diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index c3999587bc23..d0db2b673c6f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ endif
 
 BPF_GCC		?= $(shell command -v bpf-gcc;)
 SAN_CFLAGS	?=
-CFLAGS += -g -rdynamic -Wall -O2 $(GENFLAGS) $(SAN_CFLAGS)		\
+CFLAGS += -g -Og -rdynamic -Wall $(GENFLAGS) $(SAN_CFLAGS)		\
 	  -I$(CURDIR) -I$(INCLUDE_DIR) -I$(GENDIR) -I$(LIBDIR)		\
 	  -I$(TOOLSINCDIR) -I$(APIDIR) -I$(OUTPUT)			\
 	  -Dbpf_prog_load=bpf_prog_test_load				\
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ $(DEFAULT_BPFTOOL): $(wildcard $(BPFTOOLDIR)/*.[ch] $(BPFTOOLDIR)/Makefile)    \
 		    $(HOST_BPFOBJ) | $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/bpftool
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras)  -C $(BPFTOOLDIR)			       \
 		    CC=$(HOSTCC) LD=$(HOSTLD)				       \
+		    EXTRA_CFLAGS='-g -Og'				       \
 		    OUTPUT=$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/bpftool/			       \
 		    prefix= DESTDIR=$(HOST_SCRATCH_DIR)/ install
 
@@ -218,6 +219,7 @@ $(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/ \
+		    EXTRA_CFLAGS='-g -Og'					       \
 		    DESTDIR=$(SCRATCH_DIR) prefix= all install_headers
 
 ifneq ($(BPFOBJ),$(HOST_BPFOBJ))
@@ -225,7 +227,8 @@ $(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)     \
+		    EXTRA_CFLAGS='-g -Og'					       \
+		    OUTPUT=$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/libbpf/ CC=$(HOSTCC) LD=$(HOSTLD) \
 		    DESTDIR=$(HOST_SCRATCH_DIR)/ prefix= all install_headers
 endif