diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/feature.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/feature.c
index d6508dde4808ee6fe9498105f81269e07f7c60e5..cc731475c74bb7567fc551fa4166c46636f97873 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/feature.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/feature.c
@@ -438,6 +438,26 @@ static void probe_prog_type(enum bpf_prog_type prog_type, bool *supported_types)
 	print_bool_feature(feat_name, plain_desc, res);
 }
 
+static void probe_map_type(enum bpf_map_type map_type)
+{
+	const char *plain_comment = "eBPF map_type ";
+	char feat_name[128], plain_desc[128];
+	size_t maxlen;
+	bool res;
+
+	res = bpf_probe_map_type(map_type, 0);
+
+	maxlen = sizeof(plain_desc) - strlen(plain_comment) - 1;
+	if (strlen(map_type_name[map_type]) > maxlen) {
+		p_info("map type name too long");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	sprintf(feat_name, "have_%s_map_type", map_type_name[map_type]);
+	sprintf(plain_desc, "%s%s", plain_comment, map_type_name[map_type]);
+	print_bool_feature(feat_name, plain_desc, res);
+}
+
 static int do_probe(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	enum probe_component target = COMPONENT_UNSPEC;
@@ -507,6 +527,12 @@ static int do_probe(int argc, char **argv)
 	for (i = BPF_PROG_TYPE_UNSPEC + 1; i < ARRAY_SIZE(prog_type_name); i++)
 		probe_prog_type(i, supported_types);
 
+	print_end_then_start_section("map_types",
+				     "Scanning eBPF map types...");
+
+	for (i = BPF_MAP_TYPE_UNSPEC + 1; i < map_type_name_size; i++)
+		probe_map_type(i);
+
 exit_close_json:
 	if (json_output) {
 		/* End current "section" of probes */
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h b/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h
index 5cfc6601de9b51004bc3bdd2788c248a1fbb82f9..d7dd84d3c660eb62b60f2d762fb0e74a5524ff42 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ static const char * const prog_type_name[] = {
 	[BPF_PROG_TYPE_FLOW_DISSECTOR]		= "flow_dissector",
 };
 
+extern const char * const map_type_name[];
+extern const size_t map_type_name_size;
+
 enum bpf_obj_type {
 	BPF_OBJ_UNKNOWN,
 	BPF_OBJ_PROG,
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/map.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/map.c
index 850c99ac980f9e2613a69f403e0b9de983aef727..f15c520195b72d8d47bef865a416fc559fdba803 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/map.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/map.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include "json_writer.h"
 #include "main.h"
 
-static const char * const map_type_name[] = {
+const char * const map_type_name[] = {
 	[BPF_MAP_TYPE_UNSPEC]			= "unspec",
 	[BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH]			= "hash",
 	[BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY]			= "array",
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ static const char * const map_type_name[] = {
 	[BPF_MAP_TYPE_STACK]			= "stack",
 };
 
+const size_t map_type_name_size = ARRAY_SIZE(map_type_name);
+
 static bool map_is_per_cpu(__u32 type)
 {
 	return type == BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_HASH ||
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
index 8e63821109ab7d227ca9c805cbf70d6795ec7ab0..72385f6f9415aff8df40e1f519d1807ee77a4415 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ bpf_prog_linfo__lfind(const struct bpf_prog_linfo *prog_linfo,
  */
 LIBBPF_API bool bpf_probe_prog_type(enum bpf_prog_type prog_type,
 				    __u32 ifindex);
+LIBBPF_API bool bpf_probe_map_type(enum bpf_map_type map_type, __u32 ifindex);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 } /* extern "C" */
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
index c7ec3ffa24e9a8145380616076d4cf7cd7177890..bb2dfc3b2d7b18ae738a168dda240e362fb82ad6 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
@@ -127,5 +127,6 @@ LIBBPF_0.0.1 {
 
 LIBBPF_0.0.2 {
 	global:
+		bpf_probe_map_type;
 		bpf_probe_prog_type;
 } LIBBPF_0.0.1;
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_probes.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_probes.c
index 056c0c186f2a96b599ae2e061b34487c75b70bee..f511bd317b8792261b3c0425f92fff58018cfbe3 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_probes.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_probes.c
@@ -93,3 +93,87 @@ bool bpf_probe_prog_type(enum bpf_prog_type prog_type, __u32 ifindex)
 
 	return errno != EINVAL && errno != EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
+
+bool bpf_probe_map_type(enum bpf_map_type map_type, __u32 ifindex)
+{
+	int key_size, value_size, max_entries, map_flags;
+	struct bpf_create_map_attr attr = {};
+	int fd = -1, fd_inner;
+
+	key_size	= sizeof(__u32);
+	value_size	= sizeof(__u32);
+	max_entries	= 1;
+	map_flags	= 0;
+
+	switch (map_type) {
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_STACK_TRACE:
+		value_size	= sizeof(__u64);
+		break;
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_LPM_TRIE:
+		key_size	= sizeof(__u64);
+		value_size	= sizeof(__u64);
+		map_flags	= BPF_F_NO_PREALLOC;
+		break;
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_CGROUP_STORAGE:
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_CGROUP_STORAGE:
+		key_size	= sizeof(struct bpf_cgroup_storage_key);
+		value_size	= sizeof(__u64);
+		max_entries	= 0;
+		break;
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_QUEUE:
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_STACK:
+		key_size	= 0;
+		break;
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_UNSPEC:
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH:
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY:
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_PROG_ARRAY:
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY:
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_HASH:
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_ARRAY:
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_CGROUP_ARRAY:
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_LRU_HASH:
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_LRU_PERCPU_HASH:
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY_OF_MAPS:
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH_OF_MAPS:
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_DEVMAP:
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKMAP:
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_CPUMAP:
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_XSKMAP:
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKHASH:
+	case BPF_MAP_TYPE_REUSEPORT_SOCKARRAY:
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (map_type == BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY_OF_MAPS ||
+	    map_type == BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH_OF_MAPS) {
+		/* TODO: probe for device, once libbpf has a function to create
+		 * map-in-map for offload
+		 */
+		if (ifindex)
+			return false;
+
+		fd_inner = bpf_create_map(BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH,
+					  sizeof(__u32), sizeof(__u32), 1, 0);
+		if (fd_inner < 0)
+			return false;
+		fd = bpf_create_map_in_map(map_type, NULL, sizeof(__u32),
+					   fd_inner, 1, 0);
+		close(fd_inner);
+	} else {
+		/* Note: No other restriction on map type probes for offload */
+		attr.map_type = map_type;
+		attr.key_size = key_size;
+		attr.value_size = value_size;
+		attr.max_entries = max_entries;
+		attr.map_flags = map_flags;
+		attr.map_ifindex = ifindex;
+
+		fd = bpf_create_map_xattr(&attr);
+	}
+	if (fd >= 0)
+		close(fd);
+
+	return fd >= 0;
+}