diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index de7e09a6b5eca1..78de238f975a8a 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -168,6 +168,25 @@ int libbpf_set_strict_mode(enum libbpf_strict_mode mode)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+__u32 libbpf_major_version(void)
+{
+	return LIBBPF_MAJOR_VERSION;
+}
+
+__u32 libbpf_minor_version(void)
+{
+	return LIBBPF_MINOR_VERSION;
+}
+
+const char *libbpf_version_string(void)
+{
+#define __S(X) #X
+#define _S(X) __S(X)
+	return  "v" _S(LIBBPF_MAJOR_VERSION) "." _S(LIBBPF_MINOR_VERSION);
+#undef _S
+#undef __S
+}
+
 enum kern_feature_id {
 	/* v4.14: kernel support for program & map names. */
 	FEAT_PROG_NAME,
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
index 4ec69f22434260..003fdc5cf3a8d2 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+LIBBPF_API __u32 libbpf_major_version(void);
+LIBBPF_API __u32 libbpf_minor_version(void);
+LIBBPF_API const char *libbpf_version_string(void);
+
 enum libbpf_errno {
 	__LIBBPF_ERRNO__START = 4000,
 
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
index 6a59514a48cfe9..bea6791272e567 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
@@ -410,6 +410,9 @@ LIBBPF_0.6.0 {
 		btf__type_cnt;
 		btf_dump__new;
 		btf_dump__new_deprecated;
+		libbpf_major_version;
+		libbpf_minor_version;
+		libbpf_version_string;
 		perf_buffer__new;
 		perf_buffer__new_deprecated;
 		perf_buffer__new_raw;