diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
index b0574751f231..9ca3bfbb9ac4 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
@@ -126,11 +126,12 @@ $(OUTPUT)_prog.o: prog.c
 $(OUTPUT)_bpftool: $(_OBJS) $(LIBBPF)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(_OBJS) $(LIBS)
 
-skeleton/profiler.bpf.o: skeleton/profiler.bpf.c
+skeleton/profiler.bpf.o: skeleton/profiler.bpf.c $(LIBBPF)
 	$(QUIET_CLANG)$(CLANG) \
 		-I$(srctree)/tools/include/uapi/ \
 		-I$(srctree)/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/include/uapi \
-		-I$(srctree)/tools/lib -g -O2 -target bpf -c $< -o $@
+		-I$(LIBBPF_PATH) -I$(srctree)/tools/lib \
+		-g -O2 -target bpf -c $< -o $@
 
 profiler.skel.h: $(OUTPUT)_bpftool skeleton/profiler.bpf.o
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(OUTPUT)./_bpftool gen skeleton skeleton/profiler.bpf.o > $@