diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile b/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
index 425b480bda75..1b4a683a00fc 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ ifndef VERBOSE
 endif
 
 FEATURE_USER = .libbpf
-FEATURE_TESTS = libelf libelf-mmap bpf reallocarray
+FEATURE_TESTS = libelf libelf-mmap bpf reallocarray cxx
 FEATURE_DISPLAY = libelf bpf
 
 INCLUDES = -I. -I$(srctree)/tools/include -I$(srctree)/tools/arch/$(ARCH)/include/uapi -I$(srctree)/tools/include/uapi
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@ LIB_FILE := $(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(LIB_FILE))
 
 CMD_TARGETS = $(LIB_FILE)
 
+CXX_TEST_TARGET = $(OUTPUT)test_libbpf
+
+ifeq ($(feature-cxx), 1)
+	CMD_TARGETS += $(CXX_TEST_TARGET)
+endif
+
 TARGETS = $(CMD_TARGETS)
 
 all: fixdep all_cmd
@@ -175,6 +181,9 @@ $(OUTPUT)libbpf.so: $(BPF_IN)
 $(OUTPUT)libbpf.a: $(BPF_IN)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(RM) $@; $(AR) rcs $@ $^
 
+$(OUTPUT)test_libbpf: test_libbpf.cpp $(OUTPUT)libbpf.a
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CXX) $^ -lelf -o $@
+
 define do_install
 	if [ ! -d '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$2' ]; then		\
 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$2';	\
@@ -201,8 +210,8 @@ install: install_lib
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/build/feature/ clean >/dev/null
 
 clean:
-	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, libbpf) $(RM) *.o *~ $(TARGETS) *.a *.so .*.d .*.cmd \
-		$(RM) LIBBPF-CFLAGS
+	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, libbpf) $(RM) $(TARGETS) $(CXX_TEST_TARGET) \
+		*.o *~ *.a *.so .*.d .*.cmd LIBBPF-CFLAGS
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-gen) $(RM) $(OUTPUT)FEATURE-DUMP.libbpf
 
 
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
index 26a51538213c..9ea3aec82d8a 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 #ifndef LIBBPF_API
 #define LIBBPF_API __attribute__((visibility("default")))
 #endif
@@ -128,4 +132,9 @@ LIBBPF_API int bpf_load_btf(void *btf, __u32 btf_size, char *log_buf,
 LIBBPF_API int bpf_task_fd_query(int pid, int fd, __u32 flags, char *buf,
 				 __u32 *buf_len, __u32 *prog_id, __u32 *fd_type,
 				 __u64 *probe_offset, __u64 *probe_addr);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+} /* extern "C" */
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __LIBBPF_BPF_H */
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
index b77e7080f7e7..5f3d7de850fc 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 #ifndef LIBBPF_API
 #define LIBBPF_API __attribute__((visibility("default")))
 #endif
@@ -29,4 +33,8 @@ LIBBPF_API int btf__resolve_type(const struct btf *btf, __u32 type_id);
 LIBBPF_API int btf__fd(const struct btf *btf);
 LIBBPF_API const char *btf__name_by_offset(const struct btf *btf, __u32 offset);
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+} /* extern "C" */
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __LIBBPF_BTF_H */
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
index b1686a787102..74e57e041705 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>  // for size_t
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 #ifndef LIBBPF_API
 #define LIBBPF_API __attribute__((visibility("default")))
 #endif
@@ -335,4 +339,9 @@ int libbpf_nl_get_qdisc(int sock, unsigned int nl_pid, int ifindex,
 			libbpf_dump_nlmsg_t dump_qdisc_nlmsg, void *cookie);
 int libbpf_nl_get_filter(int sock, unsigned int nl_pid, int ifindex, int handle,
 			 libbpf_dump_nlmsg_t dump_filter_nlmsg, void *cookie);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+} /* extern "C" */
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __LIBBPF_LIBBPF_H */
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/test_libbpf.cpp b/tools/lib/bpf/test_libbpf.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..abf3fc25c9fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/test_libbpf.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: (LGPL-2.1 OR BSD-2-Clause) */
+#include "libbpf.h"
+#include "bpf.h"
+#include "btf.h"
+
+/* do nothing, just make sure we can link successfully */
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    /* libbpf.h */
+    libbpf_set_print(NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+    /* bpf.h */
+    bpf_prog_get_fd_by_id(0);
+
+    /* btf.h */
+    btf__new(NULL, 0, NULL);
+}
