diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile b/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
index 20772663d3e1..56ce6292071b 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ override CFLAGS += $(INCLUDES)
 override CFLAGS += -fvisibility=hidden
 override CFLAGS += -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
 
+# flags specific for shared library
+SHLIB_FLAGS := -DSHARED
+
 ifeq ($(VERBOSE),1)
   Q =
 else
@@ -130,14 +133,17 @@ all:
 export srctree OUTPUT CC LD CFLAGS V
 include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.include
 
-BPF_IN		:= $(OUTPUT)libbpf-in.o
+SHARED_OBJDIR	:= $(OUTPUT)sharedobjs/
+STATIC_OBJDIR	:= $(OUTPUT)staticobjs/
+BPF_IN_SHARED	:= $(SHARED_OBJDIR)libbpf-in.o
+BPF_IN_STATIC	:= $(STATIC_OBJDIR)libbpf-in.o
 VERSION_SCRIPT	:= libbpf.map
 
 LIB_TARGET	:= $(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(LIB_TARGET))
 LIB_FILE	:= $(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(LIB_FILE))
 PC_FILE		:= $(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(PC_FILE))
 
-GLOBAL_SYM_COUNT = $(shell readelf -s --wide $(BPF_IN) | \
+GLOBAL_SYM_COUNT = $(shell readelf -s --wide $(BPF_IN_SHARED) | \
 			   cut -d "@" -f1 | sed 's/_v[0-9]_[0-9]_[0-9].*//' | \
 			   awk '/GLOBAL/ && /DEFAULT/ && !/UND/ {print $$8}' | \
 			   sort -u | wc -l)
@@ -159,7 +165,7 @@ all: fixdep
 
 all_cmd: $(CMD_TARGETS) check
 
-$(BPF_IN): force elfdep bpfdep
+$(BPF_IN_SHARED): force elfdep bpfdep
 	@(test -f ../../include/uapi/linux/bpf.h -a -f ../../../include/uapi/linux/bpf.h && ( \
 	(diff -B ../../include/uapi/linux/bpf.h ../../../include/uapi/linux/bpf.h >/dev/null) || \
 	echo "Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h' differs from latest version at 'include/uapi/linux/bpf.h'" >&2 )) || true
@@ -175,17 +181,20 @@ $(BPF_IN): force elfdep bpfdep
 	@(test -f ../../include/uapi/linux/if_xdp.h -a -f ../../../include/uapi/linux/if_xdp.h && ( \
 	(diff -B ../../include/uapi/linux/if_xdp.h ../../../include/uapi/linux/if_xdp.h >/dev/null) || \
 	echo "Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/include/uapi/linux/if_xdp.h' differs from latest version at 'include/uapi/linux/if_xdp.h'" >&2 )) || true
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=libbpf
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=libbpf OUTPUT=$(SHARED_OBJDIR) CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS) $(SHLIB_FLAGS)"
+
+$(BPF_IN_STATIC): force elfdep bpfdep
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=libbpf OUTPUT=$(STATIC_OBJDIR)
 
 $(OUTPUT)libbpf.so: $(OUTPUT)libbpf.so.$(LIBBPF_VERSION)
 
-$(OUTPUT)libbpf.so.$(LIBBPF_VERSION): $(BPF_IN)
+$(OUTPUT)libbpf.so.$(LIBBPF_VERSION): $(BPF_IN_SHARED)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) --shared -Wl,-soname,libbpf.so.$(LIBBPF_MAJOR_VERSION) \
 				    -Wl,--version-script=$(VERSION_SCRIPT) $^ -lelf -o $@
 	@ln -sf $(@F) $(OUTPUT)libbpf.so
 	@ln -sf $(@F) $(OUTPUT)libbpf.so.$(LIBBPF_MAJOR_VERSION)
 
-$(OUTPUT)libbpf.a: $(BPF_IN)
+$(OUTPUT)libbpf.a: $(BPF_IN_STATIC)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(RM) $@; $(AR) rcs $@ $^
 
 $(OUTPUT)test_libbpf: test_libbpf.cpp $(OUTPUT)libbpf.a
@@ -201,7 +210,7 @@ check: check_abi
 
 check_abi: $(OUTPUT)libbpf.so
 	@if [ "$(GLOBAL_SYM_COUNT)" != "$(VERSIONED_SYM_COUNT)" ]; then	 \
-		echo "Warning: Num of global symbols in $(BPF_IN)"	 \
+		echo "Warning: Num of global symbols in $(BPF_IN_SHARED)"	 \
 		     "($(GLOBAL_SYM_COUNT)) does NOT match with num of"	 \
 		     "versioned symbols in $^ ($(VERSIONED_SYM_COUNT))." \
 		     "Please make sure all LIBBPF_API symbols are"	 \
@@ -259,9 +268,9 @@ config-clean:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/build/feature/ clean >/dev/null
 
 clean:
-	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, libbpf) $(RM) $(TARGETS) $(CXX_TEST_TARGET) \
+	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, libbpf) $(RM) -rf $(TARGETS) $(CXX_TEST_TARGET) \
 		*.o *~ *.a *.so *.so.$(LIBBPF_MAJOR_VERSION) .*.d .*.cmd \
-		*.pc LIBBPF-CFLAGS
+		*.pc LIBBPF-CFLAGS $(SHARED_OBJDIR) $(STATIC_OBJDIR)
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-gen) $(RM) $(OUTPUT)FEATURE-DUMP.libbpf
 
 
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
index 2e83a34f8c79..98216a69c32f 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
@@ -34,6 +34,22 @@
 	(offsetof(TYPE, FIELD) + sizeof(((TYPE *)0)->FIELD))
 #endif
 
+/* Symbol versioning is different between static and shared library.
+ * Properly versioned symbols are needed for shared library, but
+ * only the symbol of the new version is needed for static library.
+ */
+#ifdef SHARED
+# define COMPAT_VERSION(internal_name, api_name, version) \
+	asm(".symver " #internal_name "," #api_name "@" #version);
+# define DEFAULT_VERSION(internal_name, api_name, version) \
+	asm(".symver " #internal_name "," #api_name "@@" #version);
+#else
+# define COMPAT_VERSION(internal_name, api_name, version)
+# define DEFAULT_VERSION(internal_name, api_name, version) \
+	extern typeof(internal_name) api_name \
+	__attribute__((alias(#internal_name)));
+#endif
+
 extern void libbpf_print(enum libbpf_print_level level,
 			 const char *format, ...)
 	__attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)));
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c b/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
index 24fa313524fb..a902838f9fcc 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@ int xsk_umem__create_v0_0_2(struct xsk_umem **umem_ptr, void *umem_area,
 	return xsk_umem__create_v0_0_4(umem_ptr, umem_area, size, fill, comp,
 					&config);
 }
-asm(".symver xsk_umem__create_v0_0_2, xsk_umem__create@LIBBPF_0.0.2");
-asm(".symver xsk_umem__create_v0_0_4, xsk_umem__create@@LIBBPF_0.0.4");
+COMPAT_VERSION(xsk_umem__create_v0_0_2, xsk_umem__create, LIBBPF_0.0.2)
+DEFAULT_VERSION(xsk_umem__create_v0_0_4, xsk_umem__create, LIBBPF_0.0.4)
 
 static int xsk_load_xdp_prog(struct xsk_socket *xsk)
 {