diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
index 6aae4f62ee0b6335ce4dcb3d0a3879269ca3f02b..45310c65e865d2364c9c71128579a0cda56c6a72 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
@@ -267,15 +267,58 @@ LIBBPF_API int btf__dedup_deprecated(struct btf *btf, struct btf_ext *btf_ext, c
 struct btf_dump;
 
 struct btf_dump_opts {
-	void *ctx;
+	union {
+		size_t sz;
+		void *ctx; /* DEPRECATED: will be gone in v1.0 */
+	};
 };
 
 typedef void (*btf_dump_printf_fn_t)(void *ctx, const char *fmt, va_list args);
 
 LIBBPF_API struct btf_dump *btf_dump__new(const struct btf *btf,
-					  const struct btf_ext *btf_ext,
-					  const struct btf_dump_opts *opts,
-					  btf_dump_printf_fn_t printf_fn);
+					  btf_dump_printf_fn_t printf_fn,
+					  void *ctx,
+					  const struct btf_dump_opts *opts);
+
+LIBBPF_API struct btf_dump *btf_dump__new_v0_6_0(const struct btf *btf,
+						 btf_dump_printf_fn_t printf_fn,
+						 void *ctx,
+						 const struct btf_dump_opts *opts);
+
+LIBBPF_API struct btf_dump *btf_dump__new_deprecated(const struct btf *btf,
+						     const struct btf_ext *btf_ext,
+						     const struct btf_dump_opts *opts,
+						     btf_dump_printf_fn_t printf_fn);
+
+/* Choose either btf_dump__new() or btf_dump__new_deprecated() based on the
+ * type of 4th argument. If it's btf_dump's print callback, use deprecated
+ * API; otherwise, choose the new btf_dump__new(). ___libbpf_override()
+ * doesn't work here because both variants have 4 input arguments.
+ *
+ * (void *) casts are necessary to avoid compilation warnings about type
+ * mismatches, because even though __builtin_choose_expr() only ever evaluates
+ * one side the other side still has to satisfy type constraints (this is
+ * compiler implementation limitation which might be lifted eventually,
+ * according to the documentation). So passing struct btf_ext in place of
+ * btf_dump_printf_fn_t would be generating compilation warning.  Casting to
+ * void * avoids this issue.
+ *
+ * Also, two type compatibility checks for a function and function pointer are
+ * required because passing function reference into btf_dump__new() as
+ * btf_dump__new(..., my_callback, ...) and as btf_dump__new(...,
+ * &my_callback, ...) (not explicit ampersand in the latter case) actually
+ * differs as far as __builtin_types_compatible_p() is concerned. Thus two
+ * checks are combined to detect callback argument.
+ *
+ * The rest works just like in case of ___libbpf_override() usage with symbol
+ * versioning.
+ */
+#define btf_dump__new(a1, a2, a3, a4) __builtin_choose_expr(				\
+	__builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(a4), btf_dump_printf_fn_t) ||		\
+	__builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(a4), void(void *, const char *, va_list)),	\
+	btf_dump__new_deprecated((void *)a1, (void *)a2, (void *)a3, (void *)a4),	\
+	btf_dump__new((void *)a1, (void *)a2, (void *)a3, (void *)a4))
+
 LIBBPF_API void btf_dump__free(struct btf_dump *d);
 
 LIBBPF_API int btf_dump__dump_type(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id);
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
index 17db62b5002e8819981605e29b735bd5836ac0b2..b8cd7e4f557ac0c75675445bdf60619e1efa8ad9 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
@@ -77,9 +77,8 @@ struct btf_dump_data {
 
 struct btf_dump {
 	const struct btf *btf;
-	const struct btf_ext *btf_ext;
 	btf_dump_printf_fn_t printf_fn;
-	struct btf_dump_opts opts;
+	void *cb_ctx;
 	int ptr_sz;
 	bool strip_mods;
 	bool skip_anon_defs;
@@ -138,29 +137,32 @@ static void btf_dump_printf(const struct btf_dump *d, const char *fmt, ...)
 	va_list args;
 
 	va_start(args, fmt);
-	d->printf_fn(d->opts.ctx, fmt, args);
+	d->printf_fn(d->cb_ctx, fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
 }
 
 static int btf_dump_mark_referenced(struct btf_dump *d);
 static int btf_dump_resize(struct btf_dump *d);
 
-struct btf_dump *btf_dump__new(const struct btf *btf,
-			       const struct btf_ext *btf_ext,
-			       const struct btf_dump_opts *opts,
-			       btf_dump_printf_fn_t printf_fn)
+DEFAULT_VERSION(btf_dump__new_v0_6_0, btf_dump__new, LIBBPF_0.6.0)
+struct btf_dump *btf_dump__new_v0_6_0(const struct btf *btf,
+				      btf_dump_printf_fn_t printf_fn,
+				      void *ctx,
+				      const struct btf_dump_opts *opts)
 {
 	struct btf_dump *d;
 	int err;
 
+	if (!printf_fn)
+		return libbpf_err_ptr(-EINVAL);
+
 	d = calloc(1, sizeof(struct btf_dump));
 	if (!d)
 		return libbpf_err_ptr(-ENOMEM);
 
 	d->btf = btf;
-	d->btf_ext = btf_ext;
 	d->printf_fn = printf_fn;
-	d->opts.ctx = opts ? opts->ctx : NULL;
+	d->cb_ctx = ctx;
 	d->ptr_sz = btf__pointer_size(btf) ? : sizeof(void *);
 
 	d->type_names = hashmap__new(str_hash_fn, str_equal_fn, NULL);
@@ -186,6 +188,17 @@ struct btf_dump *btf_dump__new(const struct btf *btf,
 	return libbpf_err_ptr(err);
 }
 
+COMPAT_VERSION(btf_dump__new_deprecated, btf_dump__new, LIBBPF_0.0.4)
+struct btf_dump *btf_dump__new_deprecated(const struct btf *btf,
+					  const struct btf_ext *btf_ext,
+					  const struct btf_dump_opts *opts,
+					  btf_dump_printf_fn_t printf_fn)
+{
+	if (!printf_fn)
+		return libbpf_err_ptr(-EINVAL);
+	return btf_dump__new_v0_6_0(btf, printf_fn, opts ? opts->ctx : NULL, opts);
+}
+
 static int btf_dump_resize(struct btf_dump *d)
 {
 	int err, last_id = btf__type_cnt(d->btf) - 1;
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
index b8c8d14621d25d18c9adc8e26ac30ac5cfcf0b80..07762d6723ef04726dc8f9582304fea3b29d05de 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
@@ -407,4 +407,6 @@ LIBBPF_0.6.0 {
 		btf__dedup_deprecated;
 		btf__raw_data;
 		btf__type_cnt;
+		btf_dump__new;
+		btf_dump__new_deprecated;
 } LIBBPF_0.5.0;