diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/common.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/common.c
index 0b482c0070e04fb06b65eb503959afc06170b472..465995281dcd36f2b25e97aef7316ebd0e441ff5 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/common.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/common.c
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@
 
 #include "main.h"
 
+#ifndef BPF_FS_MAGIC
+#define BPF_FS_MAGIC		0xcafe4a11
+#endif
+
 void p_err(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list ap;