diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
index 4a2881d43989..de4506e2a412 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ TEST_PROGS += sctp_vrf.sh
 TEST_GEN_FILES += sctp_hello
 TEST_GEN_FILES += csum
 TEST_GEN_FILES += nat6to4.o
+TEST_GEN_FILES += xdp_dummy.o
 TEST_GEN_FILES += ip_local_port_range
 TEST_GEN_FILES += bind_wildcard
 TEST_PROGS += test_vxlan_mdb.sh
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ $(OUTPUT)/tcp_mmap: LDLIBS += -lpthread -lcrypto
 $(OUTPUT)/tcp_inq: LDLIBS += -lpthread
 $(OUTPUT)/bind_bhash: LDLIBS += -lpthread
 
-# Rules to generate bpf obj nat6to4.o
+# Rules to generate bpf objs
 CLANG ?= clang
 SCRATCH_DIR := $(OUTPUT)/tools
 BUILD_DIR := $(SCRATCH_DIR)/build
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ endif
 
 CLANG_SYS_INCLUDES = $(call get_sys_includes,$(CLANG),$(CLANG_TARGET_ARCH))
 
-$(OUTPUT)/nat6to4.o: nat6to4.c $(BPFOBJ) | $(MAKE_DIRS)
+$(OUTPUT)/nat6to4.o $(OUTPUT)/xdp_dummy.o: $(OUTPUT)/%.o : %.c $(BPFOBJ) | $(MAKE_DIRS)
 	$(CLANG) -O2 --target=bpf -c $< $(CCINCLUDE) $(CLANG_SYS_INCLUDES) -o $@
 
 $(BPFOBJ): $(wildcard $(BPFDIR)/*.[ch] $(BPFDIR)/Makefile)		       \
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro.sh
index 0c743752669a..3f09ac78f445 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 readonly PEER_NS="ns-peer-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)"
 
-BPF_FILE="../bpf/xdp_dummy.bpf.o"
+BPF_FILE="xdp_dummy.o"
 
 # set global exit status, but never reset nonzero one.
 check_err()
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ run_all() {
 }
 
 if [ ! -f ${BPF_FILE} ]; then
-	echo "Missing ${BPF_FILE}. Build bpf selftest first"
+	echo "Missing ${BPF_FILE}. Run 'make' first"
 	exit -1
 fi
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_bench.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_bench.sh
index 894972877e8b..65ff1d424008 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_bench.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_bench.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 readonly PEER_NS="ns-peer-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)"
 
-BPF_FILE="../bpf/xdp_dummy.bpf.o"
+BPF_FILE="xdp_dummy.o"
 
 cleanup() {
 	local -r jobs="$(jobs -p)"
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ run_all() {
 }
 
 if [ ! -f ${BPF_FILE} ]; then
-	echo "Missing ${BPF_FILE}. Build bpf selftest first"
+	echo "Missing ${BPF_FILE}. Run 'make' first"
 	exit -1
 fi
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_frglist.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_frglist.sh
index 0a6359bed0b9..bd51d386b52e 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_frglist.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_frglist.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 readonly PEER_NS="ns-peer-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)"
 
-BPF_FILE="../bpf/xdp_dummy.bpf.o"
+BPF_FILE="xdp_dummy.o"
 
 cleanup() {
 	local -r jobs="$(jobs -p)"
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ run_all() {
 }
 
 if [ ! -f ${BPF_FILE} ]; then
-	echo "Missing ${BPF_FILE}. Build bpf selftest first"
+	echo "Missing ${BPF_FILE}. Run 'make' first"
 	exit -1
 fi
 
 if [ ! -f nat6to4.o ]; then
-	echo "Missing nat6to4 helper. Build bpf nat6to4.o selftest first"
+	echo "Missing nat6to4 helper. Run 'make' first"
 	exit -1
 fi
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_fwd.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_fwd.sh
index c079565add39..5fa8659ab13d 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_fwd.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_fwd.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
-BPF_FILE="../bpf/xdp_dummy.bpf.o"
+BPF_FILE="xdp_dummy.o"
 readonly BASE="ns-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)"
 readonly SRC=2
 readonly DST=1
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/veth.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/veth.sh
index 2d073595c620..27574bbf2d63 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/veth.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/veth.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
-BPF_FILE="../bpf/xdp_dummy.bpf.o"
+BPF_FILE="xdp_dummy.o"
 readonly STATS="$(mktemp -p /tmp ns-XXXXXX)"
 readonly BASE=`basename $STATS`
 readonly SRC=2
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ while getopts "hs:" option; do
 done
 
 if [ ! -f ${BPF_FILE} ]; then
-	echo "Missing ${BPF_FILE}. Build bpf selftest first"
+	echo "Missing ${BPF_FILE}. Run 'make' first"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/xdp_dummy.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/xdp_dummy.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d988b2e0cee8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/xdp_dummy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#define KBUILD_MODNAME "xdp_dummy"
+#include <linux/bpf.h>
+#include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
+
+SEC("xdp")
+int xdp_dummy_prog(struct xdp_md *ctx)
+{
+	return XDP_PASS;
+}
+
+char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";