diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 32360e75da1c76d1f1dc718fc8e450c30ddac068..0c1c6de1e0b352e42a9cdf7854ae23dd23d583c6 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -8327,6 +8327,16 @@ int bpf_object__btf_fd(const struct bpf_object *obj)
 	return obj->btf ? btf__fd(obj->btf) : -1;
 }
 
+int bpf_object__set_kversion(struct bpf_object *obj, __u32 kern_version)
+{
+	if (obj->loaded)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	obj->kern_version = kern_version;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int bpf_object__set_priv(struct bpf_object *obj, void *priv,
 			 bpf_object_clear_priv_t clear_priv)
 {
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
index 41f4a1c9c4326d598b2cdd1fcbe5ae04cf51f72a..4bb141b6727dd32e8dd2a2ef13cb477454adfca1 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ LIBBPF_API int bpf_object__unload(struct bpf_object *obj);
 
 LIBBPF_API const char *bpf_object__name(const struct bpf_object *obj);
 LIBBPF_API unsigned int bpf_object__kversion(const struct bpf_object *obj);
+LIBBPF_API int bpf_object__set_kversion(struct bpf_object *obj, __u32 kern_version);
 
 struct btf;
 LIBBPF_API struct btf *bpf_object__btf(const struct bpf_object *obj);
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
index e07bb4fb0923f4540cd7b8201ec2d0f165427fc0..0d3355c1b2e1deb0f25aba256b9c6c297b328c40 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
@@ -359,4 +359,5 @@ LIBBPF_0.4.0 {
 		bpf_linker__finalize;
 		bpf_linker__free;
 		bpf_linker__new;
+		bpf_object__set_kversion;
 } LIBBPF_0.3.0;