diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/file_build_id.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/file_build_id.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a7b6307cc0f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/file_build_id.c
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <test_progs.h>
+#include "file_build_id.skel.h"
+#include "trace_helpers.h"
+
+#define BUILDID_STR_SIZE (BPF_BUILD_ID_SIZE*2 + 1)
+
+void test_file_build_id(void)
+{
+	int go[2], err, child_pid, child_status, c = 1, i;
+	char bpf_build_id[BUILDID_STR_SIZE] = {};
+	struct file_build_id *skel;
+	char *bid = NULL;
+
+	skel = file_build_id__open_and_load();
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "file_build_id__open_and_load"))
+		return;
+
+	if (!ASSERT_OK(pipe(go), "pipe"))
+		goto out;
+
+	child_pid = fork();
+	if (child_pid < 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	/* child */
+	if (child_pid == 0) {
+		/* wait for parent's pid update */
+		err = read(go[0], &c, 1);
+		if (!ASSERT_EQ(err, 1, "child_read_pipe"))
+			exit(err);
+
+		execle("/bin/bash", "bash", "-c", "exit 0", NULL, NULL);
+		exit(errno);
+	}
+
+	/* parent, update child's pid and kick it */
+	skel->bss->pid = child_pid;
+
+	err = file_build_id__attach(skel);
+	if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "file_build_id__attach"))
+		goto out;
+
+	err = write(go[1], &c, 1);
+	if (!ASSERT_EQ(err, 1, "child_write_pipe"))
+		goto out;
+
+	/* wait for child to exit */
+	waitpid(child_pid, &child_status, 0);
+	if (!ASSERT_EQ(WEXITSTATUS(child_status), 0, "child_exit_value"))
+		goto out;
+
+	if (!ASSERT_OK(read_buildid("/bin/bash", &bid), "read_buildid"))
+		goto out;
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(skel->bss->build_id_size, strlen(bid)/2, "build_id_size");
+
+	/* Convert bpf build id to string, so we can compare it later. */
+	for (i = 0; i < skel->bss->build_id_size; i++) {
+		sprintf(bpf_build_id + i*2, "%02x",
+			(unsigned char) skel->bss->build_id[i]);
+	}
+	ASSERT_STREQ(bpf_build_id, bid, "build_id_data");
+
+out:
+	file_build_id__destroy(skel);
+	free(bid);
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/file_build_id.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/file_build_id.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..639a7217a927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/file_build_id.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include "vmlinux.h"
+#include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
+#include <bpf/bpf_tracing.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+
+char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
+
+int pid;
+u32 build_id_size;
+char build_id[20];
+
+SEC("tp_btf/sched_process_exec")
+int BPF_PROG(prog, struct task_struct *p, pid_t old_pid, struct linux_binprm *bprm)
+{
+	int cur_pid = bpf_get_current_pid_tgid() >> 32;
+	struct build_id *bid;
+
+	if (pid != cur_pid)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!bprm->file || !bprm->file->f_bid)
+		return 0;
+
+	bid = bprm->file->f_bid;
+	build_id_size = bid->sz;
+
+	if (build_id_size > 20)
+		return 0;
+
+	memcpy(build_id, bid->data, 20);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
index 09a16a77bae4..f5557890e383 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <poll.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
+#include <linux/limits.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include "trace_helpers.h"
 
@@ -230,3 +231,37 @@ ssize_t get_rel_offset(uintptr_t addr)
 	fclose(f);
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
+
+int read_buildid(const char *path, char **build_id)
+{
+	char tmp[] = "/tmp/dataXXXXXX";
+	char buf[PATH_MAX + 200];
+	int err, fd;
+	FILE *f;
+
+	fd = mkstemp(tmp);
+	if (fd == -1)
+		return -1;
+	close(fd);
+
+	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
+		"readelf -n %s 2>/dev/null | grep 'Build ID' | awk '{print $3}' > %s",
+		path, tmp);
+
+	err = system(buf);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
+	f = fopen(tmp, "r");
+	if (f) {
+		if (fscanf(f, "%ms$*\n", build_id) != 1) {
+			*build_id = NULL;
+			err = -1;
+		}
+		fclose(f);
+	}
+
+out:
+	unlink(tmp);
+	return err;
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.h
index 53efde0e2998..1a38c808b6c2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.h
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ void read_trace_pipe(void);
 ssize_t get_uprobe_offset(const void *addr);
 ssize_t get_rel_offset(uintptr_t addr);
 
+int read_buildid(const char *path, char **build_id);
 #endif
