diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 866d5cdeffc7..2e974593f3e8 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -1524,3 +1524,15 @@ bpf_object__find_map_by_name(struct bpf_object *obj, const char *name)
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
+
+struct bpf_map *
+bpf_object__find_map_by_offset(struct bpf_object *obj, size_t offset)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < obj->nr_maps; i++) {
+		if (obj->maps[i].offset == offset)
+			return &obj->maps[i];
+	}
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
index 0c0b0127e03e..a5a8b86a06fe 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>  // for size_t
 
 enum libbpf_errno {
 	__LIBBPF_ERRNO__START = 4000,
@@ -200,6 +201,13 @@ struct bpf_map;
 struct bpf_map *
 bpf_object__find_map_by_name(struct bpf_object *obj, const char *name);
 
+/*
+ * Get bpf_map through the offset of corresponding struct bpf_map_def
+ * in the bpf object file.
+ */
+struct bpf_map *
+bpf_object__find_map_by_offset(struct bpf_object *obj, size_t offset);
+
 struct bpf_map *
 bpf_map__next(struct bpf_map *map, struct bpf_object *obj);
 #define bpf_map__for_each(pos, obj)		\