diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_tracing.h b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_tracing.h
index 510df96ff19dc..9c4246fe8799c 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_tracing.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_tracing.h
@@ -781,4 +781,11 @@ ____##name(struct pt_regs *ctx, ##args)
 
 #define BPF_KPROBE_SYSCALL BPF_KSYSCALL
 
+/* BPF_UPROBE and BPF_URETPROBE are identical to BPF_KPROBE and BPF_KRETPROBE,
+ * but are named way less confusingly for SEC("uprobe") and SEC("uretprobe")
+ * use cases.
+ */
+#define BPF_UPROBE(name, args...)  BPF_KPROBE(name, ##args)
+#define BPF_URETPROBE(name, args...)  BPF_KRETPROBE(name, ##args)
+
 #endif