diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
index 88dd7db55d3852..6abde487bba19c 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ 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 0e6d685b86177c..69a43d9ea331f5 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ 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                           \
@@ -283,6 +284,9 @@ $(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 00000000000000..f7c084428735a7
--- /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 a92f0f025ec75e..e0660bc76b7b4e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -548,9 +548,16 @@ 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 16ad0e6e9e9c5b..cf1b9f6ec0dbe5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 #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
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ struct btf * __weak btf__load_from_kernel_by_id(__u32 id)
 
        return err ? ERR_PTR(err) : btf;
 }
+#endif
 
 #define ptr_to_u64(ptr)    ((__u64)(unsigned long)(ptr))