diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
index 2d270c560df39..c36a3a76986a5 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1
 /* Copyright (c) 2018 Facebook */
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
index e2a09a155f84f..caac3a404dc54 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1 */
 /* Copyright (c) 2018 Facebook */
 
 #ifndef __BPF_BTF_H