diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index f2dbe20430677d5f281e770c45d84680e65385be..faeb8220daa2e5bf7b1f1ac03a99f11d9e37831b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ LLC		?= llc
 LLVM_OBJCOPY	?= llvm-objcopy
 LLVM_READELF	?= llvm-readelf
 BTF_PAHOLE	?= pahole
-CFLAGS += -Wall -O2 -I$(APIDIR) -I$(LIBDIR) -I$(BPFDIR) -I$(GENDIR) $(GENFLAGS) -I../../../include \
+CFLAGS += -g -Wall -O2 -I$(APIDIR) -I$(LIBDIR) -I$(BPFDIR) -I$(GENDIR) $(GENFLAGS) -I../../../include \
 	  -Dbpf_prog_load=bpf_prog_test_load \
 	  -Dbpf_load_program=bpf_test_load_program
 LDLIBS += -lcap -lelf -lrt -lpthread