diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 47cfa247b717edd70266cd364d11eec7a9fd17be..ea8140123d18075dee1fb85f8ba73ce9acde8924 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -6381,9 +6381,12 @@ static int bpf_object_init_progs(struct bpf_object *obj, const struct bpf_object
 		bpf_program__set_type(prog, prog->sec_def->prog_type);
 		bpf_program__set_expected_attach_type(prog, prog->sec_def->expected_attach_type);
 
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
 		if (prog->sec_def->prog_type == BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACING ||
 		    prog->sec_def->prog_type == BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT)
 			prog->attach_prog_fd = OPTS_GET(opts, attach_prog_fd, 0);
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
index 59cf43955ad9b93940c8a3c228dbd2bd06700eef..e5c64cdda1e3a6539ebec2c5df537c24e080f306 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ struct bpf_object_open_opts {
 	 * auto-pinned to that path on load; defaults to "/sys/fs/bpf".
 	 */
 	const char *pin_root_path;
+
+	LIBBPF_DEPRECATED_SINCE(0, 7, "use bpf_program__set_attach_target() on each individual bpf_program")
 	__u32 attach_prog_fd;
 	/* Additional kernel config content that augments and overrides
 	 * system Kconfig for CONFIG_xxx externs.
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_common.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_common.h
index 36ac77f2bea24d75001d40a2758bf80a30ac8b25..aaa1efbf6f5109dd80988e7396c00dd524b19c21 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_common.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_common.h
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
 #else
 #define __LIBBPF_MARK_DEPRECATED_0_6(X)
 #endif
+#if __LIBBPF_CURRENT_VERSION_GEQ(0, 7)
+#define __LIBBPF_MARK_DEPRECATED_0_7(X) X
+#else
+#define __LIBBPF_MARK_DEPRECATED_0_7(X)
+#endif
 
 /* Helper macro to declare and initialize libbpf options struct
  *