diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index c51df6b91bef..95ce81513648 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 include ../../../../scripts/Kbuild.include
 include ../../../scripts/Makefile.arch
+include ../../../scripts/Makefile.include
 
 CXX ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)g++
 
@@ -113,7 +114,15 @@ SCRATCH_DIR := $(OUTPUT)/tools
 BUILD_DIR := $(SCRATCH_DIR)/build
 INCLUDE_DIR := $(SCRATCH_DIR)/include
 BPFOBJ := $(BUILD_DIR)/libbpf/libbpf.a
-RESOLVE_BTFIDS := $(BUILD_DIR)/resolve_btfids/resolve_btfids
+ifneq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
+HOST_BUILD_DIR		:= $(BUILD_DIR)/host
+HOST_SCRATCH_DIR	:= $(OUTPUT)/host-tools
+else
+HOST_BUILD_DIR		:= $(BUILD_DIR)
+HOST_SCRATCH_DIR	:= $(SCRATCH_DIR)
+endif
+HOST_BPFOBJ := $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/libbpf/libbpf.a
+RESOLVE_BTFIDS := $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/resolve_btfids/resolve_btfids
 
 VMLINUX_BTF_PATHS ?= $(if $(O),$(O)/vmlinux)				\
 		     $(if $(KBUILD_OUTPUT),$(KBUILD_OUTPUT)/vmlinux)	\
@@ -135,6 +144,14 @@ $(notdir $(TEST_GEN_PROGS)						\
 	 $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED)					\
 	 $(TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS)): %: $(OUTPUT)/% ;
 
+# sort removes libbpf duplicates when not cross-building
+MAKE_DIRS := $(sort $(BUILD_DIR)/libbpf $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/libbpf	       \
+	       $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/bpftool $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/resolve_btfids      \
+	       $(INCLUDE_DIR))
+$(MAKE_DIRS):
+	$(call msg,MKDIR,,$@)
+	$(Q)mkdir -p $@
+
 $(OUTPUT)/%.o: %.c
 	$(call msg,CC,,$@)
 	$(Q)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $(filter %.c,$^) $(LDLIBS) -o $@
@@ -157,7 +174,7 @@ $(OUTPUT)/test_stub.o: test_stub.c $(BPFOBJ)
 	$(call msg,CC,,$@)
 	$(Q)$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $<
 
-DEFAULT_BPFTOOL := $(SCRATCH_DIR)/sbin/bpftool
+DEFAULT_BPFTOOL := $(HOST_SCRATCH_DIR)/sbin/bpftool
 
 $(OUTPUT)/runqslower: $(BPFOBJ) | $(DEFAULT_BPFTOOL)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras) -C $(TOOLSDIR)/bpf/runqslower	\
@@ -182,10 +199,11 @@ $(OUTPUT)/test_sysctl: cgroup_helpers.c
 
 BPFTOOL ?= $(DEFAULT_BPFTOOL)
 $(DEFAULT_BPFTOOL): $(wildcard $(BPFTOOLDIR)/*.[ch] $(BPFTOOLDIR)/Makefile)    \
-		    $(BPFOBJ) | $(BUILD_DIR)/bpftool
+		    $(HOST_BPFOBJ) | $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/bpftool
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras)  -C $(BPFTOOLDIR)			       \
-		    OUTPUT=$(BUILD_DIR)/bpftool/			       \
-		    prefix= DESTDIR=$(SCRATCH_DIR)/ install
+		    CC=$(HOSTCC) LD=$(HOSTLD)				       \
+		    OUTPUT=$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/bpftool/			       \
+		    prefix= DESTDIR=$(HOST_SCRATCH_DIR)/ install
 	$(Q)mkdir -p $(BUILD_DIR)/bpftool/Documentation
 	$(Q)RST2MAN_OPTS="--exit-status=1" $(MAKE) $(submake_extras)	       \
 		    -C $(BPFTOOLDIR)/Documentation			       \
@@ -198,9 +216,14 @@ $(BPFOBJ): $(wildcard $(BPFDIR)/*.[ch] $(BPFDIR)/Makefile)		       \
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras) -C $(BPFDIR) OUTPUT=$(BUILD_DIR)/libbpf/ \
 		    DESTDIR=$(SCRATCH_DIR) prefix= all install_headers
 
-$(BUILD_DIR)/libbpf $(BUILD_DIR)/bpftool $(BUILD_DIR)/resolve_btfids $(INCLUDE_DIR):
-	$(call msg,MKDIR,,$@)
-	$(Q)mkdir -p $@
+ifneq ($(BPFOBJ),$(HOST_BPFOBJ))
+$(HOST_BPFOBJ): $(wildcard $(BPFDIR)/*.[ch] $(BPFDIR)/Makefile)                \
+	   ../../../include/uapi/linux/bpf.h                                   \
+	   | $(INCLUDE_DIR) $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/libbpf
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras) -C $(BPFDIR)                             \
+		OUTPUT=$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/libbpf/ CC=$(HOSTCC) LD=$(HOSTLD)     \
+		    DESTDIR=$(HOST_SCRATCH_DIR)/ prefix= all install_headers
+endif
 
 $(INCLUDE_DIR)/vmlinux.h: $(VMLINUX_BTF) | $(BPFTOOL) $(INCLUDE_DIR)
 ifeq ($(VMLINUX_H),)
@@ -211,7 +234,7 @@ else
 	$(Q)cp "$(VMLINUX_H)" $@
 endif
 
-$(RESOLVE_BTFIDS): $(BPFOBJ) | $(BUILD_DIR)/resolve_btfids	\
+$(RESOLVE_BTFIDS): $(HOST_BPFOBJ) | $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/resolve_btfids	\
 		       $(TOOLSDIR)/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c	\
 		       $(TOOLSDIR)/lib/rbtree.c			\
 		       $(TOOLSDIR)/lib/zalloc.c			\
@@ -219,7 +242,8 @@ $(RESOLVE_BTFIDS): $(BPFOBJ) | $(BUILD_DIR)/resolve_btfids	\
 		       $(TOOLSDIR)/lib/ctype.c			\
 		       $(TOOLSDIR)/lib/str_error_r.c
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras) -C $(TOOLSDIR)/bpf/resolve_btfids	\
-		OUTPUT=$(BUILD_DIR)/resolve_btfids/ BPFOBJ=$(BPFOBJ)
+		CC=$(HOSTCC) LD=$(HOSTLD) AR=$(HOSTAR) \
+		OUTPUT=$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/resolve_btfids/ BPFOBJ=$(HOST_BPFOBJ)
 
 # Get Clang's default includes on this system, as opposed to those seen by
 # '-target bpf'. This fixes "missing" files on some architectures/distros,
@@ -450,7 +474,7 @@ $(OUTPUT)/bench: $(OUTPUT)/bench.o $(OUTPUT)/testing_helpers.o \
 	$(call msg,BINARY,,$@)
 	$(Q)$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(filter %.a %.o,$^) $(LDLIBS)
 
-EXTRA_CLEAN := $(TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS) $(SCRATCH_DIR)			\
+EXTRA_CLEAN := $(TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS) $(SCRATCH_DIR) $(HOST_SCRATCH_DIR)	\
 	prog_tests/tests.h map_tests/tests.h verifier/tests.h		\
 	feature								\
 	$(addprefix $(OUTPUT)/,*.o *.skel.h no_alu32 bpf_gcc bpf_testmod.ko)
