diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index a7ae242f2b4eef99d622fe5c50551a14191e83d9..dbc51f4af43de291cfdbded280489958c18f566a 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -9828,6 +9828,14 @@ int bpf_map__set_initial_value(struct bpf_map *map,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+const void *bpf_map__initial_value(struct bpf_map *map, size_t *psize)
+{
+	if (!map->mmaped)
+		return NULL;
+	*psize = map->def.value_size;
+	return map->mmaped;
+}
+
 bool bpf_map__is_offload_neutral(const struct bpf_map *map)
 {
 	return map->def.type == BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY;
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
index 3137292b5a6dd160bd907359baeeb4b54487436c..2fee8d11cdd87198058e483362385c69033588bd 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ LIBBPF_API int bpf_map__set_priv(struct bpf_map *map, void *priv,
 LIBBPF_API void *bpf_map__priv(const struct bpf_map *map);
 LIBBPF_API int bpf_map__set_initial_value(struct bpf_map *map,
 					  const void *data, size_t size);
+LIBBPF_API const void *bpf_map__initial_value(struct bpf_map *map, size_t *psize);
 LIBBPF_API bool bpf_map__is_offload_neutral(const struct bpf_map *map);
 LIBBPF_API bool bpf_map__is_internal(const struct bpf_map *map);
 LIBBPF_API int bpf_map__set_pin_path(struct bpf_map *map, const char *path);
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
index 240f337c14d85d287dc29b89c56955e58e9199ae..5355f67e97ff86329fd559ef5cc092619f332c2a 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ LIBBPF_0.4.0 {
 		bpf_linker__finalize;
 		bpf_linker__free;
 		bpf_linker__new;
+		bpf_map__initial_value;
 		bpf_map__inner_map;
 		bpf_object__gen_loader;
 		bpf_object__set_kversion;