diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
index ee95fd379d4d..ec92b87cae01 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
@@ -1317,7 +1317,9 @@ struct btf *btf__parse_split(const char *path, struct btf *base_btf)
 
 static void *btf_get_raw_data(const struct btf *btf, __u32 *size, bool swap_endian);
 
-int btf_load_into_kernel(struct btf *btf, char *log_buf, size_t log_sz, __u32 log_level)
+int btf_load_into_kernel(struct btf *btf,
+			 char *log_buf, size_t log_sz, __u32 log_level,
+			 int token_fd)
 {
 	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_btf_load_opts, opts);
 	__u32 buf_sz = 0, raw_size;
@@ -1367,6 +1369,10 @@ int btf_load_into_kernel(struct btf *btf, char *log_buf, size_t log_sz, __u32 lo
 		opts.log_level = log_level;
 	}
 
+	opts.token_fd = token_fd;
+	if (token_fd)
+		opts.btf_flags |= BPF_F_TOKEN_FD;
+
 	btf->fd = bpf_btf_load(raw_data, raw_size, &opts);
 	if (btf->fd < 0) {
 		/* time to turn on verbose mode and try again */
@@ -1394,7 +1400,7 @@ int btf_load_into_kernel(struct btf *btf, char *log_buf, size_t log_sz, __u32 lo
 
 int btf__load_into_kernel(struct btf *btf)
 {
-	return btf_load_into_kernel(btf, NULL, 0, 0);
+	return btf_load_into_kernel(btf, NULL, 0, 0, 0);
 }
 
 int btf__fd(const struct btf *btf)
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 67f52e371cb2..a2866329d8f2 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
 #define BPF_FS_MAGIC		0xcafe4a11
 #endif
 
+#define BPF_FS_DEFAULT_PATH "/sys/fs/bpf"
+
 #define BPF_INSN_SZ (sizeof(struct bpf_insn))
 
 /* vsprintf() in __base_pr() uses nonliteral format string. It may break
@@ -694,6 +696,10 @@ struct bpf_object {
 
 	struct usdt_manager *usdt_man;
 
+	struct kern_feature_cache *feat_cache;
+	char *token_path;
+	int token_fd;
+
 	char path[];
 };
 
@@ -2217,7 +2223,7 @@ static int build_map_pin_path(struct bpf_map *map, const char *path)
 	int err;
 
 	if (!path)
-		path = "/sys/fs/bpf";
+		path = BPF_FS_DEFAULT_PATH;
 
 	err = pathname_concat(buf, sizeof(buf), path, bpf_map__name(map));
 	if (err)
@@ -3226,7 +3232,7 @@ static int bpf_object__sanitize_and_load_btf(struct bpf_object *obj)
 	} else {
 		/* currently BPF_BTF_LOAD only supports log_level 1 */
 		err = btf_load_into_kernel(kern_btf, obj->log_buf, obj->log_size,
-					   obj->log_level ? 1 : 0);
+					   obj->log_level ? 1 : 0, obj->token_fd);
 	}
 	if (sanitize) {
 		if (!err) {
@@ -4547,6 +4553,58 @@ int bpf_map__set_max_entries(struct bpf_map *map, __u32 max_entries)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int bpf_object_prepare_token(struct bpf_object *obj)
+{
+	const char *bpffs_path;
+	int bpffs_fd = -1, token_fd, err;
+	bool mandatory;
+	enum libbpf_print_level level;
+
+	/* token is explicitly prevented */
+	if (obj->token_path && obj->token_path[0] == '\0') {
+		pr_debug("object '%s': token is prevented, skipping...\n", obj->name);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	mandatory = obj->token_path != NULL;
+	level = mandatory ? LIBBPF_WARN : LIBBPF_DEBUG;
+
+	bpffs_path = obj->token_path ?: BPF_FS_DEFAULT_PATH;
+	bpffs_fd = open(bpffs_path, O_DIRECTORY, O_RDWR);
+	if (bpffs_fd < 0) {
+		err = -errno;
+		__pr(level, "object '%s': failed (%d) to open BPF FS mount at '%s'%s\n",
+		     obj->name, err, bpffs_path,
+		     mandatory ? "" : ", skipping optional step...");
+		return mandatory ? err : 0;
+	}
+
+	token_fd = bpf_token_create(bpffs_fd, 0);
+	close(bpffs_fd);
+	if (token_fd < 0) {
+		if (!mandatory && token_fd == -ENOENT) {
+			pr_debug("object '%s': BPF FS at '%s' doesn't have BPF token delegation set up, skipping...\n",
+				 obj->name, bpffs_path);
+			return 0;
+		}
+		__pr(level, "object '%s': failed (%d) to create BPF token from '%s'%s\n",
+		     obj->name, token_fd, bpffs_path,
+		     mandatory ? "" : ", skipping optional step...");
+		return mandatory ? token_fd : 0;
+	}
+
+	obj->feat_cache = calloc(1, sizeof(*obj->feat_cache));
+	if (!obj->feat_cache) {
+		close(token_fd);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	obj->token_fd = token_fd;
+	obj->feat_cache->token_fd = token_fd;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 bpf_object__probe_loading(struct bpf_object *obj)
 {
@@ -4556,6 +4614,10 @@ bpf_object__probe_loading(struct bpf_object *obj)
 		BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
 	};
 	int ret, insn_cnt = ARRAY_SIZE(insns);
+	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_prog_load_opts, opts,
+		.token_fd = obj->token_fd,
+		.prog_flags = obj->token_fd ? BPF_F_TOKEN_FD : 0,
+	);
 
 	if (obj->gen_loader)
 		return 0;
@@ -4565,9 +4627,9 @@ bpf_object__probe_loading(struct bpf_object *obj)
 		pr_warn("Failed to bump RLIMIT_MEMLOCK (err = %d), you might need to do it explicitly!\n", ret);
 
 	/* make sure basic loading works */
-	ret = bpf_prog_load(BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCKET_FILTER, NULL, "GPL", insns, insn_cnt, NULL);
+	ret = bpf_prog_load(BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCKET_FILTER, NULL, "GPL", insns, insn_cnt, &opts);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		ret = bpf_prog_load(BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACEPOINT, NULL, "GPL", insns, insn_cnt, NULL);
+		ret = bpf_prog_load(BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACEPOINT, NULL, "GPL", insns, insn_cnt, &opts);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		ret = errno;
 		cp = libbpf_strerror_r(ret, errmsg, sizeof(errmsg));
@@ -4590,6 +4652,9 @@ bool kernel_supports(const struct bpf_object *obj, enum kern_feature_id feat_id)
 		 */
 		return true;
 
+	if (obj->token_fd)
+		return feat_supported(obj->feat_cache, feat_id);
+
 	return feat_supported(NULL, feat_id);
 }
 
@@ -4714,6 +4779,9 @@ static int bpf_object__create_map(struct bpf_object *obj, struct bpf_map *map, b
 	create_attr.map_flags = def->map_flags;
 	create_attr.numa_node = map->numa_node;
 	create_attr.map_extra = map->map_extra;
+	create_attr.token_fd = obj->token_fd;
+	if (obj->token_fd)
+		create_attr.map_flags |= BPF_F_TOKEN_FD;
 
 	if (bpf_map__is_struct_ops(map))
 		create_attr.btf_vmlinux_value_type_id = map->btf_vmlinux_value_type_id;
@@ -7030,6 +7098,10 @@ static int bpf_object_load_prog(struct bpf_object *obj, struct bpf_program *prog
 	load_attr.prog_flags = prog->prog_flags;
 	load_attr.fd_array = obj->fd_array;
 
+	load_attr.token_fd = obj->token_fd;
+	if (obj->token_fd)
+		load_attr.prog_flags |= BPF_F_TOKEN_FD;
+
 	/* adjust load_attr if sec_def provides custom preload callback */
 	if (prog->sec_def && prog->sec_def->prog_prepare_load_fn) {
 		err = prog->sec_def->prog_prepare_load_fn(prog, &load_attr, prog->sec_def->cookie);
@@ -7475,7 +7547,7 @@ static int bpf_object_init_progs(struct bpf_object *obj, const struct bpf_object
 static struct bpf_object *bpf_object_open(const char *path, const void *obj_buf, size_t obj_buf_sz,
 					  const struct bpf_object_open_opts *opts)
 {
-	const char *obj_name, *kconfig, *btf_tmp_path;
+	const char *obj_name, *kconfig, *btf_tmp_path, *token_path;
 	struct bpf_object *obj;
 	char tmp_name[64];
 	int err;
@@ -7512,6 +7584,10 @@ static struct bpf_object *bpf_object_open(const char *path, const void *obj_buf,
 	if (log_size && !log_buf)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
+	token_path = OPTS_GET(opts, bpf_token_path, NULL);
+	if (token_path && strlen(token_path) >= PATH_MAX)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
+
 	obj = bpf_object__new(path, obj_buf, obj_buf_sz, obj_name);
 	if (IS_ERR(obj))
 		return obj;
@@ -7520,6 +7596,14 @@ static struct bpf_object *bpf_object_open(const char *path, const void *obj_buf,
 	obj->log_size = log_size;
 	obj->log_level = log_level;
 
+	if (token_path) {
+		obj->token_path = strdup(token_path);
+		if (!obj->token_path) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
 	btf_tmp_path = OPTS_GET(opts, btf_custom_path, NULL);
 	if (btf_tmp_path) {
 		if (strlen(btf_tmp_path) >= PATH_MAX) {
@@ -8030,7 +8114,8 @@ static int bpf_object_load(struct bpf_object *obj, int extra_log_level, const ch
 	if (obj->gen_loader)
 		bpf_gen__init(obj->gen_loader, extra_log_level, obj->nr_programs, obj->nr_maps);
 
-	err = bpf_object__probe_loading(obj);
+	err = bpf_object_prepare_token(obj);
+	err = err ? : bpf_object__probe_loading(obj);
 	err = err ? : bpf_object__load_vmlinux_btf(obj, false);
 	err = err ? : bpf_object__resolve_externs(obj, obj->kconfig);
 	err = err ? : bpf_object__sanitize_maps(obj);
@@ -8565,6 +8650,11 @@ void bpf_object__close(struct bpf_object *obj)
 	}
 	zfree(&obj->programs);
 
+	zfree(&obj->feat_cache);
+	zfree(&obj->token_path);
+	if (obj->token_fd > 0)
+		close(obj->token_fd);
+
 	free(obj);
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
index 6cd9c501624f..535ae15ed493 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
@@ -177,10 +177,21 @@ struct bpf_object_open_opts {
 	 * logs through its print callback.
 	 */
 	__u32 kernel_log_level;
+	/* Path to BPF FS mount point to derive BPF token from.
+	 *
+	 * Created BPF token will be used for all bpf() syscall operations
+	 * that accept BPF token (e.g., map creation, BTF and program loads,
+	 * etc) automatically within instantiated BPF object.
+	 *
+	 * Setting bpf_token_path option to empty string disables libbpf's
+	 * automatic attempt to create BPF token from default BPF FS mount
+	 * point (/sys/fs/bpf), in case this default behavior is undesirable.
+	 */
+	const char *bpf_token_path;
 
 	size_t :0;
 };
-#define bpf_object_open_opts__last_field kernel_log_level
+#define bpf_object_open_opts__last_field bpf_token_path
 
 /**
  * @brief **bpf_object__open()** creates a bpf_object by opening
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
index 28fabed1cd8f..930cc9616527 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
@@ -384,7 +384,9 @@ int parse_cpu_mask_file(const char *fcpu, bool **mask, int *mask_sz);
 int libbpf__load_raw_btf(const char *raw_types, size_t types_len,
 			 const char *str_sec, size_t str_len,
 			 int token_fd);
-int btf_load_into_kernel(struct btf *btf, char *log_buf, size_t log_sz, __u32 log_level);
+int btf_load_into_kernel(struct btf *btf,
+			 char *log_buf, size_t log_sz, __u32 log_level,
+			 int token_fd);
 
 struct btf *btf_get_from_fd(int btf_fd, struct btf *base_btf);
 void btf_get_kernel_prefix_kind(enum bpf_attach_type attach_type,
@@ -548,6 +550,17 @@ static inline bool is_ldimm64_insn(struct bpf_insn *insn)
 	return insn->code == (BPF_LD | BPF_IMM | BPF_DW);
 }
 
+/* Unconditionally dup FD, ensuring it doesn't use [0, 2] range.
+ * Original FD is not closed or altered in any other way.
+ * Preserves original FD value, if it's invalid (negative).
+ */
+static inline int dup_good_fd(int fd)
+{
+	if (fd < 0)
+		return fd;
+	return fcntl(fd, F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC, 3);
+}
+
 /* if fd is stdin, stdout, or stderr, dup to a fd greater than 2
  * Takes ownership of the fd passed in, and closes it if calling
  * fcntl(fd, F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC, 3).
@@ -559,7 +572,7 @@ static inline int ensure_good_fd(int fd)
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return fd;
 	if (fd < 3) {
-		fd = fcntl(fd, F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC, 3);
+		fd = dup_good_fd(fd);
 		saved_errno = errno;
 		close(old_fd);
 		errno = saved_errno;
