diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
index 533b0211f40ac63b93c6a5c1078b30e8772a3ccf..4f6ff5c23695d1f3eb74facfd4aa11f3f2805582 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
@@ -90,17 +90,30 @@
 /* Symbol versioning is different between static and shared library.
  * Properly versioned symbols are needed for shared library, but
  * only the symbol of the new version is needed for static library.
+ * Starting with GNU C 10, use symver attribute instead of .symver assembler
+ * directive, which works better with GCC LTO builds.
  */
-#ifdef SHARED
-# define COMPAT_VERSION(internal_name, api_name, version) \
+#if defined(SHARED) && defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ >= 10
+
+#define DEFAULT_VERSION(internal_name, api_name, version) \
+	__attribute__((symver(#api_name "@@" #version)))
+#define COMPAT_VERSION(internal_name, api_name, version) \
+	__attribute__((symver(#api_name "@" #version)))
+
+#elif defined(SHARED)
+
+#define COMPAT_VERSION(internal_name, api_name, version) \
 	asm(".symver " #internal_name "," #api_name "@" #version);
-# define DEFAULT_VERSION(internal_name, api_name, version) \
+#define DEFAULT_VERSION(internal_name, api_name, version) \
 	asm(".symver " #internal_name "," #api_name "@@" #version);
-#else
-# define COMPAT_VERSION(internal_name, api_name, version)
-# define DEFAULT_VERSION(internal_name, api_name, version) \
+
+#else /* !SHARED */
+
+#define COMPAT_VERSION(internal_name, api_name, version)
+#define DEFAULT_VERSION(internal_name, api_name, version) \
 	extern typeof(internal_name) api_name \
 	__attribute__((alias(#internal_name)));
+
 #endif
 
 extern void libbpf_print(enum libbpf_print_level level,
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c b/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
index e9b619aa0cdf3bf3a4fc21fb8d13eb449280b789..a2111696ba916f873503b9d8a1b5117608e20aa5 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ static int xsk_create_umem_rings(struct xsk_umem *umem, int fd,
 	return err;
 }
 
+DEFAULT_VERSION(xsk_umem__create_v0_0_4, xsk_umem__create, LIBBPF_0.0.4)
 int xsk_umem__create_v0_0_4(struct xsk_umem **umem_ptr, void *umem_area,
 			    __u64 size, struct xsk_ring_prod *fill,
 			    struct xsk_ring_cons *comp,
@@ -345,6 +346,7 @@ struct xsk_umem_config_v1 {
 	__u32 frame_headroom;
 };
 
+COMPAT_VERSION(xsk_umem__create_v0_0_2, xsk_umem__create, LIBBPF_0.0.2)
 int xsk_umem__create_v0_0_2(struct xsk_umem **umem_ptr, void *umem_area,
 			    __u64 size, struct xsk_ring_prod *fill,
 			    struct xsk_ring_cons *comp,
@@ -358,8 +360,6 @@ int xsk_umem__create_v0_0_2(struct xsk_umem **umem_ptr, void *umem_area,
 	return xsk_umem__create_v0_0_4(umem_ptr, umem_area, size, fill, comp,
 					&config);
 }
-COMPAT_VERSION(xsk_umem__create_v0_0_2, xsk_umem__create, LIBBPF_0.0.2)
-DEFAULT_VERSION(xsk_umem__create_v0_0_4, xsk_umem__create, LIBBPF_0.0.4)
 
 static enum xsk_prog get_xsk_prog(void)
 {