diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
index 8a19753cc26aab4198903c92c133531d3b708682..574c2e0b9d2054cab20f2cf570e9968d0eb84200 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ FEATURE_TESTS_EXTRA :=                  \
          cxx                            \
          llvm                           \
          llvm-version                   \
-         clang
+         clang                          \
+         libbpf
 
 FEATURE_TESTS ?= $(FEATURE_TESTS_BASIC)
 
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
index 8499385365c029aeb529cf1ead9e77d6877d8852..f30a89046aa3b9d2eba12d5b0540a41824293ff1 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ FILES=                                          \
          test-zlib.bin                          \
          test-lzma.bin                          \
          test-bpf.bin                           \
+         test-libbpf.bin                        \
          test-get_cpuid.bin                     \
          test-sdt.bin                           \
          test-cxx.bin                           \
@@ -270,6 +271,9 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-get_cpuid.bin:
 $(OUTPUT)test-bpf.bin:
 	$(BUILD)
 
+$(OUTPUT)test-libbpf.bin:
+	$(BUILD) -lbpf
+
 $(OUTPUT)test-sdt.bin:
 	$(BUILD)
 
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-libbpf.c b/tools/build/feature/test-libbpf.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a508756cf4cca2b3a781a43787d27ca092c410c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-libbpf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <bpf/libbpf.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	return bpf_object__open("test") ? 0 : -1;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 1783427da9b0745dd3ed460977b9c6be04c4f7e6..c90f4146e5a2753e86a1b502be1f7db081055a4e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -483,6 +483,16 @@ ifndef NO_LIBELF
     ifeq ($(feature-bpf), 1)
       CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT
       $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBBPF)
+
+      # detecting libbpf without LIBBPF_DYNAMIC, so make VF=1 shows libbpf detection status
+      $(call feature_check,libbpf)
+      ifdef LIBBPF_DYNAMIC
+        ifeq ($(feature-libbpf), 1)
+          EXTLIBS += -lbpf
+        else
+          dummy := $(error Error: No libbpf devel library found, please install libbpf-devel);
+        endif
+      endif
     endif
 
     ifndef NO_DWARF
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 1cd294468a1f6bac3dbc1615f5b2f1473a29ada0..eae5d5e95952765c186de6b2488c40542c31508b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ include ../scripts/utilities.mak
 #
 # Define TCMALLOC to enable tcmalloc heap profiling.
 #
+# Define LIBBPF_DYNAMIC to enable libbpf dynamic linking.
+#
 
 # As per kernel Makefile, avoid funny character set dependencies
 unexport LC_ALL
@@ -360,7 +362,9 @@ export PERL_PATH
 
 PERFLIBS = $(LIBAPI) $(LIBTRACEEVENT) $(LIBSUBCMD) $(LIBPERF)
 ifndef NO_LIBBPF
-  PERFLIBS += $(LIBBPF)
+  ifndef LIBBPF_DYNAMIC
+    PERFLIBS += $(LIBBPF)
+  endif
 endif
 
 # We choose to avoid "if .. else if .. else .. endif endif"