diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index 01c95f8278c7..887f06a514ee 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ CLANG		?= clang
 LLC		?= llc
 LLVM_OBJCOPY	?= llvm-objcopy
 BPF_GCC		?= $(shell command -v bpf-gcc;)
-CFLAGS += -g -rdynamic -Wall -O2 $(GENFLAGS) -I$(CURDIR)		\
-	  -I$(INCLUDE_DIR) -I$(GENDIR) -I$(LIBDIR) -I$(TOOLSINCDIR)	\
-	  -I$(APIDIR)							\
+SAN_CFLAGS	?=
+CFLAGS += -g -rdynamic -Wall -O2 $(GENFLAGS) $(SAN_CFLAGS)		\
+	  -I$(CURDIR) -I$(INCLUDE_DIR) -I$(GENDIR) -I$(LIBDIR)		\
+	  -I$(TOOLSINCDIR) -I$(APIDIR)					\
 	  -Dbpf_prog_load=bpf_prog_test_load				\
 	  -Dbpf_load_program=bpf_test_load_program
 LDLIBS += -lcap -lelf -lz -lrt -lpthread