diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index de7e09a6b5eca1823970452274fdaad49b626265..78de238f975a8adfd7e7a200835fa33d3d649c3f 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -168,6 +168,25 @@ int libbpf_set_strict_mode(enum libbpf_strict_mode mode)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+__u32 libbpf_major_version(void)
+{
+	return LIBBPF_MAJOR_VERSION;
+}
+
+__u32 libbpf_minor_version(void)
+{
+	return LIBBPF_MINOR_VERSION;
+}
+
+const char *libbpf_version_string(void)
+{
+#define __S(X) #X
+#define _S(X) __S(X)
+	return  "v" _S(LIBBPF_MAJOR_VERSION) "." _S(LIBBPF_MINOR_VERSION);
+#undef _S
+#undef __S
+}
+
 enum kern_feature_id {
 	/* v4.14: kernel support for program & map names. */
 	FEAT_PROG_NAME,
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
index 4ec69f22434260ce03a3989221ff59aa3643a7a1..003fdc5cf3a8d2ab93071e4f5a9d78f237bcce4e 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+LIBBPF_API __u32 libbpf_major_version(void);
+LIBBPF_API __u32 libbpf_minor_version(void);
+LIBBPF_API const char *libbpf_version_string(void);
+
 enum libbpf_errno {
 	__LIBBPF_ERRNO__START = 4000,
 
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
index 6a59514a48cfe97fc684aeb92521979a150a9e91..bea6791272e567070c3f4bfdb327d1e3f75f0cb5 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
@@ -410,6 +410,9 @@ LIBBPF_0.6.0 {
 		btf__type_cnt;
 		btf_dump__new;
 		btf_dump__new_deprecated;
+		libbpf_major_version;
+		libbpf_minor_version;
+		libbpf_version_string;
 		perf_buffer__new;
 		perf_buffer__new_deprecated;
 		perf_buffer__new_raw;