diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
index 88cbd110ae5807091b2a1c7b5227abd1940d996f..3defad77dc7aca37e7496e2aee6e6b386f44a802 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
@@ -368,6 +368,19 @@ int bpf_map_lookup_elem(int fd, const void *key, void *value)
 	return sys_bpf(BPF_MAP_LOOKUP_ELEM, &attr, sizeof(attr));
 }
 
+int bpf_map_lookup_elem_flags(int fd, const void *key, void *value, __u64 flags)
+{
+	union bpf_attr attr;
+
+	bzero(&attr, sizeof(attr));
+	attr.map_fd = fd;
+	attr.key = ptr_to_u64(key);
+	attr.value = ptr_to_u64(value);
+	attr.flags = flags;
+
+	return sys_bpf(BPF_MAP_LOOKUP_ELEM, &attr, sizeof(attr));
+}
+
 int bpf_map_lookup_and_delete_elem(int fd, const void *key, void *value)
 {
 	union bpf_attr attr;
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
index 8f09de482839e289ff1b203d105eae26b52d2de6..ed09eed2dc3ba6e6a3b2ebf0d4241066e2d04447 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ LIBBPF_API int bpf_map_update_elem(int fd, const void *key, const void *value,
 				   __u64 flags);
 
 LIBBPF_API int bpf_map_lookup_elem(int fd, const void *key, void *value);
+LIBBPF_API int bpf_map_lookup_elem_flags(int fd, const void *key, void *value,
+					 __u64 flags);
 LIBBPF_API int bpf_map_lookup_and_delete_elem(int fd, const void *key,
 					      void *value);
 LIBBPF_API int bpf_map_delete_elem(int fd, const void *key);
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
index 266bc95d0142698539dd5586af2112581397ac61..f6f96fc38c504380306ce98e0db69622e3fa1051 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
@@ -130,4 +130,5 @@ LIBBPF_0.0.2 {
 		bpf_probe_helper;
 		bpf_probe_map_type;
 		bpf_probe_prog_type;
+		bpf_map_lookup_elem_flags;
 } LIBBPF_0.0.1;