diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index ac6eb863b2a40df00c4ead9f48c872ab67949c19..1a2c07eb7795bb4fb43e4a97bdc721d7cbc7f3b8 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -1618,8 +1618,7 @@ int bpf_program__nth_fd(struct bpf_program *prog, int n)
 	return fd;
 }
 
-static void bpf_program__set_type(struct bpf_program *prog,
-				  enum bpf_prog_type type)
+void bpf_program__set_type(struct bpf_program *prog, enum bpf_prog_type type)
 {
 	prog->type = type;
 }
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
index b30394f9947a35356af870223664a4409f8e5fd6..32c7252f734e42f9895c4686c4236f4b259d99a3 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>  // for size_t
+#include <linux/bpf.h>
 
 enum libbpf_errno {
 	__LIBBPF_ERRNO__START = 4000,
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ int bpf_program__set_sched_cls(struct bpf_program *prog);
 int bpf_program__set_sched_act(struct bpf_program *prog);
 int bpf_program__set_xdp(struct bpf_program *prog);
 int bpf_program__set_perf_event(struct bpf_program *prog);
+void bpf_program__set_type(struct bpf_program *prog, enum bpf_prog_type type);
 
 bool bpf_program__is_socket_filter(struct bpf_program *prog);
 bool bpf_program__is_tracepoint(struct bpf_program *prog);