diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index 3ce548eff8a8..22aaec74ea0a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 include ../../../../scripts/Kbuild.include
 include ../../../scripts/Makefile.arch
 
+CXX ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)g++
+
 CURDIR := $(abspath .)
 TOOLSDIR := $(abspath ../../..)
 LIBDIR := $(TOOLSDIR)/lib