diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 6b57e429ba7d7a1afdbc68891f7ecefa42edb370..6cc9c77ef1310a9a9a7cf485c29fc671ab66d8e9 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -8972,6 +8972,8 @@ static const struct bpf_sec_def section_defs[] = {
 		.is_attach_btf = true,
 		.expected_attach_type = BPF_SCHED,
 		.attach_fn = attach_sched),
+	SEC_DEF("syscall", SYSCALL,
+		.is_sleepable = true),
 	BPF_EAPROG_SEC("xdp_devmap/",		BPF_PROG_TYPE_XDP,
 						BPF_XDP_DEVMAP),
 	BPF_EAPROG_SEC("xdp_cpumap/",		BPF_PROG_TYPE_XDP,