diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 67484cf32b2e59dd6fd5c661c899ef86857f48b2..e5b77ad9779598c01c215536f25fe753545b0ae5 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -2064,6 +2064,7 @@ static bool bpf_prog_type__needs_kver(enum bpf_prog_type type)
 	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACEPOINT:
 	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_RAW_TRACEPOINT:
 	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_PERF_EVENT:
+	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SYSCTL:
 		return false;
 	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE:
 	default:
@@ -3004,6 +3005,8 @@ static const struct {
 						BPF_CGROUP_UDP4_SENDMSG),
 	BPF_EAPROG_SEC("cgroup/sendmsg6",	BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SOCK_ADDR,
 						BPF_CGROUP_UDP6_SENDMSG),
+	BPF_EAPROG_SEC("cgroup/sysctl",		BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SYSCTL,
+						BPF_CGROUP_SYSCTL),
 };
 
 #undef BPF_PROG_SEC_IMPL
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_probes.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_probes.c
index 8c3a1c04dcb23bee42bda6cdbca5f82982b14407..0f25541632e314a3264cb72eaf75083b9ea19eaf 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_probes.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_probes.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ probe_load(enum bpf_prog_type prog_type, const struct bpf_insn *insns,
 	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_LIRC_MODE2:
 	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_REUSEPORT:
 	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_FLOW_DISSECTOR:
+	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SYSCTL:
 	default:
 		break;
 	}