diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
index 5128677e4117..1e3cfe6b9fce 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
 #include "bpf.h"
+#include "libbpf.h"
+#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#ifndef IFLA_XDP_MAX
+#define IFLA_XDP	43
+#define IFLA_XDP_FD	1
+#define IFLA_XDP_FLAGS	3
+#endif
 
 /*
  * When building perf, unistd.h is overridden. __NR_bpf is
@@ -46,8 +56,6 @@
 # endif
 #endif
 
-#define min(x, y) ((x) < (y) ? (x) : (y))
-
 static inline __u64 ptr_to_u64(const void *ptr)
 {
 	return (__u64) (unsigned long) ptr;
@@ -413,3 +421,117 @@ int bpf_obj_get_info_by_fd(int prog_fd, void *info, __u32 *info_len)
 
 	return err;
 }
+
+int bpf_set_link_xdp_fd(int ifindex, int fd, __u32 flags)
+{
+	struct sockaddr_nl sa;
+	int sock, seq = 0, len, ret = -1;
+	char buf[4096];
+	struct nlattr *nla, *nla_xdp;
+	struct {
+		struct nlmsghdr  nh;
+		struct ifinfomsg ifinfo;
+		char             attrbuf[64];
+	} req;
+	struct nlmsghdr *nh;
+	struct nlmsgerr *err;
+	socklen_t addrlen;
+
+	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
+	sa.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
+
+	sock = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_ROUTE);
+	if (sock < 0) {
+		return -errno;
+	}
+
+	if (bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&sa, sizeof(sa)) < 0) {
+		ret = -errno;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	addrlen = sizeof(sa);
+	if (getsockname(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&sa, &addrlen) < 0) {
+		ret = errno;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	if (addrlen != sizeof(sa)) {
+		ret = errno;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	memset(&req, 0, sizeof(req));
+	req.nh.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(sizeof(struct ifinfomsg));
+	req.nh.nlmsg_flags = NLM_F_REQUEST | NLM_F_ACK;
+	req.nh.nlmsg_type = RTM_SETLINK;
+	req.nh.nlmsg_pid = 0;
+	req.nh.nlmsg_seq = ++seq;
+	req.ifinfo.ifi_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+	req.ifinfo.ifi_index = ifindex;
+
+	/* started nested attribute for XDP */
+	nla = (struct nlattr *)(((char *)&req)
+				+ NLMSG_ALIGN(req.nh.nlmsg_len));
+	nla->nla_type = NLA_F_NESTED | IFLA_XDP;
+	nla->nla_len = NLA_HDRLEN;
+
+	/* add XDP fd */
+	nla_xdp = (struct nlattr *)((char *)nla + nla->nla_len);
+	nla_xdp->nla_type = IFLA_XDP_FD;
+	nla_xdp->nla_len = NLA_HDRLEN + sizeof(int);
+	memcpy((char *)nla_xdp + NLA_HDRLEN, &fd, sizeof(fd));
+	nla->nla_len += nla_xdp->nla_len;
+
+	/* if user passed in any flags, add those too */
+	if (flags) {
+		nla_xdp = (struct nlattr *)((char *)nla + nla->nla_len);
+		nla_xdp->nla_type = IFLA_XDP_FLAGS;
+		nla_xdp->nla_len = NLA_HDRLEN + sizeof(flags);
+		memcpy((char *)nla_xdp + NLA_HDRLEN, &flags, sizeof(flags));
+		nla->nla_len += nla_xdp->nla_len;
+	}
+
+	req.nh.nlmsg_len += NLA_ALIGN(nla->nla_len);
+
+	if (send(sock, &req, req.nh.nlmsg_len, 0) < 0) {
+		ret = -errno;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	len = recv(sock, buf, sizeof(buf), 0);
+	if (len < 0) {
+		ret = -errno;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	for (nh = (struct nlmsghdr *)buf; NLMSG_OK(nh, len);
+	     nh = NLMSG_NEXT(nh, len)) {
+		if (nh->nlmsg_pid != sa.nl_pid) {
+			ret = -LIBBPF_ERRNO__WRNGPID;
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
+		if (nh->nlmsg_seq != seq) {
+			ret = -LIBBPF_ERRNO__INVSEQ;
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
+		switch (nh->nlmsg_type) {
+		case NLMSG_ERROR:
+			err = (struct nlmsgerr *)NLMSG_DATA(nh);
+			if (!err->error)
+				continue;
+			ret = err->error;
+			goto cleanup;
+		case NLMSG_DONE:
+			break;
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = 0;
+
+cleanup:
+	close(sock);
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index e9c4b7cabcf2..5fe8aaa2123e 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ static const char *libbpf_strerror_table[NR_ERRNO] = {
 	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(PROG2BIG)]	= "Program too big",
 	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(KVER)]		= "Incorrect kernel version",
 	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(PROGTYPE)]	= "Kernel doesn't support this program type",
+	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(WRNGPID)]	= "Wrong pid in netlink message",
+	[ERRCODE_OFFSET(INVSEQ)]	= "Invalid netlink sequence",
 };
 
 int libbpf_strerror(int err, char *buf, size_t size)
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
index 6e20003109e0..e42f96900318 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ enum libbpf_errno {
 	LIBBPF_ERRNO__PROG2BIG,	/* Program too big */
 	LIBBPF_ERRNO__KVER,	/* Incorrect kernel version */
 	LIBBPF_ERRNO__PROGTYPE,	/* Kernel doesn't support this program type */
+	LIBBPF_ERRNO__WRNGPID,	/* Wrong pid in netlink message */
+	LIBBPF_ERRNO__INVSEQ,	/* Invalid netlink sequence */
 	__LIBBPF_ERRNO__END,
 };
 
@@ -246,4 +248,6 @@ long libbpf_get_error(const void *ptr);
 
 int bpf_prog_load(const char *file, enum bpf_prog_type type,
 		  struct bpf_object **pobj, int *prog_fd);
+
+int bpf_set_link_xdp_fd(int ifindex, int fd, __u32 flags);
 #endif
