diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index 11740b300de93..f1d3d2a2f5f6e 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -7225,6 +7225,7 @@ int bpf_core_apply(struct bpf_core_ctx *ctx, const struct bpf_core_relo *relo,
 {
 	bool need_cands = relo->kind != BPF_CORE_TYPE_ID_LOCAL;
 	struct bpf_core_cand_list cands = {};
+	struct bpf_core_relo_res targ_res;
 	struct bpf_core_spec *specs;
 	int err;
 
@@ -7264,13 +7265,19 @@ int bpf_core_apply(struct bpf_core_ctx *ctx, const struct bpf_core_relo *relo,
 		cands.len = cc->cnt;
 		/* cand_cache_mutex needs to span the cache lookup and
 		 * copy of btf pointer into bpf_core_cand_list,
-		 * since module can be unloaded while bpf_core_apply_relo_insn
+		 * since module can be unloaded while bpf_core_calc_relo_insn
 		 * is working with module's btf.
 		 */
 	}
 
-	err = bpf_core_apply_relo_insn((void *)ctx->log, insn, relo->insn_off / 8,
-				       relo, relo_idx, ctx->btf, &cands, specs);
+	err = bpf_core_calc_relo_insn((void *)ctx->log, relo, relo_idx, ctx->btf, &cands, specs,
+				      &targ_res);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
+	err = bpf_core_patch_insn((void *)ctx->log, insn, relo->insn_off / 8, relo, relo_idx,
+				  &targ_res);
+
 out:
 	kfree(specs);
 	if (need_cands) {
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-gen.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-gen.rst
index bc276388f4322..18d646b571ec7 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-gen.rst
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-gen.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ GEN COMMANDS
 
 |	**bpftool** **gen object** *OUTPUT_FILE* *INPUT_FILE* [*INPUT_FILE*...]
 |	**bpftool** **gen skeleton** *FILE* [**name** *OBJECT_NAME*]
+|	**bpftool** **gen min_core_btf** *INPUT* *OUTPUT* *OBJECT* [*OBJECT*...]
 |	**bpftool** **gen help**
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -149,6 +150,26 @@ DESCRIPTION
 		  (non-read-only) data from userspace, with same simplicity
 		  as for BPF side.
 
+	**bpftool** **gen min_core_btf** *INPUT* *OUTPUT* *OBJECT* [*OBJECT*...]
+		  Generate a minimum BTF file as *OUTPUT*, derived from a given
+		  *INPUT* BTF file, containing all needed BTF types so one, or
+		  more, given eBPF objects CO-RE relocations may be satisfied.
+
+		  When kernels aren't compiled with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF,
+		  libbpf, when loading an eBPF object, has to rely on external
+		  BTF files to be able to calculate CO-RE relocations.
+
+		  Usually, an external BTF file is built from existing kernel
+		  DWARF data using pahole. It contains all the types used by
+		  its respective kernel image and, because of that, is big.
+
+		  The min_core_btf feature builds smaller BTF files, customized
+		  to one or multiple eBPF objects, so they can be distributed
+		  together with an eBPF CO-RE based application, turning the
+		  application portable to different kernel versions.
+
+		  Check examples bellow for more information how to use it.
+
 	**bpftool gen help**
 		  Print short help message.
 
@@ -215,7 +236,9 @@ This is example BPF application with two BPF programs and a mix of BPF maps
 and global variables. Source code is split across two source code files.
 
 **$ clang -target bpf -g example1.bpf.c -o example1.bpf.o**
+
 **$ clang -target bpf -g example2.bpf.c -o example2.bpf.o**
+
 **$ bpftool gen object example.bpf.o example1.bpf.o example2.bpf.o**
 
 This set of commands compiles *example1.bpf.c* and *example2.bpf.c*
@@ -329,3 +352,70 @@ BPF ELF object file *example.bpf.o*.
   my_static_var: 7
 
 This is a stripped-out version of skeleton generated for above example code.
+
+min_core_btf
+------------
+
+**$ bpftool btf dump file 5.4.0-example.btf format raw**
+
+::
+
+  [1] INT 'long unsigned int' size=8 bits_offset=0 nr_bits=64 encoding=(none)
+  [2] CONST '(anon)' type_id=1
+  [3] VOLATILE '(anon)' type_id=1
+  [4] ARRAY '(anon)' type_id=1 index_type_id=21 nr_elems=2
+  [5] PTR '(anon)' type_id=8
+  [6] CONST '(anon)' type_id=5
+  [7] INT 'char' size=1 bits_offset=0 nr_bits=8 encoding=(none)
+  [8] CONST '(anon)' type_id=7
+  [9] INT 'unsigned int' size=4 bits_offset=0 nr_bits=32 encoding=(none)
+  <long output>
+
+**$ bpftool btf dump file one.bpf.o format raw**
+
+::
+
+  [1] PTR '(anon)' type_id=2
+  [2] STRUCT 'trace_event_raw_sys_enter' size=64 vlen=4
+        'ent' type_id=3 bits_offset=0
+        'id' type_id=7 bits_offset=64
+        'args' type_id=9 bits_offset=128
+        '__data' type_id=12 bits_offset=512
+  [3] STRUCT 'trace_entry' size=8 vlen=4
+        'type' type_id=4 bits_offset=0
+        'flags' type_id=5 bits_offset=16
+        'preempt_count' type_id=5 bits_offset=24
+  <long output>
+
+**$ bpftool gen min_core_btf 5.4.0-example.btf 5.4.0-smaller.btf one.bpf.o**
+
+**$ bpftool btf dump file 5.4.0-smaller.btf format raw**
+
+::
+
+  [1] TYPEDEF 'pid_t' type_id=6
+  [2] STRUCT 'trace_event_raw_sys_enter' size=64 vlen=1
+        'args' type_id=4 bits_offset=128
+  [3] STRUCT 'task_struct' size=9216 vlen=2
+        'pid' type_id=1 bits_offset=17920
+        'real_parent' type_id=7 bits_offset=18048
+  [4] ARRAY '(anon)' type_id=5 index_type_id=8 nr_elems=6
+  [5] INT 'long unsigned int' size=8 bits_offset=0 nr_bits=64 encoding=(none)
+  [6] TYPEDEF '__kernel_pid_t' type_id=8
+  [7] PTR '(anon)' type_id=3
+  [8] INT 'int' size=4 bits_offset=0 nr_bits=32 encoding=SIGNED
+  <end>
+
+Now, the "5.4.0-smaller.btf" file may be used by libbpf as an external BTF file
+when loading the "one.bpf.o" object into the "5.4.0-example" kernel. Note that
+the generated BTF file won't allow other eBPF objects to be loaded, just the
+ones given to min_core_btf.
+
+::
+
+  LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_object_open_opts, opts, .btf_custom_path = "5.4.0-smaller.btf");
+  struct bpf_object *obj;
+
+  obj = bpf_object__open_file("one.bpf.o", &opts);
+
+  ...
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
index 94b2c2f4ad43a..a137db96bd56a 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ LIBBPF_BOOTSTRAP_INCLUDE := $(LIBBPF_BOOTSTRAP_DESTDIR)/include
 LIBBPF_BOOTSTRAP_HDRS_DIR := $(LIBBPF_BOOTSTRAP_INCLUDE)/bpf
 LIBBPF_BOOTSTRAP := $(LIBBPF_BOOTSTRAP_OUTPUT)libbpf.a
 
-# We need to copy hashmap.h and nlattr.h which is not otherwise exported by
-# libbpf, but still required by bpftool.
-LIBBPF_INTERNAL_HDRS := $(addprefix $(LIBBPF_HDRS_DIR)/,hashmap.h nlattr.h)
-LIBBPF_BOOTSTRAP_INTERNAL_HDRS := $(addprefix $(LIBBPF_BOOTSTRAP_HDRS_DIR)/,hashmap.h)
+# We need to copy hashmap.h, nlattr.h, relo_core.h and libbpf_internal.h
+# which are not otherwise exported by libbpf, but still required by bpftool.
+LIBBPF_INTERNAL_HDRS := $(addprefix $(LIBBPF_HDRS_DIR)/,hashmap.h nlattr.h relo_core.h libbpf_internal.h)
+LIBBPF_BOOTSTRAP_INTERNAL_HDRS := $(addprefix $(LIBBPF_BOOTSTRAP_HDRS_DIR)/,hashmap.h relo_core.h libbpf_internal.h)
 
 $(LIBBPF_OUTPUT) $(BOOTSTRAP_OUTPUT) $(LIBBPF_BOOTSTRAP_OUTPUT) $(LIBBPF_HDRS_DIR) $(LIBBPF_BOOTSTRAP_HDRS_DIR):
 	$(QUIET_MKDIR)mkdir -p $@
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool b/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool
index 493753a4962e9..958e1fd71b5c5 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool
@@ -1003,9 +1003,13 @@ _bpftool()
                             ;;
                     esac
                     ;;
+                min_core_btf)
+                    _filedir
+                    return 0
+                    ;;
                 *)
                     [[ $prev == $object ]] && \
-                        COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W 'object skeleton help' -- "$cur" ) )
+                        COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W 'object skeleton help min_core_btf' -- "$cur" ) )
                     ;;
             esac
             ;;
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
index 022f30490567d..e461059a72ee0 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <bpf/bpf.h>
 #include <bpf/libbpf.h>
+#include <bpf/libbpf_internal.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
@@ -1108,6 +1109,7 @@ static int do_help(int argc, char **argv)
 	fprintf(stderr,
 		"Usage: %1$s %2$s object OUTPUT_FILE INPUT_FILE [INPUT_FILE...]\n"
 		"       %1$s %2$s skeleton FILE [name OBJECT_NAME]\n"
+		"       %1$s %2$s min_core_btf INPUT OUTPUT OBJECT [OBJECT...]\n"
 		"       %1$s %2$s help\n"
 		"\n"
 		"       " HELP_SPEC_OPTIONS " |\n"
@@ -1118,10 +1120,593 @@ static int do_help(int argc, char **argv)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int btf_save_raw(const struct btf *btf, const char *path)
+{
+	const void *data;
+	FILE *f = NULL;
+	__u32 data_sz;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	data = btf__raw_data(btf, &data_sz);
+	if (!data)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	f = fopen(path, "wb");
+	if (!f)
+		return -errno;
+
+	if (fwrite(data, 1, data_sz, f) != data_sz)
+		err = -errno;
+
+	fclose(f);
+	return err;
+}
+
+struct btfgen_info {
+	struct btf *src_btf;
+	struct btf *marked_btf; /* btf structure used to mark used types */
+};
+
+static size_t btfgen_hash_fn(const void *key, void *ctx)
+{
+	return (size_t)key;
+}
+
+static bool btfgen_equal_fn(const void *k1, const void *k2, void *ctx)
+{
+	return k1 == k2;
+}
+
+static void *u32_as_hash_key(__u32 x)
+{
+	return (void *)(uintptr_t)x;
+}
+
+static void btfgen_free_info(struct btfgen_info *info)
+{
+	if (!info)
+		return;
+
+	btf__free(info->src_btf);
+	btf__free(info->marked_btf);
+
+	free(info);
+}
+
+static struct btfgen_info *
+btfgen_new_info(const char *targ_btf_path)
+{
+	struct btfgen_info *info;
+	int err;
+
+	info = calloc(1, sizeof(*info));
+	if (!info)
+		return NULL;
+
+	info->src_btf = btf__parse(targ_btf_path, NULL);
+	if (!info->src_btf) {
+		err = -errno;
+		p_err("failed parsing '%s' BTF file: %s", targ_btf_path, strerror(errno));
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	info->marked_btf = btf__parse(targ_btf_path, NULL);
+	if (!info->marked_btf) {
+		err = -errno;
+		p_err("failed parsing '%s' BTF file: %s", targ_btf_path, strerror(errno));
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	return info;
+
+err_out:
+	btfgen_free_info(info);
+	errno = -err;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+#define MARKED UINT32_MAX
+
+static void btfgen_mark_member(struct btfgen_info *info, int type_id, int idx)
+{
+	const struct btf_type *t = btf__type_by_id(info->marked_btf, type_id);
+	struct btf_member *m = btf_members(t) + idx;
+
+	m->name_off = MARKED;
+}
+
+static int
+btfgen_mark_type(struct btfgen_info *info, unsigned int type_id, bool follow_pointers)
+{
+	const struct btf_type *btf_type = btf__type_by_id(info->src_btf, type_id);
+	struct btf_type *cloned_type;
+	struct btf_param *param;
+	struct btf_array *array;
+	int err, i;
+
+	if (type_id == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* mark type on cloned BTF as used */
+	cloned_type = (struct btf_type *) btf__type_by_id(info->marked_btf, type_id);
+	cloned_type->name_off = MARKED;
+
+	/* recursively mark other types needed by it */
+	switch (btf_kind(btf_type)) {
+	case BTF_KIND_UNKN:
+	case BTF_KIND_INT:
+	case BTF_KIND_FLOAT:
+	case BTF_KIND_ENUM:
+	case BTF_KIND_STRUCT:
+	case BTF_KIND_UNION:
+		break;
+	case BTF_KIND_PTR:
+		if (follow_pointers) {
+			err = btfgen_mark_type(info, btf_type->type, follow_pointers);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
+		break;
+	case BTF_KIND_CONST:
+	case BTF_KIND_VOLATILE:
+	case BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF:
+		err = btfgen_mark_type(info, btf_type->type, follow_pointers);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+		break;
+	case BTF_KIND_ARRAY:
+		array = btf_array(btf_type);
+
+		/* mark array type */
+		err = btfgen_mark_type(info, array->type, follow_pointers);
+		/* mark array's index type */
+		err = err ? : btfgen_mark_type(info, array->index_type, follow_pointers);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+		break;
+	case BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO:
+		/* mark ret type */
+		err = btfgen_mark_type(info, btf_type->type, follow_pointers);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+
+		/* mark parameters types */
+		param = btf_params(btf_type);
+		for (i = 0; i < btf_vlen(btf_type); i++) {
+			err = btfgen_mark_type(info, param->type, follow_pointers);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+			param++;
+		}
+		break;
+	/* tells if some other type needs to be handled */
+	default:
+		p_err("unsupported kind: %s (%d)", btf_kind_str(btf_type), type_id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int btfgen_record_field_relo(struct btfgen_info *info, struct bpf_core_spec *targ_spec)
+{
+	struct btf *btf = info->src_btf;
+	const struct btf_type *btf_type;
+	struct btf_member *btf_member;
+	struct btf_array *array;
+	unsigned int type_id = targ_spec->root_type_id;
+	int idx, err;
+
+	/* mark root type */
+	btf_type = btf__type_by_id(btf, type_id);
+	err = btfgen_mark_type(info, type_id, false);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	/* mark types for complex types (arrays, unions, structures) */
+	for (int i = 1; i < targ_spec->raw_len; i++) {
+		/* skip typedefs and mods */
+		while (btf_is_mod(btf_type) || btf_is_typedef(btf_type)) {
+			type_id = btf_type->type;
+			btf_type = btf__type_by_id(btf, type_id);
+		}
+
+		switch (btf_kind(btf_type)) {
+		case BTF_KIND_STRUCT:
+		case BTF_KIND_UNION:
+			idx = targ_spec->raw_spec[i];
+			btf_member = btf_members(btf_type) + idx;
+
+			/* mark member */
+			btfgen_mark_member(info, type_id, idx);
+
+			/* mark member's type */
+			type_id = btf_member->type;
+			btf_type = btf__type_by_id(btf, type_id);
+			err = btfgen_mark_type(info, type_id, false);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+			break;
+		case BTF_KIND_ARRAY:
+			array = btf_array(btf_type);
+			type_id = array->type;
+			btf_type = btf__type_by_id(btf, type_id);
+			break;
+		default:
+			p_err("unsupported kind: %s (%d)",
+			      btf_kind_str(btf_type), btf_type->type);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int btfgen_record_type_relo(struct btfgen_info *info, struct bpf_core_spec *targ_spec)
+{
+	return btfgen_mark_type(info, targ_spec->root_type_id, true);
+}
+
+static int btfgen_record_enumval_relo(struct btfgen_info *info, struct bpf_core_spec *targ_spec)
+{
+	return btfgen_mark_type(info, targ_spec->root_type_id, false);
+}
+
+static int btfgen_record_reloc(struct btfgen_info *info, struct bpf_core_spec *res)
+{
+	switch (res->relo_kind) {
+	case BPF_CORE_FIELD_BYTE_OFFSET:
+	case BPF_CORE_FIELD_BYTE_SIZE:
+	case BPF_CORE_FIELD_EXISTS:
+	case BPF_CORE_FIELD_SIGNED:
+	case BPF_CORE_FIELD_LSHIFT_U64:
+	case BPF_CORE_FIELD_RSHIFT_U64:
+		return btfgen_record_field_relo(info, res);
+	case BPF_CORE_TYPE_ID_LOCAL: /* BPF_CORE_TYPE_ID_LOCAL doesn't require kernel BTF */
+		return 0;
+	case BPF_CORE_TYPE_ID_TARGET:
+	case BPF_CORE_TYPE_EXISTS:
+	case BPF_CORE_TYPE_SIZE:
+		return btfgen_record_type_relo(info, res);
+	case BPF_CORE_ENUMVAL_EXISTS:
+	case BPF_CORE_ENUMVAL_VALUE:
+		return btfgen_record_enumval_relo(info, res);
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+}
+
+static struct bpf_core_cand_list *
+btfgen_find_cands(const struct btf *local_btf, const struct btf *targ_btf, __u32 local_id)
+{
+	const struct btf_type *local_type;
+	struct bpf_core_cand_list *cands = NULL;
+	struct bpf_core_cand local_cand = {};
+	size_t local_essent_len;
+	const char *local_name;
+	int err;
+
+	local_cand.btf = local_btf;
+	local_cand.id = local_id;
+
+	local_type = btf__type_by_id(local_btf, local_id);
+	if (!local_type) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	local_name = btf__name_by_offset(local_btf, local_type->name_off);
+	if (!local_name) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+	local_essent_len = bpf_core_essential_name_len(local_name);
+
+	cands = calloc(1, sizeof(*cands));
+	if (!cands)
+		return NULL;
+
+	err = bpf_core_add_cands(&local_cand, local_essent_len, targ_btf, "vmlinux", 1, cands);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_out;
+
+	return cands;
+
+err_out:
+	bpf_core_free_cands(cands);
+	errno = -err;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Record relocation information for a single BPF object */
+static int btfgen_record_obj(struct btfgen_info *info, const char *obj_path)
+{
+	const struct btf_ext_info_sec *sec;
+	const struct bpf_core_relo *relo;
+	const struct btf_ext_info *seg;
+	struct hashmap_entry *entry;
+	struct hashmap *cand_cache = NULL;
+	struct btf_ext *btf_ext = NULL;
+	unsigned int relo_idx;
+	struct btf *btf = NULL;
+	size_t i;
+	int err;
+
+	btf = btf__parse(obj_path, &btf_ext);
+	if (!btf) {
+		err = -errno;
+		p_err("failed to parse BPF object '%s': %s", obj_path, strerror(errno));
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	if (!btf_ext) {
+		p_err("failed to parse BPF object '%s': section %s not found",
+		      obj_path, BTF_EXT_ELF_SEC);
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (btf_ext->core_relo_info.len == 0) {
+		err = 0;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	cand_cache = hashmap__new(btfgen_hash_fn, btfgen_equal_fn, NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(cand_cache)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(cand_cache);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	seg = &btf_ext->core_relo_info;
+	for_each_btf_ext_sec(seg, sec) {
+		for_each_btf_ext_rec(seg, sec, relo_idx, relo) {
+			struct bpf_core_spec specs_scratch[3] = {};
+			struct bpf_core_relo_res targ_res = {};
+			struct bpf_core_cand_list *cands = NULL;
+			const void *type_key = u32_as_hash_key(relo->type_id);
+			const char *sec_name = btf__name_by_offset(btf, sec->sec_name_off);
+
+			if (relo->kind != BPF_CORE_TYPE_ID_LOCAL &&
+			    !hashmap__find(cand_cache, type_key, (void **)&cands)) {
+				cands = btfgen_find_cands(btf, info->src_btf, relo->type_id);
+				if (!cands) {
+					err = -errno;
+					goto out;
+				}
+
+				err = hashmap__set(cand_cache, type_key, cands, NULL, NULL);
+				if (err)
+					goto out;
+			}
+
+			err = bpf_core_calc_relo_insn(sec_name, relo, relo_idx, btf, cands,
+						      specs_scratch, &targ_res);
+			if (err)
+				goto out;
+
+			/* specs_scratch[2] is the target spec */
+			err = btfgen_record_reloc(info, &specs_scratch[2]);
+			if (err)
+				goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+out:
+	btf__free(btf);
+	btf_ext__free(btf_ext);
+
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(cand_cache)) {
+		hashmap__for_each_entry(cand_cache, entry, i) {
+			bpf_core_free_cands(entry->value);
+		}
+		hashmap__free(cand_cache);
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int btfgen_remap_id(__u32 *type_id, void *ctx)
+{
+	unsigned int *ids = ctx;
+
+	*type_id = ids[*type_id];
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Generate BTF from relocation information previously recorded */
+static struct btf *btfgen_get_btf(struct btfgen_info *info)
+{
+	struct btf *btf_new = NULL;
+	unsigned int *ids = NULL;
+	unsigned int i, n = btf__type_cnt(info->marked_btf);
+	int err = 0;
+
+	btf_new = btf__new_empty();
+	if (!btf_new) {
+		err = -errno;
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	ids = calloc(n, sizeof(*ids));
+	if (!ids) {
+		err = -errno;
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	/* first pass: add all marked types to btf_new and add their new ids to the ids map */
+	for (i = 1; i < n; i++) {
+		const struct btf_type *cloned_type, *type;
+		const char *name;
+		int new_id;
+
+		cloned_type = btf__type_by_id(info->marked_btf, i);
+
+		if (cloned_type->name_off != MARKED)
+			continue;
+
+		type = btf__type_by_id(info->src_btf, i);
+
+		/* add members for struct and union */
+		if (btf_is_composite(type)) {
+			struct btf_member *cloned_m, *m;
+			unsigned short vlen;
+			int idx_src;
+
+			name = btf__str_by_offset(info->src_btf, type->name_off);
+
+			if (btf_is_struct(type))
+				err = btf__add_struct(btf_new, name, type->size);
+			else
+				err = btf__add_union(btf_new, name, type->size);
+
+			if (err < 0)
+				goto err_out;
+			new_id = err;
+
+			cloned_m = btf_members(cloned_type);
+			m = btf_members(type);
+			vlen = btf_vlen(cloned_type);
+			for (idx_src = 0; idx_src < vlen; idx_src++, cloned_m++, m++) {
+				/* add only members that are marked as used */
+				if (cloned_m->name_off != MARKED)
+					continue;
+
+				name = btf__str_by_offset(info->src_btf, m->name_off);
+				err = btf__add_field(btf_new, name, m->type,
+						     btf_member_bit_offset(cloned_type, idx_src),
+						     btf_member_bitfield_size(cloned_type, idx_src));
+				if (err < 0)
+					goto err_out;
+			}
+		} else {
+			err = btf__add_type(btf_new, info->src_btf, type);
+			if (err < 0)
+				goto err_out;
+			new_id = err;
+		}
+
+		/* add ID mapping */
+		ids[i] = new_id;
+	}
+
+	/* second pass: fix up type ids */
+	for (i = 1; i < btf__type_cnt(btf_new); i++) {
+		struct btf_type *btf_type = (struct btf_type *) btf__type_by_id(btf_new, i);
+
+		err = btf_type_visit_type_ids(btf_type, btfgen_remap_id, ids);
+		if (err)
+			goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	free(ids);
+	return btf_new;
+
+err_out:
+	btf__free(btf_new);
+	free(ids);
+	errno = -err;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Create minimized BTF file for a set of BPF objects.
+ *
+ * The BTFGen algorithm is divided in two main parts: (1) collect the
+ * BTF types that are involved in relocations and (2) generate the BTF
+ * object using the collected types.
+ *
+ * In order to collect the types involved in the relocations, we parse
+ * the BTF and BTF.ext sections of the BPF objects and use
+ * bpf_core_calc_relo_insn() to get the target specification, this
+ * indicates how the types and fields are used in a relocation.
+ *
+ * Types are recorded in different ways according to the kind of the
+ * relocation. For field-based relocations only the members that are
+ * actually used are saved in order to reduce the size of the generated
+ * BTF file. For type-based relocations empty struct / unions are
+ * generated and for enum-based relocations the whole type is saved.
+ *
+ * The second part of the algorithm generates the BTF object. It creates
+ * an empty BTF object and fills it with the types recorded in the
+ * previous step. This function takes care of only adding the structure
+ * and union members that were marked as used and it also fixes up the
+ * type IDs on the generated BTF object.
+ */
+static int minimize_btf(const char *src_btf, const char *dst_btf, const char *objspaths[])
+{
+	struct btfgen_info *info;
+	struct btf *btf_new = NULL;
+	int err, i;
+
+	info = btfgen_new_info(src_btf);
+	if (!info) {
+		err = -errno;
+		p_err("failed to allocate info structure: %s", strerror(errno));
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; objspaths[i] != NULL; i++) {
+		err = btfgen_record_obj(info, objspaths[i]);
+		if (err) {
+			p_err("error recording relocations for %s: %s", objspaths[i],
+			      strerror(errno));
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	btf_new = btfgen_get_btf(info);
+	if (!btf_new) {
+		err = -errno;
+		p_err("error generating BTF: %s", strerror(errno));
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	err = btf_save_raw(btf_new, dst_btf);
+	if (err) {
+		p_err("error saving btf file: %s", strerror(errno));
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+out:
+	btf__free(btf_new);
+	btfgen_free_info(info);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int do_min_core_btf(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	const char *input, *output, **objs;
+	int i, err;
+
+	if (!REQ_ARGS(3)) {
+		usage();
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	input = GET_ARG();
+	output = GET_ARG();
+
+	objs = (const char **) calloc(argc + 1, sizeof(*objs));
+	if (!objs) {
+		p_err("failed to allocate array for object names");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	i = 0;
+	while (argc)
+		objs[i++] = GET_ARG();
+
+	err = minimize_btf(input, output, objs);
+	free(objs);
+	return err;
+}
+
 static const struct cmd cmds[] = {
-	{ "object",	do_object },
-	{ "skeleton",	do_skeleton },
-	{ "help",	do_help },
+	{ "object",		do_object },
+	{ "skeleton",		do_skeleton },
+	{ "min_core_btf",	do_min_core_btf},
+	{ "help",		do_help },
 	{ 0 }
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 2262bcdfee921..ad43b6ce825e6 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -5192,18 +5192,21 @@ size_t bpf_core_essential_name_len(const char *name)
 	return n;
 }
 
-static void bpf_core_free_cands(struct bpf_core_cand_list *cands)
+void bpf_core_free_cands(struct bpf_core_cand_list *cands)
 {
+	if (!cands)
+		return;
+
 	free(cands->cands);
 	free(cands);
 }
 
-static int bpf_core_add_cands(struct bpf_core_cand *local_cand,
-			      size_t local_essent_len,
-			      const struct btf *targ_btf,
-			      const char *targ_btf_name,
-			      int targ_start_id,
-			      struct bpf_core_cand_list *cands)
+int bpf_core_add_cands(struct bpf_core_cand *local_cand,
+		       size_t local_essent_len,
+		       const struct btf *targ_btf,
+		       const char *targ_btf_name,
+		       int targ_start_id,
+		       struct bpf_core_cand_list *cands)
 {
 	struct bpf_core_cand *new_cands, *cand;
 	const struct btf_type *t, *local_t;
@@ -5530,11 +5533,12 @@ static int record_relo_core(struct bpf_program *prog,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int bpf_core_apply_relo(struct bpf_program *prog,
-			       const struct bpf_core_relo *relo,
-			       int relo_idx,
-			       const struct btf *local_btf,
-			       struct hashmap *cand_cache)
+static int bpf_core_resolve_relo(struct bpf_program *prog,
+				 const struct bpf_core_relo *relo,
+				 int relo_idx,
+				 const struct btf *local_btf,
+				 struct hashmap *cand_cache,
+				 struct bpf_core_relo_res *targ_res)
 {
 	struct bpf_core_spec specs_scratch[3] = {};
 	const void *type_key = u32_as_hash_key(relo->type_id);
@@ -5543,20 +5547,7 @@ static int bpf_core_apply_relo(struct bpf_program *prog,
 	const struct btf_type *local_type;
 	const char *local_name;
 	__u32 local_id = relo->type_id;
-	struct bpf_insn *insn;
-	int insn_idx, err;
-
-	if (relo->insn_off % BPF_INSN_SZ)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	insn_idx = relo->insn_off / BPF_INSN_SZ;
-	/* adjust insn_idx from section frame of reference to the local
-	 * program's frame of reference; (sub-)program code is not yet
-	 * relocated, so it's enough to just subtract in-section offset
-	 */
-	insn_idx = insn_idx - prog->sec_insn_off;
-	if (insn_idx >= prog->insns_cnt)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	insn = &prog->insns[insn_idx];
+	int err;
 
 	local_type = btf__type_by_id(local_btf, local_id);
 	if (!local_type)
@@ -5566,15 +5557,6 @@ static int bpf_core_apply_relo(struct bpf_program *prog,
 	if (!local_name)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (prog->obj->gen_loader) {
-		const char *spec_str = btf__name_by_offset(local_btf, relo->access_str_off);
-
-		pr_debug("record_relo_core: prog %td insn[%d] %s %s %s final insn_idx %d\n",
-			prog - prog->obj->programs, relo->insn_off / 8,
-			btf_kind_str(local_type), local_name, spec_str, insn_idx);
-		return record_relo_core(prog, relo, insn_idx);
-	}
-
 	if (relo->kind != BPF_CORE_TYPE_ID_LOCAL &&
 	    !hashmap__find(cand_cache, type_key, (void **)&cands)) {
 		cands = bpf_core_find_cands(prog->obj, local_btf, local_id);
@@ -5591,19 +5573,21 @@ static int bpf_core_apply_relo(struct bpf_program *prog,
 		}
 	}
 
-	return bpf_core_apply_relo_insn(prog_name, insn, insn_idx, relo,
-					relo_idx, local_btf, cands, specs_scratch);
+	return bpf_core_calc_relo_insn(prog_name, relo, relo_idx, local_btf, cands, specs_scratch,
+				       targ_res);
 }
 
 static int
 bpf_object__relocate_core(struct bpf_object *obj, const char *targ_btf_path)
 {
 	const struct btf_ext_info_sec *sec;
+	struct bpf_core_relo_res targ_res;
 	const struct bpf_core_relo *rec;
 	const struct btf_ext_info *seg;
 	struct hashmap_entry *entry;
 	struct hashmap *cand_cache = NULL;
 	struct bpf_program *prog;
+	struct bpf_insn *insn;
 	const char *sec_name;
 	int i, err = 0, insn_idx, sec_idx;
 
@@ -5654,6 +5638,8 @@ bpf_object__relocate_core(struct bpf_object *obj, const char *targ_btf_path)
 			 sec_name, sec->num_info);
 
 		for_each_btf_ext_rec(seg, sec, i, rec) {
+			if (rec->insn_off % BPF_INSN_SZ)
+				return -EINVAL;
 			insn_idx = rec->insn_off / BPF_INSN_SZ;
 			prog = find_prog_by_sec_insn(obj, sec_idx, insn_idx);
 			if (!prog) {
@@ -5668,12 +5654,38 @@ bpf_object__relocate_core(struct bpf_object *obj, const char *targ_btf_path)
 			if (!prog->load)
 				continue;
 
-			err = bpf_core_apply_relo(prog, rec, i, obj->btf, cand_cache);
+			/* adjust insn_idx from section frame of reference to the local
+			 * program's frame of reference; (sub-)program code is not yet
+			 * relocated, so it's enough to just subtract in-section offset
+			 */
+			insn_idx = insn_idx - prog->sec_insn_off;
+			if (insn_idx >= prog->insns_cnt)
+				return -EINVAL;
+			insn = &prog->insns[insn_idx];
+
+			if (prog->obj->gen_loader) {
+				err = record_relo_core(prog, rec, insn_idx);
+				if (err) {
+					pr_warn("prog '%s': relo #%d: failed to record relocation: %d\n",
+						prog->name, i, err);
+					goto out;
+				}
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			err = bpf_core_resolve_relo(prog, rec, i, obj->btf, cand_cache, &targ_res);
 			if (err) {
 				pr_warn("prog '%s': relo #%d: failed to relocate: %d\n",
 					prog->name, i, err);
 				goto out;
 			}
+
+			err = bpf_core_patch_insn(prog->name, insn, insn_idx, rec, i, &targ_res);
+			if (err) {
+				pr_warn("prog '%s': relo #%d: failed to patch insn #%u: %d\n",
+					prog->name, i, insn_idx, err);
+				goto out;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
index bc86b82e90d1c..4fda8bdf0a0dc 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
@@ -529,4 +529,13 @@ static inline int ensure_good_fd(int fd)
 	return fd;
 }
 
+/* The following two functions are exposed to bpftool */
+int bpf_core_add_cands(struct bpf_core_cand *local_cand,
+		       size_t local_essent_len,
+		       const struct btf *targ_btf,
+		       const char *targ_btf_name,
+		       int targ_start_id,
+		       struct bpf_core_cand_list *cands);
+void bpf_core_free_cands(struct bpf_core_cand_list *cands);
+
 #endif /* __LIBBPF_LIBBPF_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/relo_core.c b/tools/lib/bpf/relo_core.c
index 910865e29edc6..f946f23eab20b 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/relo_core.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/relo_core.c
@@ -775,31 +775,6 @@ static int bpf_core_calc_enumval_relo(const struct bpf_core_relo *relo,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct bpf_core_relo_res
-{
-	/* expected value in the instruction, unless validate == false */
-	__u32 orig_val;
-	/* new value that needs to be patched up to */
-	__u32 new_val;
-	/* relocation unsuccessful, poison instruction, but don't fail load */
-	bool poison;
-	/* some relocations can't be validated against orig_val */
-	bool validate;
-	/* for field byte offset relocations or the forms:
-	 *     *(T *)(rX + <off>) = rY
-	 *     rX = *(T *)(rY + <off>),
-	 * we remember original and resolved field size to adjust direct
-	 * memory loads of pointers and integers; this is necessary for 32-bit
-	 * host kernel architectures, but also allows to automatically
-	 * relocate fields that were resized from, e.g., u32 to u64, etc.
-	 */
-	bool fail_memsz_adjust;
-	__u32 orig_sz;
-	__u32 orig_type_id;
-	__u32 new_sz;
-	__u32 new_type_id;
-};
-
 /* Calculate original and target relocation values, given local and target
  * specs and relocation kind. These values are calculated for each candidate.
  * If there are multiple candidates, resulting values should all be consistent
@@ -951,9 +926,9 @@ static int insn_bytes_to_bpf_size(__u32 sz)
  * 5. *(T *)(rX + <off>) = rY, where T is one of {u8, u16, u32, u64};
  * 6. *(T *)(rX + <off>) = <imm>, where T is one of {u8, u16, u32, u64}.
  */
-static int bpf_core_patch_insn(const char *prog_name, struct bpf_insn *insn,
-			       int insn_idx, const struct bpf_core_relo *relo,
-			       int relo_idx, const struct bpf_core_relo_res *res)
+int bpf_core_patch_insn(const char *prog_name, struct bpf_insn *insn,
+			int insn_idx, const struct bpf_core_relo *relo,
+			int relo_idx, const struct bpf_core_relo_res *res)
 {
 	__u32 orig_val, new_val;
 	__u8 class;
@@ -1128,7 +1103,7 @@ static void bpf_core_dump_spec(const char *prog_name, int level, const struct bp
 }
 
 /*
- * CO-RE relocate single instruction.
+ * Calculate CO-RE relocation target result.
  *
  * The outline and important points of the algorithm:
  * 1. For given local type, find corresponding candidate target types.
@@ -1177,18 +1152,18 @@ static void bpf_core_dump_spec(const char *prog_name, int level, const struct bp
  *    between multiple relocations for the same type ID and is updated as some
  *    of the candidates are pruned due to structural incompatibility.
  */
-int bpf_core_apply_relo_insn(const char *prog_name, struct bpf_insn *insn,
-			     int insn_idx,
-			     const struct bpf_core_relo *relo,
-			     int relo_idx,
-			     const struct btf *local_btf,
-			     struct bpf_core_cand_list *cands,
-			     struct bpf_core_spec *specs_scratch)
+int bpf_core_calc_relo_insn(const char *prog_name,
+			    const struct bpf_core_relo *relo,
+			    int relo_idx,
+			    const struct btf *local_btf,
+			    struct bpf_core_cand_list *cands,
+			    struct bpf_core_spec *specs_scratch,
+			    struct bpf_core_relo_res *targ_res)
 {
 	struct bpf_core_spec *local_spec = &specs_scratch[0];
 	struct bpf_core_spec *cand_spec = &specs_scratch[1];
 	struct bpf_core_spec *targ_spec = &specs_scratch[2];
-	struct bpf_core_relo_res cand_res, targ_res;
+	struct bpf_core_relo_res cand_res;
 	const struct btf_type *local_type;
 	const char *local_name;
 	__u32 local_id;
@@ -1223,12 +1198,12 @@ int bpf_core_apply_relo_insn(const char *prog_name, struct bpf_insn *insn,
 	/* TYPE_ID_LOCAL relo is special and doesn't need candidate search */
 	if (relo->kind == BPF_CORE_TYPE_ID_LOCAL) {
 		/* bpf_insn's imm value could get out of sync during linking */
-		memset(&targ_res, 0, sizeof(targ_res));
-		targ_res.validate = false;
-		targ_res.poison = false;
-		targ_res.orig_val = local_spec->root_type_id;
-		targ_res.new_val = local_spec->root_type_id;
-		goto patch_insn;
+		memset(targ_res, 0, sizeof(*targ_res));
+		targ_res->validate = false;
+		targ_res->poison = false;
+		targ_res->orig_val = local_spec->root_type_id;
+		targ_res->new_val = local_spec->root_type_id;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	/* libbpf doesn't support candidate search for anonymous types */
@@ -1262,7 +1237,7 @@ int bpf_core_apply_relo_insn(const char *prog_name, struct bpf_insn *insn,
 			return err;
 
 		if (j == 0) {
-			targ_res = cand_res;
+			*targ_res = cand_res;
 			*targ_spec = *cand_spec;
 		} else if (cand_spec->bit_offset != targ_spec->bit_offset) {
 			/* if there are many field relo candidates, they
@@ -1272,7 +1247,8 @@ int bpf_core_apply_relo_insn(const char *prog_name, struct bpf_insn *insn,
 				prog_name, relo_idx, cand_spec->bit_offset,
 				targ_spec->bit_offset);
 			return -EINVAL;
-		} else if (cand_res.poison != targ_res.poison || cand_res.new_val != targ_res.new_val) {
+		} else if (cand_res.poison != targ_res->poison ||
+			   cand_res.new_val != targ_res->new_val) {
 			/* all candidates should result in the same relocation
 			 * decision and value, otherwise it's dangerous to
 			 * proceed due to ambiguity
@@ -1280,7 +1256,7 @@ int bpf_core_apply_relo_insn(const char *prog_name, struct bpf_insn *insn,
 			pr_warn("prog '%s': relo #%d: relocation decision ambiguity: %s %u != %s %u\n",
 				prog_name, relo_idx,
 				cand_res.poison ? "failure" : "success", cand_res.new_val,
-				targ_res.poison ? "failure" : "success", targ_res.new_val);
+				targ_res->poison ? "failure" : "success", targ_res->new_val);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
@@ -1314,19 +1290,10 @@ int bpf_core_apply_relo_insn(const char *prog_name, struct bpf_insn *insn,
 			 prog_name, relo_idx);
 
 		/* calculate single target relo result explicitly */
-		err = bpf_core_calc_relo(prog_name, relo, relo_idx, local_spec, NULL, &targ_res);
+		err = bpf_core_calc_relo(prog_name, relo, relo_idx, local_spec, NULL, targ_res);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 	}
 
-patch_insn:
-	/* bpf_core_patch_insn() should know how to handle missing targ_spec */
-	err = bpf_core_patch_insn(prog_name, insn, insn_idx, relo, relo_idx, &targ_res);
-	if (err) {
-		pr_warn("prog '%s': relo #%d: failed to patch insn #%u: %d\n",
-			prog_name, relo_idx, relo->insn_off / 8, err);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/relo_core.h b/tools/lib/bpf/relo_core.h
index 17799819ad7ce..a28bf3711ce27 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/relo_core.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/relo_core.h
@@ -44,14 +44,44 @@ struct bpf_core_spec {
 	__u32 bit_offset;
 };
 
-int bpf_core_apply_relo_insn(const char *prog_name,
-			     struct bpf_insn *insn, int insn_idx,
-			     const struct bpf_core_relo *relo, int relo_idx,
-			     const struct btf *local_btf,
-			     struct bpf_core_cand_list *cands,
-			     struct bpf_core_spec *specs_scratch);
+struct bpf_core_relo_res {
+	/* expected value in the instruction, unless validate == false */
+	__u32 orig_val;
+	/* new value that needs to be patched up to */
+	__u32 new_val;
+	/* relocation unsuccessful, poison instruction, but don't fail load */
+	bool poison;
+	/* some relocations can't be validated against orig_val */
+	bool validate;
+	/* for field byte offset relocations or the forms:
+	 *     *(T *)(rX + <off>) = rY
+	 *     rX = *(T *)(rY + <off>),
+	 * we remember original and resolved field size to adjust direct
+	 * memory loads of pointers and integers; this is necessary for 32-bit
+	 * host kernel architectures, but also allows to automatically
+	 * relocate fields that were resized from, e.g., u32 to u64, etc.
+	 */
+	bool fail_memsz_adjust;
+	__u32 orig_sz;
+	__u32 orig_type_id;
+	__u32 new_sz;
+	__u32 new_type_id;
+};
+
 int bpf_core_types_are_compat(const struct btf *local_btf, __u32 local_id,
 			      const struct btf *targ_btf, __u32 targ_id);
 
 size_t bpf_core_essential_name_len(const char *name);
+
+int bpf_core_calc_relo_insn(const char *prog_name,
+			    const struct bpf_core_relo *relo, int relo_idx,
+			    const struct btf *local_btf,
+			    struct bpf_core_cand_list *cands,
+			    struct bpf_core_spec *specs_scratch,
+			    struct bpf_core_relo_res *targ_res);
+
+int bpf_core_patch_insn(const char *prog_name, struct bpf_insn *insn,
+			int insn_idx, const struct bpf_core_relo *relo,
+			int relo_idx, const struct bpf_core_relo_res *res);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/core_reloc.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/core_reloc.c
index 68e4c8dafa001..baf53c23c08d8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/core_reloc.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/core_reloc.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <test_progs.h>
 #include "progs/core_reloc_types.h"
 #include "bpf_testmod/bpf_testmod.h"
+#include <linux/limits.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <bpf/btf.h>
@@ -836,13 +837,27 @@ static size_t roundup_page(size_t sz)
 	return (sz + page_size - 1) / page_size * page_size;
 }
 
-void test_core_reloc(void)
+static int run_btfgen(const char *src_btf, const char *dst_btf, const char *objpath)
+{
+	char command[4096];
+	int n;
+
+	n = snprintf(command, sizeof(command),
+		     "./tools/build/bpftool/bpftool gen min_core_btf %s %s %s",
+		     src_btf, dst_btf, objpath);
+	if (n < 0 || n >= sizeof(command))
+		return -1;
+
+	return system(command);
+}
+
+static void run_core_reloc_tests(bool use_btfgen)
 {
 	const size_t mmap_sz = roundup_page(sizeof(struct data));
 	DECLARE_LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_object_open_opts, open_opts);
 	struct core_reloc_test_case *test_case;
 	const char *tp_name, *probe_name;
-	int err, i, equal;
+	int err, i, equal, fd;
 	struct bpf_link *link = NULL;
 	struct bpf_map *data_map;
 	struct bpf_program *prog;
@@ -854,6 +869,7 @@ void test_core_reloc(void)
 	my_pid_tgid = getpid() | ((uint64_t)syscall(SYS_gettid) << 32);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(test_cases); i++) {
+		char btf_file[] = "/tmp/core_reloc.btf.XXXXXX";
 		test_case = &test_cases[i];
 		if (!test__start_subtest(test_case->case_name))
 			continue;
@@ -863,6 +879,25 @@ void test_core_reloc(void)
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		/* generate a "minimal" BTF file and use it as source */
+		if (use_btfgen) {
+			if (!test_case->btf_src_file || test_case->fails) {
+				test__skip();
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			fd = mkstemp(btf_file);
+			if (!ASSERT_GE(fd, 0, "btf_tmp"))
+				goto cleanup;
+			close(fd); /* we only need the path */
+			err = run_btfgen(test_case->btf_src_file, btf_file,
+					 test_case->bpf_obj_file);
+			if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "run_btfgen"))
+				goto cleanup;
+
+			test_case->btf_src_file = btf_file;
+		}
+
 		if (test_case->setup) {
 			err = test_case->setup(test_case);
 			if (CHECK(err, "test_setup", "test #%d setup failed: %d\n", i, err))
@@ -954,8 +989,19 @@ void test_core_reloc(void)
 			CHECK_FAIL(munmap(mmap_data, mmap_sz));
 			mmap_data = NULL;
 		}
+		remove(btf_file);
 		bpf_link__destroy(link);
 		link = NULL;
 		bpf_object__close(obj);
 	}
 }
+
+void test_core_reloc(void)
+{
+	run_core_reloc_tests(false);
+}
+
+void test_core_btfgen(void)
+{
+	run_core_reloc_tests(true);
+}