diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/Build b/tools/lib/bpf/Build
index 6070e655042dcb18f1013e1c740d8304023e79c4..13a861135127f04e21590955de6802ea40380208 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/Build
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/Build
@@ -1 +1 @@
-libbpf-y := libbpf.o bpf.o nlattr.o btf.o
+libbpf-y := libbpf.o bpf.o nlattr.o btf.o libbpf_errno.o
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 06cd534d2fba12c8ce48933101851d7ced9ce054..f732237610e56ef1ea46f8c6e2138d6bed312120 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -95,54 +95,6 @@ void libbpf_set_print(libbpf_print_fn_t warn,
 
 #define STRERR_BUFSIZE  128
 
-#define ERRNO_OFFSET(e)		((e) - __LIBBPF_ERRNO__START)
-#define ERRCODE_OFFSET(c)	ERRNO_OFFSET(LIBBPF_ERRNO__##c)
-#define NR_ERRNO	(__LIBBPF_ERRNO__END - __LIBBPF_ERRNO__START)
-
-static const char *libbpf_strerror_table[NR_ERRNO] = {
-	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(LIBELF)]	= "Something wrong in libelf",
-	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(FORMAT)]	= "BPF object format invalid",
-	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(KVERSION)]	= "'version' section incorrect or lost",
-	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(ENDIAN)]	= "Endian mismatch",
-	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(INTERNAL)]	= "Internal error in libbpf",
-	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(RELOC)]		= "Relocation failed",
-	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(VERIFY)]	= "Kernel verifier blocks program loading",
-	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(PROG2BIG)]	= "Program too big",
-	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(KVER)]		= "Incorrect kernel version",
-	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(PROGTYPE)]	= "Kernel doesn't support this program type",
-	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(WRNGPID)]	= "Wrong pid in netlink message",
-	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(INVSEQ)]	= "Invalid netlink sequence",
-};
-
-int libbpf_strerror(int err, char *buf, size_t size)
-{
-	if (!buf || !size)
-		return -1;
-
-	err = err > 0 ? err : -err;
-
-	if (err < __LIBBPF_ERRNO__START) {
-		int ret;
-
-		ret = strerror_r(err, buf, size);
-		buf[size - 1] = '\0';
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	if (err < __LIBBPF_ERRNO__END) {
-		const char *msg;
-
-		msg = libbpf_strerror_table[ERRNO_OFFSET(err)];
-		snprintf(buf, size, "%s", msg);
-		buf[size - 1] = '\0';
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	snprintf(buf, size, "Unknown libbpf error %d", err);
-	buf[size - 1] = '\0';
-	return -1;
-}
-
 #define CHECK_ERR(action, err, out) do {	\
 	err = action;			\
 	if (err)			\
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_errno.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_errno.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d9ba851bd7f9fefed4d17092c49d44f7bded6671
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_errno.c
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013-2015 Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Huawei Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Nicira, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ * version 2.1 of the License (not later!)
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this program; if not,  see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "libbpf.h"
+
+#define ERRNO_OFFSET(e)		((e) - __LIBBPF_ERRNO__START)
+#define ERRCODE_OFFSET(c)	ERRNO_OFFSET(LIBBPF_ERRNO__##c)
+#define NR_ERRNO	(__LIBBPF_ERRNO__END - __LIBBPF_ERRNO__START)
+
+static const char *libbpf_strerror_table[NR_ERRNO] = {
+	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(LIBELF)]	= "Something wrong in libelf",
+	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(FORMAT)]	= "BPF object format invalid",
+	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(KVERSION)]	= "'version' section incorrect or lost",
+	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(ENDIAN)]	= "Endian mismatch",
+	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(INTERNAL)]	= "Internal error in libbpf",
+	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(RELOC)]		= "Relocation failed",
+	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(VERIFY)]	= "Kernel verifier blocks program loading",
+	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(PROG2BIG)]	= "Program too big",
+	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(KVER)]		= "Incorrect kernel version",
+	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(PROGTYPE)]	= "Kernel doesn't support this program type",
+	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(WRNGPID)]	= "Wrong pid in netlink message",
+	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(INVSEQ)]	= "Invalid netlink sequence",
+};
+
+int libbpf_strerror(int err, char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	if (!buf || !size)
+		return -1;
+
+	err = err > 0 ? err : -err;
+
+	if (err < __LIBBPF_ERRNO__START) {
+		int ret;
+
+		ret = strerror_r(err, buf, size);
+		buf[size - 1] = '\0';
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	if (err < __LIBBPF_ERRNO__END) {
+		const char *msg;
+
+		msg = libbpf_strerror_table[ERRNO_OFFSET(err)];
+		snprintf(buf, size, "%s", msg);
+		buf[size - 1] = '\0';
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	snprintf(buf, size, "Unknown libbpf error %d", err);
+	buf[size - 1] = '\0';
+	return -1;
+}