diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
index 7bb4ab16d4f6..796f17d72230 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include "bpf.h"
 #include "libbpf.h"
 #include "libbpf_internal.h"
@@ -226,58 +227,91 @@ alloc_zero_tailing_info(const void *orecord, __u32 cnt,
 	return info;
 }
 
-int libbpf__bpf_prog_load(const struct bpf_prog_load_params *load_attr)
+DEFAULT_VERSION(bpf_prog_load_v0_6_0, bpf_prog_load, LIBBPF_0.6.0)
+int bpf_prog_load_v0_6_0(enum bpf_prog_type prog_type,
+		         const char *prog_name, const char *license,
+		         const struct bpf_insn *insns, size_t insn_cnt,
+		         const struct bpf_prog_load_opts *opts)
 {
 	void *finfo = NULL, *linfo = NULL;
+	const char *func_info, *line_info;
+	__u32 log_size, log_level, attach_prog_fd, attach_btf_obj_fd;
+	__u32 func_info_rec_size, line_info_rec_size;
+	int fd, attempts;
 	union bpf_attr attr;
-	int fd;
+	char *log_buf;
 
-	if (!load_attr->log_buf != !load_attr->log_buf_sz)
+	if (!OPTS_VALID(opts, bpf_prog_load_opts))
 		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
 
-	if (load_attr->log_level > (4 | 2 | 1) || (load_attr->log_level && !load_attr->log_buf))
+	attempts = OPTS_GET(opts, attempts, 0);
+	if (attempts < 0)
 		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+	if (attempts == 0)
+		attempts = PROG_LOAD_ATTEMPTS;
 
 	memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
-	attr.prog_type = load_attr->prog_type;
-	attr.expected_attach_type = load_attr->expected_attach_type;
 
-	if (load_attr->attach_prog_fd)
-		attr.attach_prog_fd = load_attr->attach_prog_fd;
-	else
-		attr.attach_btf_obj_fd = load_attr->attach_btf_obj_fd;
-	attr.attach_btf_id = load_attr->attach_btf_id;
+	attr.prog_type = prog_type;
+	attr.expected_attach_type = OPTS_GET(opts, expected_attach_type, 0);
 
-	attr.prog_ifindex = load_attr->prog_ifindex;
-	attr.kern_version = load_attr->kern_version;
+	attr.prog_btf_fd = OPTS_GET(opts, prog_btf_fd, 0);
+	attr.prog_flags = OPTS_GET(opts, prog_flags, 0);
+	attr.prog_ifindex = OPTS_GET(opts, prog_ifindex, 0);
+	attr.kern_version = OPTS_GET(opts, kern_version, 0);
 
-	attr.insn_cnt = (__u32)load_attr->insn_cnt;
-	attr.insns = ptr_to_u64(load_attr->insns);
-	attr.license = ptr_to_u64(load_attr->license);
+	if (prog_name)
+		strncat(attr.prog_name, prog_name, sizeof(attr.prog_name) - 1);
+	attr.license = ptr_to_u64(license);
 
-	attr.log_level = load_attr->log_level;
-	if (attr.log_level) {
-		attr.log_buf = ptr_to_u64(load_attr->log_buf);
-		attr.log_size = load_attr->log_buf_sz;
-	}
+	if (insn_cnt > UINT_MAX)
+		return libbpf_err(-E2BIG);
 
-	attr.prog_btf_fd = load_attr->prog_btf_fd;
-	attr.prog_flags = load_attr->prog_flags;
+	attr.insns = ptr_to_u64(insns);
+	attr.insn_cnt = (__u32)insn_cnt;
 
-	attr.func_info_rec_size = load_attr->func_info_rec_size;
-	attr.func_info_cnt = load_attr->func_info_cnt;
-	attr.func_info = ptr_to_u64(load_attr->func_info);
+	attach_prog_fd = OPTS_GET(opts, attach_prog_fd, 0);
+	attach_btf_obj_fd = OPTS_GET(opts, attach_btf_obj_fd, 0);
 
-	attr.line_info_rec_size = load_attr->line_info_rec_size;
-	attr.line_info_cnt = load_attr->line_info_cnt;
-	attr.line_info = ptr_to_u64(load_attr->line_info);
-	attr.fd_array = ptr_to_u64(load_attr->fd_array);
+	if (attach_prog_fd && attach_btf_obj_fd)
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
 
-	if (load_attr->name)
-		memcpy(attr.prog_name, load_attr->name,
-		       min(strlen(load_attr->name), (size_t)BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN - 1));
+	attr.attach_btf_id = OPTS_GET(opts, attach_btf_id, 0);
+	if (attach_prog_fd)
+		attr.attach_prog_fd = attach_prog_fd;
+	else
+		attr.attach_btf_obj_fd = attach_btf_obj_fd;
 
-	fd = sys_bpf_prog_load(&attr, sizeof(attr), PROG_LOAD_ATTEMPTS);
+	log_buf = OPTS_GET(opts, log_buf, NULL);
+	log_size = OPTS_GET(opts, log_size, 0);
+	log_level = OPTS_GET(opts, log_level, 0);
+
+	if (!!log_buf != !!log_size)
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+	if (log_level > (4 | 2 | 1))
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+	if (log_level && !log_buf)
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	attr.log_level = log_level;
+	attr.log_buf = ptr_to_u64(log_buf);
+	attr.log_size = log_size;
+
+	func_info_rec_size = OPTS_GET(opts, func_info_rec_size, 0);
+	func_info = OPTS_GET(opts, func_info, NULL);
+	attr.func_info_rec_size = func_info_rec_size;
+	attr.func_info = ptr_to_u64(func_info);
+	attr.func_info_cnt = OPTS_GET(opts, func_info_cnt, 0);
+
+	line_info_rec_size = OPTS_GET(opts, line_info_rec_size, 0);
+	line_info = OPTS_GET(opts, line_info, NULL);
+	attr.line_info_rec_size = line_info_rec_size;
+	attr.line_info = ptr_to_u64(line_info);
+	attr.line_info_cnt = OPTS_GET(opts, line_info_cnt, 0);
+
+	attr.fd_array = ptr_to_u64(OPTS_GET(opts, fd_array, NULL));
+
+	fd = sys_bpf_prog_load(&attr, sizeof(attr), attempts);
 	if (fd >= 0)
 		return fd;
 
@@ -287,11 +321,11 @@ int libbpf__bpf_prog_load(const struct bpf_prog_load_params *load_attr)
 	 */
 	while (errno == E2BIG && (!finfo || !linfo)) {
 		if (!finfo && attr.func_info_cnt &&
-		    attr.func_info_rec_size < load_attr->func_info_rec_size) {
+		    attr.func_info_rec_size < func_info_rec_size) {
 			/* try with corrected func info records */
-			finfo = alloc_zero_tailing_info(load_attr->func_info,
-							load_attr->func_info_cnt,
-							load_attr->func_info_rec_size,
+			finfo = alloc_zero_tailing_info(func_info,
+							attr.func_info_cnt,
+							func_info_rec_size,
 							attr.func_info_rec_size);
 			if (!finfo) {
 				errno = E2BIG;
@@ -299,13 +333,12 @@ int libbpf__bpf_prog_load(const struct bpf_prog_load_params *load_attr)
 			}
 
 			attr.func_info = ptr_to_u64(finfo);
-			attr.func_info_rec_size = load_attr->func_info_rec_size;
+			attr.func_info_rec_size = func_info_rec_size;
 		} else if (!linfo && attr.line_info_cnt &&
-			   attr.line_info_rec_size <
-			   load_attr->line_info_rec_size) {
-			linfo = alloc_zero_tailing_info(load_attr->line_info,
-							load_attr->line_info_cnt,
-							load_attr->line_info_rec_size,
+			   attr.line_info_rec_size < line_info_rec_size) {
+			linfo = alloc_zero_tailing_info(line_info,
+							attr.line_info_cnt,
+							line_info_rec_size,
 							attr.line_info_rec_size);
 			if (!linfo) {
 				errno = E2BIG;
@@ -313,26 +346,26 @@ int libbpf__bpf_prog_load(const struct bpf_prog_load_params *load_attr)
 			}
 
 			attr.line_info = ptr_to_u64(linfo);
-			attr.line_info_rec_size = load_attr->line_info_rec_size;
+			attr.line_info_rec_size = line_info_rec_size;
 		} else {
 			break;
 		}
 
-		fd = sys_bpf_prog_load(&attr, sizeof(attr), PROG_LOAD_ATTEMPTS);
+		fd = sys_bpf_prog_load(&attr, sizeof(attr), attempts);
 		if (fd >= 0)
 			goto done;
 	}
 
-	if (load_attr->log_level || !load_attr->log_buf)
+	if (log_level || !log_buf)
 		goto done;
 
 	/* Try again with log */
-	attr.log_buf = ptr_to_u64(load_attr->log_buf);
-	attr.log_size = load_attr->log_buf_sz;
+	log_buf[0] = 0;
+	attr.log_buf = ptr_to_u64(log_buf);
+	attr.log_size = log_size;
 	attr.log_level = 1;
-	load_attr->log_buf[0] = 0;
 
-	fd = sys_bpf_prog_load(&attr, sizeof(attr), PROG_LOAD_ATTEMPTS);
+	fd = sys_bpf_prog_load(&attr, sizeof(attr), attempts);
 done:
 	/* free() doesn't affect errno, so we don't need to restore it */
 	free(finfo);
@@ -343,14 +376,13 @@ int libbpf__bpf_prog_load(const struct bpf_prog_load_params *load_attr)
 int bpf_load_program_xattr(const struct bpf_load_program_attr *load_attr,
 			   char *log_buf, size_t log_buf_sz)
 {
-	struct bpf_prog_load_params p = {};
+	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_prog_load_opts, p);
 
 	if (!load_attr || !log_buf != !log_buf_sz)
 		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
 
-	p.prog_type = load_attr->prog_type;
 	p.expected_attach_type = load_attr->expected_attach_type;
-	switch (p.prog_type) {
+	switch (load_attr->prog_type) {
 	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS:
 	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_LSM:
 		p.attach_btf_id = load_attr->attach_btf_id;
@@ -364,12 +396,9 @@ int bpf_load_program_xattr(const struct bpf_load_program_attr *load_attr,
 		p.prog_ifindex = load_attr->prog_ifindex;
 		p.kern_version = load_attr->kern_version;
 	}
-	p.insn_cnt = load_attr->insns_cnt;
-	p.insns = load_attr->insns;
-	p.license = load_attr->license;
 	p.log_level = load_attr->log_level;
 	p.log_buf = log_buf;
-	p.log_buf_sz = log_buf_sz;
+	p.log_size = log_buf_sz;
 	p.prog_btf_fd = load_attr->prog_btf_fd;
 	p.func_info_rec_size = load_attr->func_info_rec_size;
 	p.func_info_cnt = load_attr->func_info_cnt;
@@ -377,10 +406,10 @@ int bpf_load_program_xattr(const struct bpf_load_program_attr *load_attr,
 	p.line_info_rec_size = load_attr->line_info_rec_size;
 	p.line_info_cnt = load_attr->line_info_cnt;
 	p.line_info = load_attr->line_info;
-	p.name = load_attr->name;
 	p.prog_flags = load_attr->prog_flags;
 
-	return libbpf__bpf_prog_load(&p);
+	return bpf_prog_load(load_attr->prog_type, load_attr->name, load_attr->license,
+			     load_attr->insns, load_attr->insns_cnt, &p);
 }
 
 int bpf_load_program(enum bpf_prog_type type, const struct bpf_insn *insns,
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
index aac6bb4d8c82..f864d908f260 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
@@ -102,6 +102,71 @@ LIBBPF_API int bpf_create_map_in_map(enum bpf_map_type map_type,
 				     int inner_map_fd, int max_entries,
 				     __u32 map_flags);
 
+struct bpf_prog_load_opts {
+	size_t sz; /* size of this struct for forward/backward compatibility */
+
+	/* libbpf can retry BPF_PROG_LOAD command if bpf() syscall returns
+	 * -EAGAIN. This field determines how many attempts libbpf has to
+	 *  make. If not specified, libbpf will use default value of 5.
+	 */
+	int attempts;
+
+	enum bpf_attach_type expected_attach_type;
+	__u32 prog_btf_fd;
+	__u32 prog_flags;
+	__u32 prog_ifindex;
+	__u32 kern_version;
+
+	__u32 attach_btf_id;
+	__u32 attach_prog_fd;
+	__u32 attach_btf_obj_fd;
+
+	const int *fd_array;
+
+	/* .BTF.ext func info data */
+	const void *func_info;
+	__u32 func_info_cnt;
+	__u32 func_info_rec_size;
+
+	/* .BTF.ext line info data */
+	const void *line_info;
+	__u32 line_info_cnt;
+	__u32 line_info_rec_size;
+
+	/* verifier log options */
+	__u32 log_level;
+	__u32 log_size;
+	char *log_buf;
+};
+#define bpf_prog_load_opts__last_field log_buf
+
+LIBBPF_API int bpf_prog_load(enum bpf_prog_type prog_type,
+			     const char *prog_name, const char *license,
+			     const struct bpf_insn *insns, size_t insn_cnt,
+			     const struct bpf_prog_load_opts *opts);
+/* this "specialization" should go away in libbpf 1.0 */
+LIBBPF_API int bpf_prog_load_v0_6_0(enum bpf_prog_type prog_type,
+				    const char *prog_name, const char *license,
+				    const struct bpf_insn *insns, size_t insn_cnt,
+				    const struct bpf_prog_load_opts *opts);
+
+/* This is an elaborate way to not conflict with deprecated bpf_prog_load()
+ * API, defined in libbpf.h. Once we hit libbpf 1.0, all this will be gone.
+ * With this approach, if someone is calling bpf_prog_load() with
+ * 4 arguments, they will use the deprecated API, which keeps backwards
+ * compatibility (both source code and binary). If bpf_prog_load() is called
+ * with 6 arguments, though, it gets redirected to __bpf_prog_load.
+ * So looking forward to libbpf 1.0 when this hack will be gone and
+ * __bpf_prog_load() will be called just bpf_prog_load().
+ */
+#ifndef bpf_prog_load
+#define bpf_prog_load(...) ___libbpf_overload(___bpf_prog_load, __VA_ARGS__)
+#define ___bpf_prog_load4(file, type, pobj, prog_fd) \
+	bpf_prog_load_deprecated(file, type, pobj, prog_fd)
+#define ___bpf_prog_load6(prog_type, prog_name, license, insns, insn_cnt, opts) \
+	bpf_prog_load(prog_type, prog_name, license, insns, insn_cnt, opts)
+#endif /* bpf_prog_load */
+
 struct bpf_load_program_attr {
 	enum bpf_prog_type prog_type;
 	enum bpf_attach_type expected_attach_type;
@@ -133,13 +198,15 @@ struct bpf_load_program_attr {
 
 /* Recommend log buffer size */
 #define BPF_LOG_BUF_SIZE (UINT32_MAX >> 8) /* verifier maximum in kernels <= 5.1 */
-LIBBPF_API int
-bpf_load_program_xattr(const struct bpf_load_program_attr *load_attr,
-		       char *log_buf, size_t log_buf_sz);
+LIBBPF_DEPRECATED_SINCE(0, 7, "use bpf_prog_load() instead")
+LIBBPF_API int bpf_load_program_xattr(const struct bpf_load_program_attr *load_attr,
+				      char *log_buf, size_t log_buf_sz);
+LIBBPF_DEPRECATED_SINCE(0, 7, "use bpf_prog_load() instead")
 LIBBPF_API int bpf_load_program(enum bpf_prog_type type,
 				const struct bpf_insn *insns, size_t insns_cnt,
 				const char *license, __u32 kern_version,
 				char *log_buf, size_t log_buf_sz);
+LIBBPF_DEPRECATED_SINCE(0, 7, "use bpf_prog_load() instead")
 LIBBPF_API int bpf_verify_program(enum bpf_prog_type type,
 				  const struct bpf_insn *insns,
 				  size_t insns_cnt, __u32 prog_flags,
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_gen_internal.h b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_gen_internal.h
index d26e5472fe50..75ca9fb857b2 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_gen_internal.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_gen_internal.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #ifndef __BPF_GEN_INTERNAL_H
 #define __BPF_GEN_INTERNAL_H
 
+#include "bpf.h"
+
 struct ksym_relo_desc {
 	const char *name;
 	int kind;
@@ -50,8 +52,10 @@ int bpf_gen__finish(struct bpf_gen *gen);
 void bpf_gen__free(struct bpf_gen *gen);
 void bpf_gen__load_btf(struct bpf_gen *gen, const void *raw_data, __u32 raw_size);
 void bpf_gen__map_create(struct bpf_gen *gen, struct bpf_create_map_params *map_attr, int map_idx);
-struct bpf_prog_load_params;
-void bpf_gen__prog_load(struct bpf_gen *gen, struct bpf_prog_load_params *load_attr, int prog_idx);
+void bpf_gen__prog_load(struct bpf_gen *gen,
+			enum bpf_prog_type prog_type, const char *prog_name,
+			const char *license, struct bpf_insn *insns, size_t insn_cnt,
+			struct bpf_prog_load_opts *load_attr, int prog_idx);
 void bpf_gen__map_update_elem(struct bpf_gen *gen, int map_idx, void *value, __u32 value_size);
 void bpf_gen__map_freeze(struct bpf_gen *gen, int map_idx);
 void bpf_gen__record_attach_target(struct bpf_gen *gen, const char *name, enum bpf_attach_type type);
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/gen_loader.c b/tools/lib/bpf/gen_loader.c
index 502dea53a742..203d88f5b512 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/gen_loader.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/gen_loader.c
@@ -900,27 +900,27 @@ static void cleanup_relos(struct bpf_gen *gen, int insns)
 }
 
 void bpf_gen__prog_load(struct bpf_gen *gen,
-			struct bpf_prog_load_params *load_attr, int prog_idx)
+			enum bpf_prog_type prog_type, const char *prog_name,
+			const char *license, struct bpf_insn *insns, size_t insn_cnt,
+			struct bpf_prog_load_opts *load_attr, int prog_idx)
 {
 	int attr_size = offsetofend(union bpf_attr, fd_array);
-	int prog_load_attr, license, insns, func_info, line_info;
+	int prog_load_attr, license_off, insns_off, func_info, line_info;
 	union bpf_attr attr;
 
 	memset(&attr, 0, attr_size);
-	pr_debug("gen: prog_load: type %d insns_cnt %zd\n",
-		 load_attr->prog_type, load_attr->insn_cnt);
+	pr_debug("gen: prog_load: type %d insns_cnt %zd\n", prog_type, insn_cnt);
 	/* add license string to blob of bytes */
-	license = add_data(gen, load_attr->license, strlen(load_attr->license) + 1);
+	license_off = add_data(gen, license, strlen(license) + 1);
 	/* add insns to blob of bytes */
-	insns = add_data(gen, load_attr->insns,
-			 load_attr->insn_cnt * sizeof(struct bpf_insn));
+	insns_off = add_data(gen, insns, insn_cnt * sizeof(struct bpf_insn));
 
-	attr.prog_type = load_attr->prog_type;
+	attr.prog_type = prog_type;
 	attr.expected_attach_type = load_attr->expected_attach_type;
 	attr.attach_btf_id = load_attr->attach_btf_id;
 	attr.prog_ifindex = load_attr->prog_ifindex;
 	attr.kern_version = 0;
-	attr.insn_cnt = (__u32)load_attr->insn_cnt;
+	attr.insn_cnt = (__u32)insn_cnt;
 	attr.prog_flags = load_attr->prog_flags;
 
 	attr.func_info_rec_size = load_attr->func_info_rec_size;
@@ -933,15 +933,15 @@ void bpf_gen__prog_load(struct bpf_gen *gen,
 	line_info = add_data(gen, load_attr->line_info,
 			     attr.line_info_cnt * attr.line_info_rec_size);
 
-	memcpy(attr.prog_name, load_attr->name,
-	       min((unsigned)strlen(load_attr->name), BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN - 1));
+	memcpy(attr.prog_name, prog_name,
+	       min((unsigned)strlen(prog_name), BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN - 1));
 	prog_load_attr = add_data(gen, &attr, attr_size);
 
 	/* populate union bpf_attr with a pointer to license */
-	emit_rel_store(gen, attr_field(prog_load_attr, license), license);
+	emit_rel_store(gen, attr_field(prog_load_attr, license), license_off);
 
 	/* populate union bpf_attr with a pointer to instructions */
-	emit_rel_store(gen, attr_field(prog_load_attr, insns), insns);
+	emit_rel_store(gen, attr_field(prog_load_attr, insns), insns_off);
 
 	/* populate union bpf_attr with a pointer to func_info */
 	emit_rel_store(gen, attr_field(prog_load_attr, func_info), func_info);
@@ -973,12 +973,12 @@ void bpf_gen__prog_load(struct bpf_gen *gen,
 		emit(gen, BPF_STX_MEM(BPF_W, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_7,
 				      offsetof(union bpf_attr, attach_btf_obj_fd)));
 	}
-	emit_relos(gen, insns);
+	emit_relos(gen, insns_off);
 	/* emit PROG_LOAD command */
 	emit_sys_bpf(gen, BPF_PROG_LOAD, prog_load_attr, attr_size);
 	debug_ret(gen, "prog_load %s insn_cnt %d", attr.prog_name, attr.insn_cnt);
 	/* successful or not, close btf module FDs used in extern ksyms and attach_btf_obj_fd */
-	cleanup_relos(gen, insns);
+	cleanup_relos(gen, insns_off);
 	if (gen->attach_kind)
 		emit_sys_close_blob(gen,
 				    attr_field(prog_load_attr, attach_btf_obj_fd));
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 742d1a388179..902831b10216 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ struct reloc_desc {
 struct bpf_sec_def;
 
 typedef int (*init_fn_t)(struct bpf_program *prog, long cookie);
-typedef int (*preload_fn_t)(struct bpf_program *prog, struct bpf_prog_load_params *attr, long cookie);
+typedef int (*preload_fn_t)(struct bpf_program *prog, struct bpf_prog_load_opts *opts, long cookie);
 typedef struct bpf_link *(*attach_fn_t)(const struct bpf_program *prog, long cookie);
 
 /* stored as sec_def->cookie for all libbpf-supported SEC()s */
@@ -6374,16 +6374,16 @@ static int libbpf_find_attach_btf_id(struct bpf_program *prog, const char *attac
 
 /* this is called as prog->sec_def->preload_fn for libbpf-supported sec_defs */
 static int libbpf_preload_prog(struct bpf_program *prog,
-			       struct bpf_prog_load_params *attr, long cookie)
+			       struct bpf_prog_load_opts *opts, long cookie)
 {
 	enum sec_def_flags def = cookie;
 
 	/* old kernels might not support specifying expected_attach_type */
 	if ((def & SEC_EXP_ATTACH_OPT) && !kernel_supports(prog->obj, FEAT_EXP_ATTACH_TYPE))
-		attr->expected_attach_type = 0;
+		opts->expected_attach_type = 0;
 
 	if (def & SEC_SLEEPABLE)
-		attr->prog_flags |= BPF_F_SLEEPABLE;
+		opts->prog_flags |= BPF_F_SLEEPABLE;
 
 	if ((prog->type == BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACING ||
 	     prog->type == BPF_PROG_TYPE_LSM ||
@@ -6402,11 +6402,11 @@ static int libbpf_preload_prog(struct bpf_program *prog,
 
 		/* but by now libbpf common logic is not utilizing
 		 * prog->atach_btf_obj_fd/prog->attach_btf_id anymore because
-		 * this callback is called after attrs were populated by
-		 * libbpf, so this callback has to update attr explicitly here
+		 * this callback is called after opts were populated by
+		 * libbpf, so this callback has to update opts explicitly here
 		 */
-		attr->attach_btf_obj_fd = btf_obj_fd;
-		attr->attach_btf_id = btf_type_id;
+		opts->attach_btf_obj_fd = btf_obj_fd;
+		opts->attach_btf_id = btf_type_id;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -6415,8 +6415,9 @@ static int
 load_program(struct bpf_program *prog, struct bpf_insn *insns, int insns_cnt,
 	     char *license, __u32 kern_version, int *pfd)
 {
-	struct bpf_prog_load_params load_attr = {};
+	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_prog_load_opts, load_attr);
 	struct bpf_object *obj = prog->obj;
+	const char *prog_name = NULL;
 	char *cp, errmsg[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
 	size_t log_buf_size = 0;
 	char *log_buf = NULL;
@@ -6435,13 +6436,9 @@ load_program(struct bpf_program *prog, struct bpf_insn *insns, int insns_cnt,
 	if (!insns || !insns_cnt)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	load_attr.prog_type = prog->type;
 	load_attr.expected_attach_type = prog->expected_attach_type;
 	if (kernel_supports(obj, FEAT_PROG_NAME))
-		load_attr.name = prog->name;
-	load_attr.insns = insns;
-	load_attr.insn_cnt = insns_cnt;
-	load_attr.license = license;
+		prog_name = prog->name;
 	load_attr.attach_btf_id = prog->attach_btf_id;
 	load_attr.attach_prog_fd = prog->attach_prog_fd;
 	load_attr.attach_btf_obj_fd = prog->attach_btf_obj_fd;
@@ -6475,7 +6472,8 @@ load_program(struct bpf_program *prog, struct bpf_insn *insns, int insns_cnt,
 	}
 
 	if (obj->gen_loader) {
-		bpf_gen__prog_load(obj->gen_loader, &load_attr,
+		bpf_gen__prog_load(obj->gen_loader, prog->type, prog->name,
+				   license, insns, insns_cnt, &load_attr,
 				   prog - obj->programs);
 		*pfd = -1;
 		return 0;
@@ -6490,8 +6488,8 @@ load_program(struct bpf_program *prog, struct bpf_insn *insns, int insns_cnt,
 	}
 
 	load_attr.log_buf = log_buf;
-	load_attr.log_buf_sz = log_buf_size;
-	ret = libbpf__bpf_prog_load(&load_attr);
+	load_attr.log_size = log_buf_size;
+	ret = bpf_prog_load(prog->type, prog_name, license, insns, insns_cnt, &load_attr);
 
 	if (ret >= 0) {
 		if (log_buf && load_attr.log_level)
@@ -6537,19 +6535,19 @@ load_program(struct bpf_program *prog, struct bpf_insn *insns, int insns_cnt,
 		pr_warn("-- BEGIN DUMP LOG ---\n");
 		pr_warn("\n%s\n", log_buf);
 		pr_warn("-- END LOG --\n");
-	} else if (load_attr.insn_cnt >= BPF_MAXINSNS) {
-		pr_warn("Program too large (%zu insns), at most %d insns\n",
-			load_attr.insn_cnt, BPF_MAXINSNS);
+	} else if (insns_cnt >= BPF_MAXINSNS) {
+		pr_warn("Program too large (%d insns), at most %d insns\n",
+			insns_cnt, BPF_MAXINSNS);
 		ret = -LIBBPF_ERRNO__PROG2BIG;
-	} else if (load_attr.prog_type != BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE) {
+	} else if (prog->type != BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE) {
 		/* Wrong program type? */
 		int fd;
 
-		load_attr.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE;
 		load_attr.expected_attach_type = 0;
 		load_attr.log_buf = NULL;
-		load_attr.log_buf_sz = 0;
-		fd = libbpf__bpf_prog_load(&load_attr);
+		load_attr.log_size = 0;
+		fd = bpf_prog_load(BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE, prog_name, license,
+				   insns, insns_cnt, &load_attr);
 		if (fd >= 0) {
 			close(fd);
 			ret = -LIBBPF_ERRNO__PROGTYPE;
@@ -9144,8 +9142,9 @@ long libbpf_get_error(const void *ptr)
 	return -errno;
 }
 
-int bpf_prog_load(const char *file, enum bpf_prog_type type,
-		  struct bpf_object **pobj, int *prog_fd)
+COMPAT_VERSION(bpf_prog_load_deprecated, bpf_prog_load, LIBBPF_0.0.1)
+int bpf_prog_load_deprecated(const char *file, enum bpf_prog_type type,
+			     struct bpf_object **pobj, int *prog_fd)
 {
 	struct bpf_prog_load_attr attr;
 
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
index 9de0f299706b..2e4f0dcd8da6 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
@@ -676,8 +676,9 @@ struct bpf_prog_load_attr {
 
 LIBBPF_API int bpf_prog_load_xattr(const struct bpf_prog_load_attr *attr,
 				   struct bpf_object **pobj, int *prog_fd);
-LIBBPF_API int bpf_prog_load(const char *file, enum bpf_prog_type type,
-			     struct bpf_object **pobj, int *prog_fd);
+LIBBPF_DEPRECATED_SINCE(0, 7, "use bpf_object__open() and bpf_object__load() instead")
+LIBBPF_API int bpf_prog_load_deprecated(const char *file, enum bpf_prog_type type,
+					struct bpf_object **pobj, int *prog_fd);
 
 /* XDP related API */
 struct xdp_link_info {
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
index 43580eb47740..b895861a13c0 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
@@ -395,6 +395,8 @@ LIBBPF_0.6.0 {
 		bpf_object__next_program;
 		bpf_object__prev_map;
 		bpf_object__prev_program;
+		bpf_prog_load_deprecated;
+		bpf_prog_load;
 		bpf_program__insn_cnt;
 		bpf_program__insns;
 		btf__add_btf;
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_common.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_common.h
index 0967112b933a..b21cefc9c3b6 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_common.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_common.h
@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@
 #define __LIBBPF_MARK_DEPRECATED_0_7(X)
 #endif
 
+/* This set of internal macros allows to do "function overloading" based on
+ * number of arguments provided by used in backwards-compatible way during the
+ * transition to libbpf 1.0
+ * It's ugly but necessary evil that will be cleaned up when we get to 1.0.
+ * See bpf_prog_load() overload for example.
+ */
+#define ___libbpf_cat(A, B) A ## B
+#define ___libbpf_select(NAME, NUM) ___libbpf_cat(NAME, NUM)
+#define ___libbpf_nth(_1, _2, _3, _4, _5, _6, N, ...) N
+#define ___libbpf_cnt(...) ___libbpf_nth(__VA_ARGS__, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1)
+#define ___libbpf_overload(NAME, ...) ___libbpf_select(NAME, ___libbpf_cnt(__VA_ARGS__))(__VA_ARGS__)
+
 /* Helper macro to declare and initialize libbpf options struct
  *
  * This dance with uninitialized declaration, followed by memset to zero,
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
index aeb79e3a8ff9..c1e34794b829 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
@@ -276,37 +276,6 @@ int parse_cpu_mask_file(const char *fcpu, bool **mask, int *mask_sz);
 int libbpf__load_raw_btf(const char *raw_types, size_t types_len,
 			 const char *str_sec, size_t str_len);
 
-struct bpf_prog_load_params {
-	enum bpf_prog_type prog_type;
-	enum bpf_attach_type expected_attach_type;
-	const char *name;
-	const struct bpf_insn *insns;
-	size_t insn_cnt;
-	const char *license;
-	__u32 kern_version;
-	__u32 attach_prog_fd;
-	__u32 attach_btf_obj_fd;
-	__u32 attach_btf_id;
-	__u32 prog_ifindex;
-	__u32 prog_btf_fd;
-	__u32 prog_flags;
-
-	__u32 func_info_rec_size;
-	const void *func_info;
-	__u32 func_info_cnt;
-
-	__u32 line_info_rec_size;
-	const void *line_info;
-	__u32 line_info_cnt;
-
-	__u32 log_level;
-	char *log_buf;
-	size_t log_buf_sz;
-	int *fd_array;
-};
-
-int libbpf__bpf_prog_load(const struct bpf_prog_load_params *load_attr);
-
 struct bpf_create_map_params {
 	const char *name;
 	enum bpf_map_type map_type;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index f49cb5fc85af..43e5e5182317 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ SAN_CFLAGS	?=
 CFLAGS += -g -O0 -rdynamic -Wall $(GENFLAGS) $(SAN_CFLAGS)		\
 	  -I$(CURDIR) -I$(INCLUDE_DIR) -I$(GENDIR) -I$(LIBDIR)		\
 	  -I$(TOOLSINCDIR) -I$(APIDIR) -I$(OUTPUT)			\
-	  -Dbpf_prog_load=bpf_prog_test_load				\
+	  -Dbpf_prog_load_deprecated=bpf_prog_test_load			\
 	  -Dbpf_load_program=bpf_test_load_program
 LDLIBS += -lcap -lelf -lz -lrt -lpthread
 
