diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config
index 5192305159ec18e99b43c996fc8560a7581cc1d1..f6287132fa89a763f06acc31128c3aa5aea9d6d5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ CONFIG_IPV6_SIT=m
 CONFIG_BPF_JIT=y
 CONFIG_BPF_LSM=y
 CONFIG_SECURITY=y
+CONFIG_RC_CORE=y
 CONFIG_LIRC=y
+CONFIG_BPF_LIRC_MODE2=y
 CONFIG_IMA=y
 CONFIG_SECURITYFS=y
 CONFIG_IMA_WRITE_POLICY=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/libbpf_probes.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/libbpf_probes.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9f766ddd946aba50db3d0ec0af380ec90b5d27e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/libbpf_probes.c
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/* Copyright (c) 2021 Facebook */
+
+#include <test_progs.h>
+#include <bpf/btf.h>
+
+void test_libbpf_probe_prog_types(void)
+{
+	struct btf *btf;
+	const struct btf_type *t;
+	const struct btf_enum *e;
+	int i, n, id;
+
+	btf = btf__parse("/sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux", NULL);
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(btf, "btf_parse"))
+		return;
+
+	/* find enum bpf_prog_type and enumerate each value */
+	id = btf__find_by_name_kind(btf, "bpf_prog_type", BTF_KIND_ENUM);
+	if (!ASSERT_GT(id, 0, "bpf_prog_type_id"))
+		goto cleanup;
+	t = btf__type_by_id(btf, id);
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(t, "bpf_prog_type_enum"))
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	for (e = btf_enum(t), i = 0, n = btf_vlen(t); i < n; e++, i++) {
+		const char *prog_type_name = btf__str_by_offset(btf, e->name_off);
+		enum bpf_prog_type prog_type = (enum bpf_prog_type)e->val;
+		int res;
+
+		if (prog_type == BPF_PROG_TYPE_UNSPEC)
+			continue;
+
+		if (!test__start_subtest(prog_type_name))
+			continue;
+
+		res = libbpf_probe_bpf_prog_type(prog_type, NULL);
+		ASSERT_EQ(res, 1, prog_type_name);
+	}
+
+cleanup:
+	btf__free(btf);
+}
+
+void test_libbpf_probe_map_types(void)
+{
+	struct btf *btf;
+	const struct btf_type *t;
+	const struct btf_enum *e;
+	int i, n, id;
+
+	btf = btf__parse("/sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux", NULL);
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(btf, "btf_parse"))
+		return;
+
+	/* find enum bpf_map_type and enumerate each value */
+	id = btf__find_by_name_kind(btf, "bpf_map_type", BTF_KIND_ENUM);
+	if (!ASSERT_GT(id, 0, "bpf_map_type_id"))
+		goto cleanup;
+	t = btf__type_by_id(btf, id);
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(t, "bpf_map_type_enum"))
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	for (e = btf_enum(t), i = 0, n = btf_vlen(t); i < n; e++, i++) {
+		const char *map_type_name = btf__str_by_offset(btf, e->name_off);
+		enum bpf_map_type map_type = (enum bpf_map_type)e->val;
+		int res;
+
+		if (map_type == BPF_MAP_TYPE_UNSPEC)
+			continue;
+
+		if (!test__start_subtest(map_type_name))
+			continue;
+
+		res = libbpf_probe_bpf_map_type(map_type, NULL);
+		ASSERT_EQ(res, 1, map_type_name);
+	}
+
+cleanup:
+	btf__free(btf);
+}
+
+void test_libbpf_probe_helpers(void)
+{
+#define CASE(prog, helper, supp) {			\
+	.prog_type_name = "BPF_PROG_TYPE_" # prog,	\
+	.helper_name = "bpf_" # helper,			\
+	.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_ ## prog,		\
+	.helper_id = BPF_FUNC_ ## helper,		\
+	.supported = supp,				\
+}
+	const struct case_def {
+		const char *prog_type_name;
+		const char *helper_name;
+		enum bpf_prog_type prog_type;
+		enum bpf_func_id helper_id;
+		bool supported;
+	} cases[] = {
+		CASE(KPROBE, unspec, false),
+		CASE(KPROBE, map_lookup_elem, true),
+		CASE(KPROBE, loop, true),
+
+		CASE(KPROBE, ktime_get_coarse_ns, false),
+		CASE(SOCKET_FILTER, ktime_get_coarse_ns, true),
+
+		CASE(KPROBE, sys_bpf, false),
+		CASE(SYSCALL, sys_bpf, true),
+	};
+	size_t case_cnt = ARRAY_SIZE(cases), i;
+	char buf[128];
+
+	for (i = 0; i < case_cnt; i++) {
+		const struct case_def *d = &cases[i];
+		int res;
+
+		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s+%s", d->prog_type_name, d->helper_name);
+
+		if (!test__start_subtest(buf))
+			continue;
+
+		res = libbpf_probe_bpf_helper(d->prog_type, d->helper_id, NULL);
+		ASSERT_EQ(res, d->supported, buf);
+	}
+}