diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index e58f51b24574c6915ced6d2a03e13e011a93bdb1..05315048dd10432b307cd830c669103f84916d26 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -8904,6 +8904,8 @@ static const struct bpf_sec_def section_defs[] = {
 		.expected_attach_type = BPF_TRACE_ITER,
 		.is_attach_btf = true,
 		.attach_fn = attach_iter),
+	SEC_DEF("syscall", SYSCALL,
+		.is_sleepable = true),
 	BPF_EAPROG_SEC("xdp_devmap/",		BPF_PROG_TYPE_XDP,
 						BPF_XDP_DEVMAP),
 	BPF_EAPROG_SEC("xdp_cpumap/",		BPF_PROG_TYPE_XDP,