diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index 5f41f5bd8033..257a1aaaa37d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -155,16 +155,17 @@ $(OUTPUT)/test_sysctl: cgroup_helpers.c
 
 DEFAULT_BPFTOOL := $(SCRATCH_DIR)/sbin/bpftool
 BPFTOOL ?= $(DEFAULT_BPFTOOL)
-$(DEFAULT_BPFTOOL): $(BPFOBJ) | $(BUILD_DIR)/bpftool
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras)  -C $(BPFTOOLDIR)			\
-		    OUTPUT=$(BUILD_DIR)/bpftool/			\
+$(DEFAULT_BPFTOOL): $(wildcard $(BPFTOOLDIR)/*.[ch] $(BPFTOOLDIR)/Makefile)    \
+		    $(BPFOBJ) | $(BUILD_DIR)/bpftool
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras)  -C $(BPFTOOLDIR)			       \
+		    OUTPUT=$(BUILD_DIR)/bpftool/			       \
 		    prefix= DESTDIR=$(SCRATCH_DIR)/ install
 
-$(BPFOBJ): $(wildcard $(BPFDIR)/*.c $(BPFDIR)/*.h $(BPFDIR)/Makefile)          \
+$(BPFOBJ): $(wildcard $(BPFDIR)/*.[ch] $(BPFDIR)/Makefile)		       \
 	   ../../../include/uapi/linux/bpf.h                                   \
 	   | $(INCLUDE_DIR) $(BUILD_DIR)/libbpf
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras) -C $(BPFDIR) OUTPUT=$(BUILD_DIR)/libbpf/ \
-		DESTDIR=$(SCRATCH_DIR) prefix= all install_headers
+		    DESTDIR=$(SCRATCH_DIR) prefix= all install_headers
 
 $(BUILD_DIR)/libbpf $(BUILD_DIR)/bpftool $(INCLUDE_DIR):
 	$(call msg,MKDIR,,$@)