diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index 0a39761d8f7778eba659a470adac2a984bfffd14..a6fae1b9894c23c7ecf9ea391ea365a207ffdb4e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ BPF_GCC		?= $(shell command -v bpf-gcc;)
 SAN_CFLAGS	?=
 CFLAGS += -g -rdynamic -Wall -O2 $(GENFLAGS) $(SAN_CFLAGS)		\
 	  -I$(CURDIR) -I$(INCLUDE_DIR) -I$(GENDIR) -I$(LIBDIR)		\
-	  -I$(TOOLSINCDIR) -I$(APIDIR)					\
+	  -I$(TOOLSINCDIR) -I$(APIDIR) -I$(OUTPUT)			\
 	  -Dbpf_prog_load=bpf_prog_test_load				\
 	  -Dbpf_load_program=bpf_test_load_program
 LDLIBS += -lcap -lelf -lz -lrt -lpthread