diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index 6889c19a628c..544bd1028bae 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ endif
 # build would have failed anyways.
 define get_sys_includes
 $(shell $(1) -v -E - </dev/null 2>&1 \
-	| sed -n '/<...> search starts here:/,/End of search list./{ s| \(/.*\)|-idirafter \1|p }')
+	| sed -n '/<...> search starts here:/,/End of search list./{ s| \(/.*\)|-idirafter \1|p }') \
+$(shell $(1) -dM -E - </dev/null | grep '#define __riscv_xlen ' | sed 's/#define /-D/' | sed 's/ /=/')
 endef
 CLANG_SYS_INCLUDES = $(call get_sys_includes,$(CLANG))
 BPF_CFLAGS = -I. -I./include/uapi -I../../../include/uapi \