diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile b/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
index 310f647c2d5b..154b75fc1373 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 RM ?= rm
 srctree = $(abs_srctree)
 
+VERSION_SCRIPT := libbpf.map
 LIBBPF_VERSION := $(shell \
-	grep -oE '^LIBBPF_([0-9.]+)' libbpf.map | \
+	grep -oE '^LIBBPF_([0-9.]+)' $(VERSION_SCRIPT) | \
 	sort -rV | head -n1 | cut -d'_' -f2)
 LIBBPF_MAJOR_VERSION := $(firstword $(subst ., ,$(LIBBPF_VERSION)))
 
@@ -131,7 +132,6 @@ SHARED_OBJDIR	:= $(OUTPUT)sharedobjs/
 STATIC_OBJDIR	:= $(OUTPUT)staticobjs/
 BPF_IN_SHARED	:= $(SHARED_OBJDIR)libbpf-in.o
 BPF_IN_STATIC	:= $(STATIC_OBJDIR)libbpf-in.o
-VERSION_SCRIPT	:= libbpf.map
 BPF_HELPER_DEFS	:= $(OUTPUT)bpf_helper_defs.h
 
 LIB_TARGET	:= $(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(LIB_TARGET))
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ $(BPF_HELPER_DEFS): $(srctree)/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
 
 $(OUTPUT)libbpf.so: $(OUTPUT)libbpf.so.$(LIBBPF_VERSION)
 
-$(OUTPUT)libbpf.so.$(LIBBPF_VERSION): $(BPF_IN_SHARED)
+$(OUTPUT)libbpf.so.$(LIBBPF_VERSION): $(BPF_IN_SHARED) $(VERSION_SCRIPT)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) \
 		--shared -Wl,-soname,libbpf.so.$(LIBBPF_MAJOR_VERSION) \
-		-Wl,--version-script=$(VERSION_SCRIPT) $^ -lelf -lz -o $@
+		-Wl,--version-script=$(VERSION_SCRIPT) $< -lelf -lz -o $@
 	@ln -sf $(@F) $(OUTPUT)libbpf.so
 	@ln -sf $(@F) $(OUTPUT)libbpf.so.$(LIBBPF_MAJOR_VERSION)
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ $(OUTPUT)libbpf.pc:
 
 check: check_abi
 
-check_abi: $(OUTPUT)libbpf.so
+check_abi: $(OUTPUT)libbpf.so $(VERSION_SCRIPT)
 	@if [ "$(GLOBAL_SYM_COUNT)" != "$(VERSIONED_SYM_COUNT)" ]; then	 \
 		echo "Warning: Num of global symbols in $(BPF_IN_SHARED)"	 \
 		     "($(GLOBAL_SYM_COUNT)) does NOT match with num of"	 \