diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
index ae61f464043a..c6a48d0ef9ff 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ FEATURE_TESTS_EXTRA :=                  \
          llvm-version                   \
          clang                          \
          libbpf                         \
+         libbpf-btf__load_from_kernel_by_id \
          libpfm4                        \
          libdebuginfod			\
          clang-bpf-co-re
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
index de66e1cc0734..cb4a2a4fa2e4 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ FILES=                                          \
          test-lzma.bin                          \
          test-bpf.bin                           \
          test-libbpf.bin                        \
+         test-libbpf-btf__load_from_kernel_by_id.bin	\
          test-get_cpuid.bin                     \
          test-sdt.bin                           \
          test-cxx.bin                           \
@@ -287,6 +288,9 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-bpf.bin:
 $(OUTPUT)test-libbpf.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -lbpf
 
+$(OUTPUT)test-libbpf-btf__load_from_kernel_by_id.bin:
+	$(BUILD) -lbpf
+
 $(OUTPUT)test-sdt.bin:
 	$(BUILD)
 
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-libbpf-btf__load_from_kernel_by_id.c b/tools/build/feature/test-libbpf-btf__load_from_kernel_by_id.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f7c084428735
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-libbpf-btf__load_from_kernel_by_id.c
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <bpf/libbpf.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	return btf__load_from_kernel_by_id(20151128, NULL);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index f3bf9297bcc0..1bd64e7404b9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -553,9 +553,16 @@ ifndef NO_LIBELF
         ifeq ($(feature-libbpf), 1)
           EXTLIBS += -lbpf
           $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBBPF_DYNAMIC)
+
+          $(call feature_check,libbpf-btf__load_from_kernel_by_id)
+          ifeq ($(feature-libbpf-btf__load_from_kernel_by_id), 1)
+            CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBBPF_BTF__LOAD_FROM_KERNEL_BY_ID
+          endif
         else
           dummy := $(error Error: No libbpf devel library found, please install libbpf-devel);
         endif
+      else
+	CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBBPF_BTF__LOAD_FROM_KERNEL_BY_ID
       endif
     endif
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c
index 94624733af7e..8271ab764eb5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 #include "record.h"
 #include "util/synthetic-events.h"
 
-struct btf * __weak btf__load_from_kernel_by_id(__u32 id)
+#ifndef HAVE_LIBBPF_BTF__LOAD_FROM_KERNEL_BY_ID
+struct btf *btf__load_from_kernel_by_id(__u32 id)
 {
        struct btf *btf;
 #pragma GCC diagnostic push
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ struct btf * __weak btf__load_from_kernel_by_id(__u32 id)
 
        return err ? ERR_PTR(err) : btf;
 }
+#endif
 
 int __weak bpf_prog_load(enum bpf_prog_type prog_type,
 			 const char *prog_name __maybe_unused,