diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index 3209c208f3b367524026200cf41447b973f9e1ff..b334a6db15c14561a2cd7504bd67922cf6f34b29 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ $(notdir $(TEST_GEN_PROGS)						\
 $(OUTPUT)/urandom_read: urandom_read.c
 	$(CC) -o $@ $< -Wl,--build-id
 
+$(OUTPUT)/test_stub.o: test_stub.c
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $<
+
 BPFOBJ := $(OUTPUT)/libbpf.a
 
 $(TEST_GEN_PROGS) $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED): $(OUTPUT)/test_stub.o $(BPFOBJ)