diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index 67531f47781b4069a33557f2f5a832b3aa57492a..6a1ad58cb66f4ae6faaf4837e29c5f8b487f000c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 LIBDIR := ../../../lib
-BPFOBJ := $(LIBDIR)/bpf/bpf.o
+BPFDIR := $(LIBDIR)/bpf
 
-CFLAGS += -Wall -O2 -lcap -I../../../include/uapi -I$(LIBDIR) $(BPFOBJ)
+CFLAGS += -Wall -O2 -I../../../include/uapi -I$(LIBDIR)
+LDLIBS += -lcap
 
 TEST_GEN_PROGS = test_verifier test_tag test_maps test_lru_map test_lpm_map
 
 TEST_PROGS := test_kmod.sh
 
-all: $(TEST_GEN_PROGS)
+include ../lib.mk
+
+BPFOBJ := $(OUTPUT)/bpf.o
+
+$(TEST_GEN_PROGS): $(BPFOBJ)
 
-.PHONY: all clean force
+.PHONY: force
 
 # force a rebuild of BPFOBJ when its dependencies are updated
 force:
 
 $(BPFOBJ): force
-	$(MAKE) -C $(dir $(BPFOBJ))
-
-$(test_objs): $(BPFOBJ)
-
-include ../lib.mk
+	$(MAKE) -C $(BPFDIR) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT)/