diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h
index f69cc208778a..050bb7bf5be6 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #ifndef __BPF_HELPERS__
 #define __BPF_HELPERS__
 
-#include "bpf_helper_defs.h"
+#include <bpf_helper_defs.h>
 
 #define __uint(name, val) int (*name)[val]
 #define __type(name, val) typeof(val) *name
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index cb9f18e4b98b..c0a18994db87 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ CLANG		?= clang
 LLC		?= llc
 LLVM_OBJCOPY	?= llvm-objcopy
 BPF_GCC		?= $(shell command -v bpf-gcc;)
-CFLAGS += -g -Wall -O2 $(GENFLAGS) -I$(APIDIR) -I$(LIBDIR) -I$(BPFDIR)	\
-	  -I$(GENDIR) -I$(TOOLSINCDIR) -I$(CURDIR)			\
+CFLAGS += -g -Wall -O2 $(GENFLAGS) -I$(CURDIR) -I$(APIDIR) -I$(LIBDIR)  \
+	  -I$(BPFDIR) -I$(GENDIR) -I$(TOOLSINCDIR)			\
 	  -Dbpf_prog_load=bpf_prog_test_load				\
 	  -Dbpf_load_program=bpf_test_load_program
 LDLIBS += -lcap -lelf -lz -lrt -lpthread
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ $(BPFOBJ): force
 	$(MAKE) -C $(BPFDIR) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT)/
 
 BPF_HELPERS := $(OUTPUT)/bpf_helper_defs.h $(wildcard $(BPFDIR)/bpf_*.h)
-$(OUTPUT)/bpf_helper_defs.h:
+$(OUTPUT)/bpf_helper_defs.h: $(BPFOBJ)
 	$(MAKE) -C $(BPFDIR) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT)/ $(OUTPUT)/bpf_helper_defs.h
 
 # Get Clang's default includes on this system, as opposed to those seen by
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ MENDIAN=$(if $(IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN),-mlittle-endian,-mbig-endian)
 
 CLANG_SYS_INCLUDES = $(call get_sys_includes,$(CLANG))
 BPF_CFLAGS = -g -D__TARGET_ARCH_$(SRCARCH) $(MENDIAN) 			\
-	     -I. -I./include/uapi -I$(APIDIR)				\
-	     -I$(BPFDIR) -I$(abspath $(OUTPUT)/../usr/include)
+	     -I$(OUTPUT) -I$(CURDIR) -I$(CURDIR)/include/uapi		\
+	     -I$(APIDIR) -I$(BPFDIR) -I$(abspath $(OUTPUT)/../usr/include)
 
 CLANG_CFLAGS = $(CLANG_SYS_INCLUDES) \
 	       -Wno-compare-distinct-pointer-types
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ TRUNNER_EXTRA_SOURCES := test_progs.c cgroup_helpers.c trace_helpers.c	\
 TRUNNER_EXTRA_FILES := $(OUTPUT)/urandom_read				\
 		       $(wildcard progs/btf_dump_test_case_*.c)
 TRUNNER_BPF_BUILD_RULE := CLANG_BPF_BUILD_RULE
-TRUNNER_BPF_CFLAGS := -I. -I$(OUTPUT) $(BPF_CFLAGS) $(CLANG_CFLAGS)
+TRUNNER_BPF_CFLAGS := $(BPF_CFLAGS) $(CLANG_CFLAGS)
 TRUNNER_BPF_LDFLAGS := -mattr=+alu32
 $(eval $(call DEFINE_TEST_RUNNER,test_progs))