diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bind_perm.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bind_perm.c
index d0f06e40c16d0b0f8c034957042d40e83cdb5c1b..eac71fbb24ce2182b13e75b6d71bfb0d08742b79 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bind_perm.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bind_perm.c
@@ -1,13 +1,24 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-#include <test_progs.h>
-#include "bind_perm.skel.h"
-
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/capability.h>
 
+#include "test_progs.h"
+#include "bind_perm.skel.h"
+
 static int duration;
 
+static int create_netns(void)
+{
+	if (!ASSERT_OK(unshare(CLONE_NEWNET), "create netns"))
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void try_bind(int family, int port, int expected_errno)
 {
 	struct sockaddr_storage addr = {};
@@ -75,6 +86,9 @@ void test_bind_perm(void)
 	struct bind_perm *skel;
 	int cgroup_fd;
 
+	if (create_netns())
+		return;
+
 	cgroup_fd = test__join_cgroup("/bind_perm");
 	if (CHECK(cgroup_fd < 0, "cg-join", "errno %d", errno))
 		return;