diff --git a/tools/bpf/runqslower/Makefile b/tools/bpf/runqslower/Makefile
index b90044caf270..faf5418609ea 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/runqslower/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bpf/runqslower/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ LLVM_STRIP := llvm-strip
 DEFAULT_BPFTOOL := $(OUTPUT)/sbin/bpftool
 BPFTOOL ?= $(DEFAULT_BPFTOOL)
 LIBBPF_SRC := $(abspath ../../lib/bpf)
-INCLUDES := -I$(OUTPUT) -I$(abspath ../../lib)
+BPFOBJ := $(OUTPUT)/libbpf.a
+BPF_INCLUDE := $(OUTPUT)
+INCLUDES := -I$(BPF_INCLUDE) -I$(OUTPUT) -I$(abspath ../../lib)
 CFLAGS := -g -Wall
 
 # Try to detect best kernel BTF source
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ clean:
 	$(call msg,CLEAN)
 	$(Q)rm -rf $(OUTPUT) runqslower
 
-$(OUTPUT)/runqslower: $(OUTPUT)/runqslower.o $(OUTPUT)/libbpf.a
+$(OUTPUT)/runqslower: $(OUTPUT)/runqslower.o $(BPFOBJ)
 	$(call msg,BINARY,$@)
 	$(Q)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -lelf -lz $^ -o $@
 
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ $(OUTPUT)/%.skel.h: $(OUTPUT)/%.bpf.o | $(BPFTOOL)
 	$(call msg,GEN-SKEL,$@)
 	$(Q)$(BPFTOOL) gen skeleton $< > $@
 
-$(OUTPUT)/%.bpf.o: %.bpf.c $(OUTPUT)/libbpf.a | $(OUTPUT)
+$(OUTPUT)/%.bpf.o: %.bpf.c $(BPFOBJ) | $(OUTPUT)
 	$(call msg,BPF,$@)
 	$(Q)$(CLANG) -g -O2 -target bpf $(INCLUDES)			      \
 		 -c $(filter %.c,$^) -o $@ &&				      \
@@ -73,9 +75,9 @@ $(OUTPUT)/vmlinux.h: $(VMLINUX_BTF_PATH) | $(OUTPUT) $(BPFTOOL)
 	fi
 	$(Q)$(BPFTOOL) btf dump file $(VMLINUX_BTF_PATH) format c > $@
 
-$(OUTPUT)/libbpf.a: | $(OUTPUT)
+$(BPFOBJ): | $(OUTPUT)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras) -C $(LIBBPF_SRC)			       \
-		    OUTPUT=$(abs_out)/ $(abs_out)/libbpf.a
+		    OUTPUT=$(abspath $(dir $@))/ $(abspath $@)
 
 $(DEFAULT_BPFTOOL):
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras) -C ../bpftool			      \