diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/.gitignore
index 7470327edcfe..c51f356f84b5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/.gitignore
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ FEATURE-DUMP.libbpf
 fixdep
 test_align
 test_dev_cgroup
-test_progs
+/test_progs*
 test_tcpbpf_user
 test_verifier_log
 feature
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ test_tcpnotify_user
 test_libbpf
 test_tcp_check_syncookie_user
 test_sysctl
-alu32
 libbpf.pc
 libbpf.so.*
 test_hashmap
 test_btf_dump
 xdping
+/alu32
+/bpf_gcc
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index fbced23935cc..54dff225b588 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 include ../../../../scripts/Kbuild.include
 include ../../../scripts/Makefile.arch
 
-LIBDIR := ../../../lib
+CURDIR := $(abspath .)
+LIBDIR := $(abspath ../../../lib)
 BPFDIR := $(LIBDIR)/bpf
-APIDIR := ../../../include/uapi
-GENDIR := ../../../../include/generated
+TOOLSDIR := $(abspath ../../../include)
+APIDIR := $(TOOLSDIR)/uapi
+GENDIR := $(abspath ../../../../include/generated)
 GENHDR := $(GENDIR)/autoconf.h
 
 ifneq ($(wildcard $(GENHDR)),)
@@ -16,8 +18,9 @@ CLANG		?= clang
 LLC		?= llc
 LLVM_OBJCOPY	?= llvm-objcopy
 BPF_GCC		?= $(shell command -v bpf-gcc;)
-CFLAGS += -g -Wall -O2 -I$(APIDIR) -I$(LIBDIR) -I$(BPFDIR) -I$(GENDIR) $(GENFLAGS) -I../../../include \
-	  -Dbpf_prog_load=bpf_prog_test_load \
+CFLAGS += -g -Wall -O2 $(GENFLAGS) -I$(APIDIR) -I$(LIBDIR) -I$(BPFDIR)	\
+	  -I$(GENDIR) -I$(TOOLSDIR) -I$(CURDIR)				\
+	  -Dbpf_prog_load=bpf_prog_test_load				\
 	  -Dbpf_load_program=bpf_test_load_program
 LDLIBS += -lcap -lelf -lrt -lpthread
 
@@ -29,12 +32,6 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS = test_verifier test_tag test_maps test_lru_map test_lpm_map test
 	test_netcnt test_tcpnotify_user test_sock_fields test_sysctl test_hashmap \
 	test_cgroup_attach xdping
 
-BPF_OBJ_FILES = $(patsubst %.c,%.o, $(notdir $(wildcard progs/*.c)))
-TEST_GEN_FILES = $(BPF_OBJ_FILES)
-
-BTF_C_FILES = $(wildcard progs/btf_dump_test_case_*.c)
-TEST_FILES = $(BTF_C_FILES)
-
 # Also test sub-register code-gen if LLVM has eBPF v3 processor support which
 # contains both ALU32 and JMP32 instructions.
 SUBREG_CODEGEN := $(shell echo "int cal(int a) { return a > 0; }" | \
@@ -42,13 +39,17 @@ SUBREG_CODEGEN := $(shell echo "int cal(int a) { return a > 0; }" | \
 			$(LLC) -mattr=+alu32 -mcpu=v3 2>&1 | \
 			grep 'if w')
 ifneq ($(SUBREG_CODEGEN),)
-TEST_GEN_FILES += $(patsubst %.o,alu32/%.o, $(BPF_OBJ_FILES))
+TEST_GEN_PROGS += test_progs-alu32
 endif
 
+# Also test bpf-gcc, if present
 ifneq ($(BPF_GCC),)
-TEST_GEN_FILES += $(patsubst %.o,bpf_gcc/%.o, $(BPF_OBJ_FILES))
+TEST_GEN_PROGS += test_progs-bpf_gcc
 endif
 
+TEST_GEN_FILES =
+TEST_FILES =
+
 # Order correspond to 'make run_tests' order
 TEST_PROGS := test_kmod.sh \
 	test_libbpf.sh \
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED = test_libbpf_open test_sock_addr test_skb_cgroup_id_use
 	flow_dissector_load test_flow_dissector test_tcp_check_syncookie_user \
 	test_lirc_mode2_user
 
+TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS = urandom_read
+
 include ../lib.mk
 
 # Define simple and short `make test_progs`, `make test_sysctl`, etc targets
@@ -94,21 +97,12 @@ $(notdir $(TEST_GEN_PROGS)						\
 	 $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED)					\
 	 $(TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS)): %: $(OUTPUT)/% ;
 
-# NOTE: $(OUTPUT) won't get default value if used before lib.mk
-TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS = $(OUTPUT)/urandom_read
-all: $(TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS)
-
-$(OUTPUT)/urandom_read: $(OUTPUT)/%: %.c
+$(OUTPUT)/urandom_read: urandom_read.c
 	$(CC) -o $@ $< -Wl,--build-id
 
-$(OUTPUT)/test_stub.o: test_stub.c
-	$(CC) $(TEST_PROGS_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
-
 BPFOBJ := $(OUTPUT)/libbpf.a
 
-$(TEST_GEN_PROGS): $(OUTPUT)/test_stub.o $(BPFOBJ)
-
-$(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED): $(OUTPUT)/test_stub.o $(OUTPUT)/libbpf.a
+$(TEST_GEN_PROGS) $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED): $(OUTPUT)/test_stub.o $(BPFOBJ)
 
 $(OUTPUT)/test_dev_cgroup: cgroup_helpers.c
 $(OUTPUT)/test_skb_cgroup_id_user: cgroup_helpers.c
@@ -118,7 +112,6 @@ $(OUTPUT)/test_socket_cookie: cgroup_helpers.c
 $(OUTPUT)/test_sockmap: cgroup_helpers.c
 $(OUTPUT)/test_tcpbpf_user: cgroup_helpers.c
 $(OUTPUT)/test_tcpnotify_user: cgroup_helpers.c trace_helpers.c
-$(OUTPUT)/test_progs: cgroup_helpers.c trace_helpers.c
 $(OUTPUT)/get_cgroup_id_user: cgroup_helpers.c
 $(OUTPUT)/test_cgroup_storage: cgroup_helpers.c
 $(OUTPUT)/test_netcnt: cgroup_helpers.c
@@ -134,6 +127,10 @@ force:
 $(BPFOBJ): force
 	$(MAKE) -C $(BPFDIR) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT)/
 
+BPF_HELPERS := $(BPFDIR)/bpf_helper_defs.h $(wildcard $(BPFDIR)/bpf_*.h)
+$(BPFDIR)/bpf_helper_defs.h:
+	$(MAKE) -C $(BPFDIR) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT)/ bpf_helper_defs.h
+
 # Get Clang's default includes on this system, as opposed to those seen by
 # '-target bpf'. This fixes "missing" files on some architectures/distros,
 # such as asm/byteorder.h, asm/socket.h, asm/sockios.h, sys/cdefs.h etc.
@@ -144,10 +141,11 @@ 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 }')
 endef
+
 CLANG_SYS_INCLUDES = $(call get_sys_includes,$(CLANG))
 BPF_CFLAGS = -g -D__TARGET_ARCH_$(SRCARCH) 				\
-	     -I. -I./include/uapi -I../../../include/uapi 		\
-	     -I$(BPFDIR) -I$(OUTPUT)/../usr/include
+	     -I. -I./include/uapi -I$(APIDIR)				\
+	     -I$(BPFDIR) -I$(abspath $(OUTPUT)/../usr/include)
 
 CLANG_CFLAGS = $(CLANG_SYS_INCLUDES) \
 	       -Wno-compare-distinct-pointer-types
@@ -159,127 +157,171 @@ $(OUTPUT)/test_queue_map.o: test_queue_stack_map.h
 $(OUTPUT)/test_stack_map.o: test_queue_stack_map.h
 
 $(OUTPUT)/flow_dissector_load.o: flow_dissector_load.h
-$(OUTPUT)/test_progs.o: flow_dissector_load.h
 
-TEST_PROGS_CFLAGS := -I. -I$(OUTPUT)
-TEST_MAPS_CFLAGS := -I. -I$(OUTPUT)
-TEST_VERIFIER_CFLAGS := -I. -I$(OUTPUT) -Iverifier
+# Build BPF object using Clang
+# $1 - input .c file
+# $2 - output .o file
+# $3 - CFLAGS
+# $4 - LDFLAGS
+define CLANG_BPF_BUILD_RULE
+	($(CLANG) $3 -O2 -target bpf -emit-llvm				\
+		-c $1 -o - || echo "BPF obj compilation failed") | 	\
+	$(LLC) -march=bpf -mcpu=probe $4 -filetype=obj -o $2
+endef
+# Similar to CLANG_BPF_BUILD_RULE, but using native Clang and bpf LLC
+define CLANG_NATIVE_BPF_BUILD_RULE
+	($(CLANG) $3 -O2 -emit-llvm					\
+		-c $1 -o - || echo "BPF obj compilation failed") | 	\
+	$(LLC) -march=bpf -mcpu=probe $4 -filetype=obj -o $2
+endef
+# Build BPF object using GCC
+define GCC_BPF_BUILD_RULE
+	$(BPF_GCC) $3 $4 -O2 -c $1 -o $2
+endef
+
+# Set up extra TRUNNER_XXX "temporary" variables in the environment (relies on
+# $eval()) and pass control to DEFINE_TEST_RUNNER_RULES.
+# Parameters:
+# $1 - test runner base binary name (e.g., test_progs)
+# $2 - test runner extra "flavor" (e.g., alu32, gcc-bpf, etc)
+define DEFINE_TEST_RUNNER
+
+TRUNNER_OUTPUT := $(OUTPUT)$(if $2,/)$2
+TRUNNER_BINARY := $1$(if $2,-)$2
+TRUNNER_TEST_OBJS := $$(patsubst %.c,$$(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/%.test.o,	\
+				 $$(notdir $$(wildcard $(TRUNNER_TESTS_DIR)/*.c)))
+TRUNNER_EXTRA_OBJS := $$(patsubst %.c,$$(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/%.o,		\
+				 $$(filter %.c,$(TRUNNER_EXTRA_SOURCES)))
+TRUNNER_EXTRA_HDRS := $$(filter %.h,$(TRUNNER_EXTRA_SOURCES))
+TRUNNER_TESTS_HDR := $(TRUNNER_TESTS_DIR)/tests.h
+TRUNNER_BPF_OBJS := $$(patsubst %.c,$$(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/%.o,		\
+				$$(notdir $$(wildcard $(TRUNNER_BPF_PROGS_DIR)/*.c)))
+
+# Evaluate rules now with extra TRUNNER_XXX variables above already defined
+$$(eval $$(call DEFINE_TEST_RUNNER_RULES,$1,$2))
+
+endef
+
+# Using TRUNNER_XXX variables, provided by callers of DEFINE_TEST_RUNNER and
+# set up by DEFINE_TEST_RUNNER itself, create test runner build rules with:
+# $1 - test runner base binary name (e.g., test_progs)
+# $2 - test runner extra "flavor" (e.g., alu32, gcc-bpf, etc)
+define DEFINE_TEST_RUNNER_RULES
 
+ifeq ($($(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)-dir),)
+$(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)-dir := y
+$(TRUNNER_OUTPUT):
+	mkdir -p $$@
+endif
+
+# ensure we set up BPF objects generation rule just once for a given
+# input/output directory combination
+ifeq ($($(TRUNNER_BPF_PROGS_DIR)$(if $2,-)$2-bpfobjs),)
+$(TRUNNER_BPF_PROGS_DIR)$(if $2,-)$2-bpfobjs := y
+$(TRUNNER_BPF_OBJS): $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/%.o:				\
+		     $(TRUNNER_BPF_PROGS_DIR)/%.c			\
+		     $(TRUNNER_BPF_PROGS_DIR)/*.h			\
+		     $$(BPF_HELPERS) | $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)
+	$$(call $(TRUNNER_BPF_BUILD_RULE),$$<,$$@,			\
+					  $(TRUNNER_BPF_CFLAGS),	\
+					  $(TRUNNER_BPF_LDFLAGS))
+endif
+
+# ensure we set up tests.h header generation rule just once
+ifeq ($($(TRUNNER_TESTS_DIR)-tests-hdr),)
+$(TRUNNER_TESTS_DIR)-tests-hdr := y
+$(TRUNNER_TESTS_HDR): $(TRUNNER_TESTS_DIR)/*.c
+	$$(shell ( cd $(TRUNNER_TESTS_DIR);				\
+		  echo '/* Generated header, do not edit */';		\
+		  ls *.c 2> /dev/null |					\
+			sed -e 's@\([^\.]*\)\.c@DEFINE_TEST(\1)@';	\
+		 ) > $$@)
+endif
+
+# compile individual test files
+# Note: we cd into output directory to ensure embedded BPF object is found
+$(TRUNNER_TEST_OBJS): $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/%.test.o:			\
+		      $(TRUNNER_TESTS_DIR)/%.c				\
+		      $(TRUNNER_EXTRA_HDRS)				\
+		      $(TRUNNER_BPF_OBJS)				\
+		      $$(BPFOBJ) | $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)
+	cd $$(@D) && $$(CC) $$(CFLAGS) $$(LDLIBS) -c $(CURDIR)/$$< -o $$(@F)
+
+$(TRUNNER_EXTRA_OBJS): $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/%.o:				\
+		       %.c						\
+		       $(TRUNNER_EXTRA_HDRS)				\
+		       $(TRUNNER_TESTS_HDR)				\
+		       $$(BPFOBJ) | $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)
+	$$(CC) $$(CFLAGS) $$(LDLIBS) -c $$< -o $$@
+
+$(TRUNNER_BINARY)-extras: $(TRUNNER_EXTRA_FILES) | $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)
+ifneq ($2,)
+	# only copy extra resources if in flavored build
+	cp -a $$^ $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/
+endif
+
+$(OUTPUT)/$(TRUNNER_BINARY): $(TRUNNER_TEST_OBJS)			\
+			     $(TRUNNER_EXTRA_OBJS) $$(BPFOBJ)		\
+			     | $(TRUNNER_BINARY)-extras
+	$$(CC) $$(CFLAGS) $$(LDLIBS) $$(filter %.a %.o,$$^) -o $$@
+
+endef
+
+# Define test_progs test runner.
+TRUNNER_TESTS_DIR := prog_tests
+TRUNNER_BPF_PROGS_DIR := progs
+TRUNNER_EXTRA_SOURCES := test_progs.c cgroup_helpers.c trace_helpers.c	\
+			 flow_dissector_load.h
+TRUNNER_EXTRA_FILES := $(OUTPUT)/urandom_read				\
+		       $(wildcard progs/btf_dump_test_case_*.c)
+TRUNNER_BPF_BUILD_RULE := CLANG_BPF_BUILD_RULE
+TRUNNER_BPF_CFLAGS := -I. -I$(OUTPUT) $(BPF_CFLAGS) $(CLANG_CFLAGS)
+TRUNNER_BPF_LDFLAGS :=
+$(eval $(call DEFINE_TEST_RUNNER,test_progs))
+
+# Define test_progs-alu32 test runner.
 ifneq ($(SUBREG_CODEGEN),)
-ALU32_BUILD_DIR = $(OUTPUT)/alu32
-TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS += $(ALU32_BUILD_DIR)/test_progs_32
-$(ALU32_BUILD_DIR):
-	mkdir -p $@
-
-$(ALU32_BUILD_DIR)/urandom_read: $(OUTPUT)/urandom_read | $(ALU32_BUILD_DIR)
-	cp $< $@
-
-$(ALU32_BUILD_DIR)/test_progs_32: test_progs.c $(OUTPUT)/libbpf.a\
-						$(ALU32_BUILD_DIR)/urandom_read \
-						| $(ALU32_BUILD_DIR)
-	$(CC) $(TEST_PROGS_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) \
-		-o $(ALU32_BUILD_DIR)/test_progs_32 \
-		test_progs.c test_stub.c cgroup_helpers.c trace_helpers.c prog_tests/*.c \
-		$(OUTPUT)/libbpf.a $(LDLIBS)
-
-$(ALU32_BUILD_DIR)/test_progs_32: $(PROG_TESTS_H)
-$(ALU32_BUILD_DIR)/test_progs_32: prog_tests/*.c
-
-$(ALU32_BUILD_DIR)/%.o: progs/%.c $(ALU32_BUILD_DIR)/test_progs_32 \
-					| $(ALU32_BUILD_DIR)
-	($(CLANG) $(BPF_CFLAGS) $(CLANG_CFLAGS) -O2 -target bpf -emit-llvm \
-		-c $< -o - || echo "clang failed") | \
-	$(LLC) -march=bpf -mcpu=probe -mattr=+alu32 $(LLC_FLAGS) \
-		-filetype=obj -o $@
+TRUNNER_BPF_LDFLAGS += -mattr=+alu32
+$(eval $(call DEFINE_TEST_RUNNER,test_progs,alu32))
 endif
 
+# Define test_progs BPF-GCC-flavored test runner.
 ifneq ($(BPF_GCC),)
-GCC_SYS_INCLUDES = $(call get_sys_includes,gcc)
 IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN = $(shell $(CC) -dM -E - </dev/null | \
 			grep 'define __BYTE_ORDER__ __ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN__')
-ifeq ($(IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN),)
-MENDIAN=-mbig-endian
-else
-MENDIAN=-mlittle-endian
-endif
-BPF_GCC_CFLAGS = $(GCC_SYS_INCLUDES) $(MENDIAN)
-BPF_GCC_BUILD_DIR = $(OUTPUT)/bpf_gcc
-TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS += $(BPF_GCC_BUILD_DIR)/test_progs_bpf_gcc
-$(BPF_GCC_BUILD_DIR):
-	mkdir -p $@
-
-$(BPF_GCC_BUILD_DIR)/urandom_read: $(OUTPUT)/urandom_read | $(BPF_GCC_BUILD_DIR)
-	cp $< $@
-
-$(BPF_GCC_BUILD_DIR)/test_progs_bpf_gcc: $(OUTPUT)/test_progs \
-					 | $(BPF_GCC_BUILD_DIR)
-	cp $< $@
-
-$(BPF_GCC_BUILD_DIR)/%.o: progs/%.c $(BPF_GCC_BUILD_DIR)/test_progs_bpf_gcc \
-			  | $(BPF_GCC_BUILD_DIR)
-	$(BPF_GCC) $(BPF_CFLAGS) $(BPF_GCC_CFLAGS) -O2 -c $< -o $@
+MENDIAN=$(if $(IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN),-mlittle-endian,-mbig-endian)
+
+TRUNNER_BPF_BUILD_RULE := GCC_BPF_BUILD_RULE
+TRUNNER_BPF_CFLAGS := $(BPF_CFLAGS) $(call get_sys_includes,gcc) $(MENDIAN)
+TRUNNER_BPF_LDFLAGS :=
+$(eval $(call DEFINE_TEST_RUNNER,test_progs,bpf_gcc))
 endif
 
-# Have one program compiled without "-target bpf" to test whether libbpf loads
-# it successfully
-$(OUTPUT)/test_xdp.o: progs/test_xdp.c
-	($(CLANG) $(BPF_CFLAGS) $(CLANG_CFLAGS) -O2 -emit-llvm -c $< -o - || \
-		echo "clang failed") | \
-	$(LLC) -march=bpf -mcpu=probe $(LLC_FLAGS) -filetype=obj -o $@
-
-# libbpf has to be built before BPF programs due to bpf_helper_defs.h
-$(OUTPUT)/%.o: progs/%.c | $(BPFOBJ)
-	($(CLANG) $(BPF_CFLAGS) $(CLANG_CFLAGS) -O2 -target bpf -emit-llvm \
-		-c $< -o - || echo "clang failed") | \
-	$(LLC) -march=bpf -mcpu=probe $(LLC_FLAGS) -filetype=obj -o $@
-
-PROG_TESTS_DIR = $(OUTPUT)/prog_tests
-$(PROG_TESTS_DIR):
-	mkdir -p $@
-PROG_TESTS_H := $(PROG_TESTS_DIR)/tests.h
-PROG_TESTS_FILES := $(wildcard prog_tests/*.c)
-test_progs.c: $(PROG_TESTS_H)
-$(OUTPUT)/test_progs: CFLAGS += $(TEST_PROGS_CFLAGS)
-$(OUTPUT)/test_progs: test_progs.c $(PROG_TESTS_FILES) | $(OUTPUT)/test_attach_probe.o $(PROG_TESTS_H)
-$(PROG_TESTS_H): $(PROG_TESTS_FILES) | $(PROG_TESTS_DIR)
-	$(shell ( cd prog_tests/; \
-		  echo '/* Generated header, do not edit */'; \
-		  ls *.c 2> /dev/null | \
-			sed -e 's@\([^\.]*\)\.c@DEFINE_TEST(\1)@'; \
-		 ) > $(PROG_TESTS_H))
-
-MAP_TESTS_DIR = $(OUTPUT)/map_tests
-$(MAP_TESTS_DIR):
-	mkdir -p $@
-MAP_TESTS_H := $(MAP_TESTS_DIR)/tests.h
-MAP_TESTS_FILES := $(wildcard map_tests/*.c)
-test_maps.c: $(MAP_TESTS_H)
-$(OUTPUT)/test_maps: CFLAGS += $(TEST_MAPS_CFLAGS)
-$(OUTPUT)/test_maps: test_maps.c $(MAP_TESTS_FILES) | $(MAP_TESTS_H)
-$(MAP_TESTS_H): $(MAP_TESTS_FILES) | $(MAP_TESTS_DIR)
-	$(shell ( cd map_tests/; \
-		  echo '/* Generated header, do not edit */'; \
-		  ls *.c 2> /dev/null | \
-			sed -e 's@\([^\.]*\)\.c@DEFINE_TEST(\1)@'; \
-		 ) > $(MAP_TESTS_H))
-
-VERIFIER_TESTS_DIR = $(OUTPUT)/verifier
-$(VERIFIER_TESTS_DIR):
-	mkdir -p $@
-VERIFIER_TESTS_H := $(VERIFIER_TESTS_DIR)/tests.h
-VERIFIER_TEST_FILES := $(wildcard verifier/*.c)
-test_verifier.c: $(VERIFIER_TESTS_H)
-$(OUTPUT)/test_verifier: CFLAGS += $(TEST_VERIFIER_CFLAGS)
-$(OUTPUT)/test_verifier: test_verifier.c | $(VERIFIER_TEST_FILES) $(VERIFIER_TESTS_H)
-$(VERIFIER_TESTS_H): $(VERIFIER_TEST_FILES) | $(VERIFIER_TESTS_DIR)
+# Define test_maps test runner.
+TRUNNER_TESTS_DIR := map_tests
+TRUNNER_BPF_PROGS_DIR := progs
+TRUNNER_EXTRA_SOURCES := test_maps.c
+TRUNNER_EXTRA_FILES :=
+TRUNNER_BPF_BUILD_RULE := $$(error no BPF objects should be built)
+TRUNNER_BPF_CFLAGS :=
+TRUNNER_BPF_LDFLAGS :=
+$(eval $(call DEFINE_TEST_RUNNER,test_maps))
+
+# Define test_verifier test runner.
+# It is much simpler than test_maps/test_progs and sufficiently different from
+# them (e.g., test.h is using completely pattern), that it's worth just
+# explicitly defining all the rules explicitly.
+verifier/tests.h: verifier/*.c
 	$(shell ( cd verifier/; \
 		  echo '/* Generated header, do not edit */'; \
 		  echo '#ifdef FILL_ARRAY'; \
-		  ls *.c 2> /dev/null | \
-			sed -e 's@\(.*\)@#include \"\1\"@'; \
+		  ls *.c 2> /dev/null | sed -e 's@\(.*\)@#include \"\1\"@'; \
 		  echo '#endif' \
-		 ) > $(VERIFIER_TESTS_H))
-
-EXTRA_CLEAN := $(TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS) $(ALU32_BUILD_DIR) $(BPF_GCC_BUILD_DIR) \
-	$(VERIFIER_TESTS_H) $(PROG_TESTS_H) $(MAP_TESTS_H) \
-	feature
+		) > verifier/tests.h)
+$(OUTPUT)/test_verifier: test_verifier.c verifier/tests.h $(BPFOBJ) | $(OUTPUT)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDLIBS) $(filter %.a %.o %.c,$^) -o $@
+
+EXTRA_CLEAN := $(TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS)					\
+	prog_tests/tests.h map_tests/tests.h verifier/tests.h		\
+	feature $(OUTPUT)/*.o $(OUTPUT)/alu32 $(OUTPUT)/bpf_gcc		\
+	$(OUTPUT)/native
