diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-libbpf.c b/tools/build/feature/test-libbpf.c
index a508756cf4cc..cd9989f52119 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/test-libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-libbpf.c
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <bpf/libbpf.h>
 
+#if !defined(LIBBPF_MAJOR_VERSION) || (LIBBPF_MAJOR_VERSION < 1)
+#error At least libbpf 1.0 is required for Linux tools.
+#endif
+
 int main(void)
 {
 	return bpf_object__open("test") ? 0 : -1;
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/make b/tools/perf/tests/make
index 009d6efb673c..b4d64fdf4aef 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/make
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/make
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ run += make_no_libaudit
 run += make_no_libbionic
 run += make_no_auxtrace
 run += make_no_libbpf
-run += make_libbpf_dynamic
 run += make_no_libbpf_DEBUG
 run += make_no_libcrypto
 run += make_no_sdt
@@ -176,6 +175,12 @@ run += make_install_prefix_slash
 # run += make_install_pdf
 run += make_minimal
 
+old_libbpf := $(shell echo "#include <bpf/libbpf.h>" | $(CC) -E -dM -x c -| egrep -q "define[[:space:]]+LIBBPF_MAJOR_VERSION[[:space:]]+0{1}")
+
+ifneq ($(old_libbpf),)
+run += make_libbpf_dynamic
+endif
+
 ifneq ($(call has,ctags),)
 run += make_tags
 endif