diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_lib.sh
index 29b65f4b73b2..f32045b23b89 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_lib.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_lib.sh
@@ -76,3 +76,29 @@ mptcp_lib_kallsyms_doesnt_have() {
 
 	mptcp_lib_fail_if_expected_feature "${sym} symbol has been found"
 }
+
+# !!!AVOID USING THIS!!!
+# Features might not land in the expected version and features can be backported
+#
+# $1: kernel version, e.g. 6.3
+mptcp_lib_kversion_ge() {
+	local exp_maj="${1%.*}"
+	local exp_min="${1#*.}"
+	local v maj min
+
+	# If the kernel has backported features, set this env var to 1:
+	if [ "${SELFTESTS_MPTCP_LIB_NO_KVERSION_CHECK:-}" = "1" ]; then
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	v=$(uname -r | cut -d'.' -f1,2)
+	maj=${v%.*}
+	min=${v#*.}
+
+	if   [ "${maj}" -gt "${exp_maj}" ] ||
+	   { [ "${maj}" -eq "${exp_maj}" ] && [ "${min}" -ge "${exp_min}" ]; }; then
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	mptcp_lib_fail_if_expected_feature "kernel version ${1} lower than ${v}"
+}