diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index 246d09ffb296..8240282aef7f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -124,10 +124,14 @@ $(OUTPUT)/test_stub.o: test_stub.c
 	$(call msg,CC,,$@)
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $<
 
+VMLINUX_BTF_PATHS := $(abspath ../../../../vmlinux)			\
+			       /sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux			\
+			       /boot/vmlinux-$(shell uname -r)
+VMLINUX_BTF:= $(firstword $(wildcard $(VMLINUX_BTF_PATHS)))
 .PHONY: $(OUTPUT)/runqslower
 $(OUTPUT)/runqslower: force
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras) -C $(TOOLSDIR)/bpf/runqslower	      \
-		    OUTPUT=$(CURDIR)/tools/
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras) -C $(TOOLSDIR)/bpf/runqslower	\
+		    OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT)/tools/ VMLINUX_BTF=$(VMLINUX_BTF)
 
 BPFOBJ := $(OUTPUT)/libbpf.a