diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/verifier.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/verifier.c
index d9f65adb456b..3ee40ee9413a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/verifier.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/verifier.c
@@ -225,24 +225,7 @@ void test_verifier_xdp(void)                  { RUN(verifier_xdp); }
 void test_verifier_xdp_direct_packet_access(void) { RUN(verifier_xdp_direct_packet_access); }
 void test_verifier_bits_iter(void) { RUN(verifier_bits_iter); }
 void test_verifier_lsm(void)                  { RUN(verifier_lsm); }
-
-void test_verifier_mtu(void)
-{
-	__u64 caps = 0;
-	int ret;
-
-	/* In case CAP_BPF and CAP_PERFMON is not set */
-	ret = cap_enable_effective(1ULL << CAP_BPF | 1ULL << CAP_NET_ADMIN, &caps);
-	if (!ASSERT_OK(ret, "set_cap_bpf_cap_net_admin"))
-		return;
-	ret = cap_disable_effective(1ULL << CAP_SYS_ADMIN | 1ULL << CAP_PERFMON, NULL);
-	if (!ASSERT_OK(ret, "disable_cap_sys_admin"))
-		goto restore_cap;
-	RUN(verifier_mtu);
-restore_cap:
-	if (caps)
-		cap_enable_effective(caps, NULL);
-}
+void test_verifier_mtu(void)		      { RUN(verifier_mtu); }
 
 static int init_test_val_map(struct bpf_object *obj, char *map_name)
 {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h
index eccaf955e394..cd9dd427a91d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
  * __arch_*          Specify on which architecture the test case should be tested.
  *                   Several __arch_* annotations could be specified at once.
  *                   When test case is not run on current arch it is marked as skipped.
+ * __caps_unpriv     Specify the capabilities that should be set when running the test
  */
 #define __msg(msg)		__attribute__((btf_decl_tag("comment:test_expect_msg=" XSTR(__COUNTER__) "=" msg)))
 #define __xlated(msg)		__attribute__((btf_decl_tag("comment:test_expect_xlated=" XSTR(__COUNTER__) "=" msg)))
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@
 #define __arch_x86_64		__arch("X86_64")
 #define __arch_arm64		__arch("ARM64")
 #define __arch_riscv64		__arch("RISCV64")
+#define __caps_unpriv(caps)	__attribute__((btf_decl_tag("comment:test_caps_unpriv=" XSTR(caps))))
 
 /* Convenience macro for use with 'asm volatile' blocks */
 #define __naked __attribute__((naked))
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_mtu.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_mtu.c
index 70c7600a26a0..88b1fa5f6030 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_mtu.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_mtu.c
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 
 SEC("tc/ingress")
 __description("uninit/mtu: write rejected")
-__failure __msg("invalid indirect read from stack")
+__success __failure_unpriv __msg_unpriv("invalid indirect read from stack")
+__caps_unpriv(CAP_BPF)
 int tc_uninit_mtu(struct __sk_buff *ctx)
 {
 	__u32 mtu;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_loader.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_loader.c
index 3e9b009580d4..d693e1fc6fa5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_loader.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_loader.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #define TEST_TAG_ARCH "comment:test_arch="
 #define TEST_TAG_JITED_PFX "comment:test_jited="
 #define TEST_TAG_JITED_PFX_UNPRIV "comment:test_jited_unpriv="
+#define TEST_TAG_CAPS_UNPRIV "comment:test_caps_unpriv="
 
 /* Warning: duplicated in bpf_misc.h */
 #define POINTER_VALUE	0xcafe4all
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ struct test_subspec {
 	struct expected_msgs jited;
 	int retval;
 	bool execute;
+	__u64 caps;
 };
 
 struct test_spec {
@@ -276,6 +278,33 @@ static int parse_int(const char *str, int *val, const char *name)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int parse_caps(const char *str, __u64 *val, const char *name)
+{
+	int cap_flag = 0;
+	char *token = NULL, *saveptr = NULL;
+
+	char *str_cpy = strdup(str);
+	if (str_cpy == NULL) {
+		PRINT_FAIL("Memory allocation failed\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	token = strtok_r(str_cpy, "|", &saveptr);
+	while (token != NULL) {
+		errno = 0;
+		cap_flag = strtol(token, NULL, 10);
+		if (errno) {
+			PRINT_FAIL("failed to parse caps %s\n", name);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		*val |= (1ULL << cap_flag);
+		token = strtok_r(NULL, "|", &saveptr);
+	}
+
+	free(str_cpy);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int parse_retval(const char *str, int *val, const char *name)
 {
 	struct {
@@ -541,6 +570,12 @@ static int parse_test_spec(struct test_loader *tester,
 			jit_on_next_line = true;
 		} else if (str_has_pfx(s, TEST_BTF_PATH)) {
 			spec->btf_custom_path = s + sizeof(TEST_BTF_PATH) - 1;
+		} else if (str_has_pfx(s, TEST_TAG_CAPS_UNPRIV)) {
+			val = s + sizeof(TEST_TAG_CAPS_UNPRIV) - 1;
+			err = parse_caps(val, &spec->unpriv.caps, "test caps");
+			if (err)
+				goto cleanup;
+			spec->mode_mask |= UNPRIV;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -917,6 +952,12 @@ void run_subtest(struct test_loader *tester,
 			test__end_subtest();
 			return;
 		}
+		if (subspec->caps) {
+			err = cap_enable_effective(subspec->caps, NULL);
+			if (err)
+				PRINT_FAIL("failed to set capabilities: %i, %s\n", err, strerror(err));
+			goto subtest_cleanup;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* Implicitly reset to NULL if next test case doesn't specify */
