diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index c1708ffa6b1c..3d5940cd110d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ $(RESOLVE_BTFIDS): $(BPFOBJ) | $(BUILD_DIR)/resolve_btfids	\
 # build would have failed anyways.
 define get_sys_includes
 $(shell $(1) -v -E - </dev/null 2>&1 \
-	| sed -n '/<...> search starts here:/,/End of search list./{ s| \(/.*\)|-idirafter \1|p }')
+	| sed -n '/<...> search starts here:/,/End of search list./{ s| \(/.*\)|-idirafter \1|p }') \
+$(shell $(1) -dM -E - </dev/null | grep '#define __riscv_xlen ' | sed 's/#define /-D/' | sed 's/ /=/')
 endef
 
 # Determine target endianness.