diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
index 7e7f243d0ab2a..5befca249452a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS += so_incoming_cpu
 TEST_PROGS += sctp_vrf.sh
 TEST_GEN_FILES += sctp_hello
 TEST_GEN_FILES += csum
-TEST_GEN_FILES += nat6to4.o
-TEST_GEN_FILES += xdp_dummy.o
-TEST_GEN_FILES += sample_ret0.bpf.o
-TEST_GEN_FILES += sample_map_ret0.bpf.o
 TEST_GEN_FILES += ip_local_port_range
 TEST_GEN_FILES += bind_wildcard
 TEST_PROGS += test_vxlan_mdb.sh
@@ -100,6 +96,8 @@ TEST_PROGS += bpf_offload.py
 TEST_FILES := settings
 TEST_FILES += in_netns.sh lib.sh net_helper.sh setup_loopback.sh setup_veth.sh
 
+TEST_GEN_FILES += $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(wildcard *.bpf.c))
+
 TEST_INCLUDES := forwarding/lib.sh
 
 include ../lib.mk
@@ -110,56 +108,4 @@ $(OUTPUT)/tcp_inq: LDLIBS += -lpthread
 $(OUTPUT)/bind_bhash: LDLIBS += -lpthread
 $(OUTPUT)/io_uring_zerocopy_tx: CFLAGS += -I../../../include/
 
-# Rules to generate bpf objs
-CLANG ?= clang
-SCRATCH_DIR := $(OUTPUT)/tools
-BUILD_DIR := $(SCRATCH_DIR)/build
-BPFDIR := $(abspath ../../../lib/bpf)
-APIDIR := $(abspath ../../../include/uapi)
-
-CCINCLUDE += -I../bpf
-CCINCLUDE += -I../../../../usr/include/
-CCINCLUDE += -I$(SCRATCH_DIR)/include
-
-BPFOBJ := $(BUILD_DIR)/libbpf/libbpf.a
-
-MAKE_DIRS := $(BUILD_DIR)/libbpf
-$(MAKE_DIRS):
-	$(call msg,MKDIR,,$@)
-	$(Q)mkdir -p $@
-
-# Get Clang's default includes on this system, as opposed to those seen by
-# '--target=bpf'. This fixes "missing" files on some architectures/distros,
-# such as asm/byteorder.h, asm/socket.h, asm/sockios.h, sys/cdefs.h etc.
-#
-# Use '-idirafter': Don't interfere with include mechanics except where the
-# build would have failed anyways.
-define get_sys_includes
-$(shell $(1) $(2) -v -E - </dev/null 2>&1 \
-	| sed -n '/<...> search starts here:/,/End of search list./{ s| \(/.*\)|-idirafter \1|p }') \
-$(shell $(1) $(2) -dM -E - </dev/null | grep '__riscv_xlen ' | awk '{printf("-D__riscv_xlen=%d -D__BITS_PER_LONG=%d", $$3, $$3)}')
-endef
-
-ifneq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
-CLANG_TARGET_ARCH = --target=$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE:%-=%))
-endif
-
-CLANG_SYS_INCLUDES = $(call get_sys_includes,$(CLANG),$(CLANG_TARGET_ARCH))
-
-BPF_PROG_OBJS := $(OUTPUT)/nat6to4.o $(OUTPUT)/xdp_dummy.o \
-	$(OUTPUT)/sample_map_ret0.bpf.o $(OUTPUT)/sample_ret0.bpf.o
-
-$(BPF_PROG_OBJS): $(OUTPUT)/%.o : %.c $(BPFOBJ) | $(MAKE_DIRS)
-	$(call msg,BPF_PROG,,$@)
-	$(Q)$(CLANG) -O2 -g --target=bpf $(CCINCLUDE) $(CLANG_SYS_INCLUDES) \
-	-c $< -o $@
-
-$(BPFOBJ): $(wildcard $(BPFDIR)/*.[ch] $(BPFDIR)/Makefile)		       \
-	   $(APIDIR)/linux/bpf.h					       \
-	   | $(BUILD_DIR)/libbpf
-	$(call msg,MAKE,,$@)
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras) -C $(BPFDIR) OUTPUT=$(BUILD_DIR)/libbpf/ \
-		    EXTRA_CFLAGS='-g -O0'				       \
-		    DESTDIR=$(SCRATCH_DIR) prefix= all install_headers
-
-EXTRA_CLEAN := $(SCRATCH_DIR)
+include bpf.mk
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/bpf.mk b/tools/testing/selftests/net/bpf.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a4f6755dd8941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/bpf.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Rules to generate bpf objs
+CLANG ?= clang
+SCRATCH_DIR := $(OUTPUT)/tools
+BUILD_DIR := $(SCRATCH_DIR)/build
+BPFDIR := $(top_srcdir)/tools/lib/bpf
+APIDIR := $(top_srcdir)/tools/include/uapi
+
+CCINCLUDE += -I$(selfdir)/bpf
+CCINCLUDE += -I$(top_srcdir)/usr/include/
+CCINCLUDE += -I$(SCRATCH_DIR)/include
+
+BPFOBJ := $(BUILD_DIR)/libbpf/libbpf.a
+
+MAKE_DIRS := $(BUILD_DIR)/libbpf
+$(MAKE_DIRS):
+	$(call msg,MKDIR,,$@)
+	$(Q)mkdir -p $@
+
+# Get Clang's default includes on this system, as opposed to those seen by
+# '--target=bpf'. This fixes "missing" files on some architectures/distros,
+# such as asm/byteorder.h, asm/socket.h, asm/sockios.h, sys/cdefs.h etc.
+#
+# Use '-idirafter': Don't interfere with include mechanics except where the
+# build would have failed anyways.
+define get_sys_includes
+$(shell $(1) $(2) -v -E - </dev/null 2>&1 \
+	| sed -n '/<...> search starts here:/,/End of search list./{ s| \(/.*\)|-idirafter \1|p }') \
+$(shell $(1) $(2) -dM -E - </dev/null | grep '__riscv_xlen ' | awk '{printf("-D__riscv_xlen=%d -D__BITS_PER_LONG=%d", $$3, $$3)}')
+endef
+
+ifneq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
+CLANG_TARGET_ARCH = --target=$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE:%-=%))
+endif
+
+CLANG_SYS_INCLUDES = $(call get_sys_includes,$(CLANG),$(CLANG_TARGET_ARCH))
+
+BPF_PROG_OBJS := $(patsubst %.c,$(OUTPUT)/%.o,$(wildcard *.bpf.c))
+
+$(BPF_PROG_OBJS): $(OUTPUT)/%.o : %.c $(BPFOBJ) | $(MAKE_DIRS)
+	$(call msg,BPF_PROG,,$@)
+	$(Q)$(CLANG) -O2 -g --target=bpf $(CCINCLUDE) $(CLANG_SYS_INCLUDES) \
+	-c $< -o $@
+
+$(BPFOBJ): $(wildcard $(BPFDIR)/*.[ch] $(BPFDIR)/Makefile)		       \
+	   $(APIDIR)/linux/bpf.h					       \
+	   | $(BUILD_DIR)/libbpf
+	$(call msg,MAKE,,$@)
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras) -C $(BPFDIR) OUTPUT=$(BUILD_DIR)/libbpf/ \
+		    EXTRA_CFLAGS='-g -O0'				       \
+		    DESTDIR=$(SCRATCH_DIR) prefix= all install_headers
+
+EXTRA_CLEAN += $(SCRATCH_DIR)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/nat6to4.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/nat6to4.bpf.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/testing/selftests/net/nat6to4.c
rename to tools/testing/selftests/net/nat6to4.bpf.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro.sh
index 8802604148dda..11a1ebda564fd 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ source net_helper.sh
 
 readonly PEER_NS="ns-peer-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)"
 
-BPF_FILE="xdp_dummy.o"
+BPF_FILE="xdp_dummy.bpf.o"
 
 # set global exit status, but never reset nonzero one.
 check_err()
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_bench.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_bench.sh
index 7080eae5312b2..c51ea90a1395f 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_bench.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_bench.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ source net_helper.sh
 
 readonly PEER_NS="ns-peer-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)"
 
-BPF_FILE="xdp_dummy.o"
+BPF_FILE="xdp_dummy.bpf.o"
 
 cleanup() {
 	local -r jobs="$(jobs -p)"
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_frglist.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_frglist.sh
index e1ff645bd3d1c..17404f49cdb68 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_frglist.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_frglist.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ source net_helper.sh
 
 readonly PEER_NS="ns-peer-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)"
 
-BPF_FILE="xdp_dummy.o"
+BPF_FILE="xdp_dummy.bpf.o"
 
 cleanup() {
 	local -r jobs="$(jobs -p)"
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ run_one() {
 
 	ip -n "${PEER_NS}" link set veth1 xdp object ${BPF_FILE} section xdp
 	tc -n "${PEER_NS}" qdisc add dev veth1 clsact
-	tc -n "${PEER_NS}" filter add dev veth1 ingress prio 4 protocol ipv6 bpf object-file nat6to4.o section schedcls/ingress6/nat_6  direct-action
-	tc -n "${PEER_NS}" filter add dev veth1 egress prio 4 protocol ip bpf object-file nat6to4.o section schedcls/egress4/snat4 direct-action
+	tc -n "${PEER_NS}" filter add dev veth1 ingress prio 4 protocol ipv6 bpf object-file nat6to4.bpf.o section schedcls/ingress6/nat_6  direct-action
+	tc -n "${PEER_NS}" filter add dev veth1 egress prio 4 protocol ip bpf object-file nat6to4.bpf.o section schedcls/egress4/snat4 direct-action
         echo ${rx_args}
 	ip netns exec "${PEER_NS}" ./udpgso_bench_rx ${rx_args} -r &
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ if [ ! -f ${BPF_FILE} ]; then
 	exit -1
 fi
 
-if [ ! -f nat6to4.o ]; then
+if [ ! -f nat6to4.bpf.o ]; then
 	echo "Missing nat6to4 helper. Run 'make' first"
 	exit -1
 fi
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_fwd.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_fwd.sh
index 83ed987cff340..550d8eb3e224c 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_fwd.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_fwd.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 source net_helper.sh
 
-BPF_FILE="xdp_dummy.o"
+BPF_FILE="xdp_dummy.bpf.o"
 readonly BASE="ns-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)"
 readonly SRC=2
 readonly DST=1
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/veth.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/veth.sh
index 3a394b43e274b..4f1edbafb9468 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/veth.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/veth.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
-BPF_FILE="xdp_dummy.o"
+BPF_FILE="xdp_dummy.bpf.o"
 readonly STATS="$(mktemp -p /tmp ns-XXXXXX)"
 readonly BASE=`basename $STATS`
 readonly SRC=2
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/xdp_dummy.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/xdp_dummy.bpf.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/testing/selftests/net/xdp_dummy.c
rename to tools/testing/selftests/net/xdp_dummy.bpf.c