diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
index 787b857d3fb5fb4b8da5d86afce6e364d7721034..f610e184ce02abf6163c2863eb7bc63a7ec1eb9a 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ ifeq ($(feature-llvm),1)
   LLVM_CONFIG_LIB_COMPONENTS := mcdisassembler all-targets
   CFLAGS  += $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --cflags --libs $(LLVM_CONFIG_LIB_COMPONENTS))
   LIBS    += $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --libs $(LLVM_CONFIG_LIB_COMPONENTS))
+  ifeq ($(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --shared-mode),static)
+    LIBS += $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --system-libs $(LLVM_CONFIG_LIB_COMPONENTS))
+    LIBS += -lstdc++
+  endif
   LDFLAGS += $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --ldflags)
 else
   # Fall back on libbfd