diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index f28b6527e815..2019a87b5d4a 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -1509,6 +1509,10 @@ union bpf_attr {
 			__aligned_u64 next_key;
 		};
 		__u64		flags;
+		union {
+			/* specify the CPU where the sockmap job run on */
+			__aligned_u64 target_cpu;
+		};
 	};
 
 	struct { /* struct used by BPF_MAP_*_BATCH commands */
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
index 2a4c71501a17..13c3f3cfe889 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
@@ -401,6 +401,28 @@ int bpf_map_update_elem(int fd, const void *key, const void *value,
 	return libbpf_err_errno(ret);
 }
 
+int bpf_map_update_elem_opts(int fd, const void *key, const void *value,
+			     __u64 flags, const struct bpf_map_update_opts *opts)
+{
+	union bpf_attr attr;
+	int ret;
+	__u64 *target_cpu;
+
+	if (!OPTS_VALID(opts, bpf_map_update_opts))
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	target_cpu = OPTS_GET(opts, target_cpu, NULL);
+	memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
+	attr.map_fd = fd;
+	attr.key = ptr_to_u64(key);
+	attr.value = ptr_to_u64(value);
+	attr.flags = flags;
+	attr.target_cpu = ptr_to_u64(target_cpu);
+
+	ret = sys_bpf(BPF_MAP_UPDATE_ELEM, &attr, sizeof(attr));
+	return libbpf_err_errno(ret);
+}
+
 int bpf_map_lookup_elem(int fd, const void *key, void *value)
 {
 	const size_t attr_sz = offsetofend(union bpf_attr, flags);
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
index a4a7b1ad1b63..aec6dfddf697 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
@@ -147,6 +147,15 @@ LIBBPF_API int bpf_btf_load(const void *btf_data, size_t btf_size,
 
 LIBBPF_API int bpf_map_update_elem(int fd, const void *key, const void *value,
 				   __u64 flags);
+struct bpf_map_update_opts {
+	size_t sz;  /* size of this struct for forward/backward compatibility */
+	/* specify the CPU where the sockmap job run on */
+	__u64 *target_cpu;
+	size_t :0;
+};
+#define bpf_map_update_opts__last_field target_cpu
+LIBBPF_API int bpf_map_update_elem_opts(int fd, const void *key, const void *value,
+					__u64 flags, const struct bpf_map_update_opts *opts);
 
 LIBBPF_API int bpf_map_lookup_elem(int fd, const void *key, void *value);
 LIBBPF_API int bpf_map_lookup_elem_flags(int fd, const void *key, void *value,
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
index 54b6f312cfa8..ab5ec29f542d 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ LIBBPF_0.0.1 {
 		bpf_map_lookup_and_delete_elem;
 		bpf_map_lookup_elem;
 		bpf_map_update_elem;
+		bpf_map_update_elem_opts;
 		bpf_obj_get;
 		bpf_obj_get_info_by_fd;
 		bpf_obj_pin;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_basic.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_basic.c
index 82bfb266741c..84a35cb4b9fe 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_basic.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_basic.c
@@ -190,13 +190,18 @@ static void test_skmsg_helpers_with_link(enum bpf_map_type map_type)
 	test_skmsg_load_helpers__destroy(skel);
 }
 
-static void test_sockmap_update(enum bpf_map_type map_type)
+static void test_sockmap_update(enum bpf_map_type map_type, bool cpu_affinity)
 {
 	int err, prog, src;
 	struct test_sockmap_update *skel;
 	struct bpf_map *dst_map;
 	const __u32 zero = 0;
 	char dummy[14] = {0};
+	__u64 target_cpu = 0;
+
+	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_map_update_opts, update_opts,
+		.target_cpu = &target_cpu,
+	);
 	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_test_run_opts, topts,
 		.data_in = dummy,
 		.data_size_in = sizeof(dummy),
@@ -219,7 +224,11 @@ static void test_sockmap_update(enum bpf_map_type map_type)
 	else
 		dst_map = skel->maps.dst_sock_hash;
 
-	err = bpf_map_update_elem(src, &zero, &sk, BPF_NOEXIST);
+	if (cpu_affinity)
+		err = bpf_map_update_elem_opts(src, &zero, &sk, BPF_NOEXIST, &update_opts);
+	else
+		err = bpf_map_update_elem(src, &zero, &sk, BPF_NOEXIST);
+
 	if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "update_elem(src)"))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -896,9 +905,11 @@ void test_sockmap_basic(void)
 	if (test__start_subtest("sockhash sk_msg load helpers"))
 		test_skmsg_helpers(BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKHASH);
 	if (test__start_subtest("sockmap update"))
-		test_sockmap_update(BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKMAP);
+		test_sockmap_update(BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKMAP, false);
+	if (test__start_subtest("sockmap update cpu affinity"))
+		test_sockmap_update(BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKMAP, true);
 	if (test__start_subtest("sockhash update"))
-		test_sockmap_update(BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKHASH);
+		test_sockmap_update(BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKHASH, false);
 	if (test__start_subtest("sockmap update in unsafe context"))
 		test_sockmap_invalid_update();
 	if (test__start_subtest("sockmap copy"))
