diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index 2a58b7b5aea4..866531c08e4f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ TEST_PROGS := test_kmod.sh \
 
 TEST_PROGS_EXTENDED := with_addr.sh \
 	with_tunnels.sh \
-	test_xdp_vlan.sh
+	test_xdp_vlan.sh test_bpftool.py
 
 # Compile but not part of 'make run_tests'
 TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED = test_sock_addr test_skb_cgroup_id_user \
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ $(OUTPUT)/runqslower: $(BPFOBJ) | $(DEFAULT_BPFTOOL)
 		    BPFOBJ=$(BPFOBJ) BPF_INCLUDE=$(INCLUDE_DIR) &&	\
 		    cp $(SCRATCH_DIR)/runqslower $@
 
+TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED += $(DEFAULT_BPFTOOL)
+
 $(TEST_GEN_PROGS) $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED): $(OUTPUT)/test_stub.o $(BPFOBJ)
 
 $(OUTPUT)/test_dev_cgroup: cgroup_helpers.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_bpftool.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_bpftool.sh
index 6b7ba19be1d0..718f59692ccb 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_bpftool.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_bpftool.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC.
 
+# 'make -C tools/testing/selftests/bpf install' will install to SCRIPT_DIR
 SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname $(realpath $0))
 
 # 'make -C tools/testing/selftests/bpf' will install to BPFTOOL_INSTALL_PATH
 BPFTOOL_INSTALL_PATH="$SCRIPT_DIR"/tools/sbin
-export PATH=$BPFTOOL_INSTALL_PATH:$PATH
+export PATH=$SCRIPT_DIR:$BPFTOOL_INSTALL_PATH:$PATH
 python3 -m unittest -v test_bpftool.TestBpftool