diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
index 240186aac8e6..6036dc75cc7b 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
@@ -805,6 +805,11 @@ int bpf_link_create(int prog_fd, int target_fd,
 		if (!OPTS_ZEROED(opts, tracing))
 			return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
 		break;
+	case BPF_XDP:
+		attr.link_create.xdp.btf_id = OPTS_GET(opts, xdp.btf_id, 0);
+		if (!OPTS_ZEROED(opts, xdp))
+			return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+		break;
 	default:
 		if (!OPTS_ZEROED(opts, flags))
 			return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
@@ -872,6 +877,20 @@ int bpf_link_update(int link_fd, int new_prog_fd,
 	attr.link_update.flags = OPTS_GET(opts, flags, 0);
 	attr.link_update.old_prog_fd = OPTS_GET(opts, old_prog_fd, 0);
 
+	/* As the union in both @attr and @opts is unnamed, just use a pointer
+	 * to any of its members to copy the whole rest of the union/opts
+	 */
+	if (opts && opts->sz > offsetof(typeof(*opts), xdp)) {
+		__u32 attr_left, opts_left;
+
+		attr_left = sizeof(attr.link_update) -
+			    offsetof(typeof(attr.link_update), xdp);
+		opts_left = opts->sz - offsetof(typeof(*opts), xdp);
+
+		memcpy(&attr.link_update.xdp, &opts->xdp,
+		       min(attr_left, opts_left));
+	}
+
 	ret = sys_bpf(BPF_LINK_UPDATE, &attr, sizeof(attr));
 	return libbpf_err_errno(ret);
 }
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
index cabc03703e29..4e17995fdaff 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
@@ -382,6 +382,10 @@ struct bpf_link_create_opts {
 		struct {
 			__u64 cookie;
 		} tracing;
+		struct {
+			/* target metadata BTF + type ID */
+			__aligned_u64 btf_id;
+		} xdp;
 	};
 	size_t :0;
 };
@@ -397,8 +401,18 @@ struct bpf_link_update_opts {
 	size_t sz; /* size of this struct for forward/backward compatibility */
 	__u32 flags;	   /* extra flags */
 	__u32 old_prog_fd; /* expected old program FD */
+	/* must have the same layout as the same union from
+	 * bpf_attr::link_update, uses direct memcpy() to there
+	 */
+	union {
+		struct {
+			/* new target metadata BTF + type ID */
+			__aligned_u64 new_btf_id;
+		} xdp;
+	};
+	size_t :0;
 };
-#define bpf_link_update_opts__last_field old_prog_fd
+#define bpf_link_update_opts__last_field xdp.new_btf_id
 
 LIBBPF_API int bpf_link_update(int link_fd, int new_prog_fd,
 			       const struct bpf_link_update_opts *opts);
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
index 4056e9038086..4f77128ba770 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
@@ -1193,9 +1193,11 @@ struct xdp_link_info {
 struct bpf_xdp_set_link_opts {
 	size_t sz;
 	int old_fd;
+	__u32 :32;
+	__u64 btf_id;
 	size_t :0;
 };
-#define bpf_xdp_set_link_opts__last_field old_fd
+#define bpf_xdp_set_link_opts__last_field btf_id
 
 LIBBPF_DEPRECATED_SINCE(0, 8, "use bpf_xdp_attach() instead")
 LIBBPF_API int bpf_set_link_xdp_fd(int ifindex, int fd, __u32 flags);
@@ -1211,9 +1213,11 @@ LIBBPF_API int bpf_get_link_xdp_info(int ifindex, struct xdp_link_info *info,
 struct bpf_xdp_attach_opts {
 	size_t sz;
 	int old_prog_fd;
+	__u32 :32;
+	__u64 btf_id;
 	size_t :0;
 };
-#define bpf_xdp_attach_opts__last_field old_prog_fd
+#define bpf_xdp_attach_opts__last_field btf_id
 
 struct bpf_xdp_query_opts {
 	size_t sz;
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c b/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
index 3a25178d0d12..104a809d5fb2 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ struct __bpf_set_link_xdp_fd_opts {
 	int fd;
 	int old_fd;
 	__u32 flags;
+	__u64 btf_id;
 };
 
 static int
@@ -269,6 +270,12 @@ __bpf_set_link_xdp_fd_replace(const struct __bpf_set_link_xdp_fd_opts *opts)
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 	}
+	if (opts->btf_id) {
+		ret = nlattr_add(&req, IFLA_XDP_BTF_ID, &opts->btf_id,
+				 sizeof(opts->btf_id));
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+	}
 	nlattr_end_nested(&req, nla);
 
 	return libbpf_netlink_send_recv(&req, NULL, NULL, NULL);
@@ -292,6 +299,8 @@ int bpf_xdp_attach(int ifindex, int prog_fd, __u32 flags, const struct bpf_xdp_a
 	else
 		sl_opts.old_fd = -1;
 
+	sl_opts.btf_id = OPTS_GET(opts, btf_id, 0);
+
 	err = __bpf_set_link_xdp_fd_replace(&sl_opts);
 	return libbpf_err(err);
 }
@@ -320,6 +329,8 @@ int bpf_set_link_xdp_fd_opts(int ifindex, int fd, __u32 flags,
 		flags |= XDP_FLAGS_REPLACE;
 	}
 
+	sl_opts.btf_id = OPTS_GET(opts, btf_id, 0);
+
 	ret = __bpf_set_link_xdp_fd_replace(&sl_opts);
 	return libbpf_err(ret);
 }
