diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/config b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/config
index 38021a0dd527..6032f9b23c4c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/config
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/config
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y
 CONFIG_MPTCP=y
 CONFIG_IPV6=y
 CONFIG_MPTCP_IPV6=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_lib.sh
index 3286536b79d5..29b65f4b73b2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_lib.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_lib.sh
@@ -38,3 +38,41 @@ mptcp_lib_check_mptcp() {
 		exit ${KSFT_SKIP}
 	fi
 }
+
+mptcp_lib_check_kallsyms() {
+	if ! mptcp_lib_has_file "/proc/kallsyms"; then
+		echo "SKIP: CONFIG_KALLSYMS is missing"
+		exit ${KSFT_SKIP}
+	fi
+}
+
+# Internal: use mptcp_lib_kallsyms_has() instead
+__mptcp_lib_kallsyms_has() {
+	local sym="${1}"
+
+	mptcp_lib_check_kallsyms
+
+	grep -q " ${sym}" /proc/kallsyms
+}
+
+# $1: part of a symbol to look at, add '$' at the end for full name
+mptcp_lib_kallsyms_has() {
+	local sym="${1}"
+
+	if __mptcp_lib_kallsyms_has "${sym}"; then
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	mptcp_lib_fail_if_expected_feature "${sym} symbol not found"
+}
+
+# $1: part of a symbol to look at, add '$' at the end for full name
+mptcp_lib_kallsyms_doesnt_have() {
+	local sym="${1}"
+
+	if ! __mptcp_lib_kallsyms_has "${sym}"; then
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	mptcp_lib_fail_if_expected_feature "${sym} symbol has been found"
+}