 		if (*pfd < 0) {
 			size_t j;
 			int err = *pfd;