diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
index d38d7a629417..bf7a35a9556d 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
@@ -444,7 +444,15 @@ struct xdp_link_info {
 	__u8 attach_mode;
 };
 
+struct bpf_xdp_set_link_opts {
+	size_t sz;
+	__u32 old_fd;
+};
+#define bpf_xdp_set_link_opts__last_field old_fd
+
 LIBBPF_API int bpf_set_link_xdp_fd(int ifindex, int fd, __u32 flags);
+LIBBPF_API int bpf_set_link_xdp_fd_opts(int ifindex, int fd, __u32 flags,
+					const struct bpf_xdp_set_link_opts *opts);
 LIBBPF_API int bpf_get_link_xdp_id(int ifindex, __u32 *prog_id, __u32 flags);
 LIBBPF_API int bpf_get_link_xdp_info(int ifindex, struct xdp_link_info *info,
 				     size_t info_size, __u32 flags);
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
index 5129283c0284..dcc87db3ca8a 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
@@ -244,4 +244,5 @@ LIBBPF_0.0.8 {
 		bpf_link__pin_path;
 		bpf_link__unpin;
 		bpf_program__set_attach_target;
+		bpf_set_link_xdp_fd_opts;
 } LIBBPF_0.0.7;
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c b/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
index 431bd25c6cdb..18b5319025e1 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ done:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int bpf_set_link_xdp_fd(int ifindex, int fd, __u32 flags)
+static int __bpf_set_link_xdp_fd_replace(int ifindex, int fd, int old_fd,
+					 __u32 flags)
 {
 	int sock, seq = 0, ret;
 	struct nlattr *nla, *nla_xdp;
@@ -178,6 +179,14 @@ int bpf_set_link_xdp_fd(int ifindex, int fd, __u32 flags)
 		nla->nla_len += nla_xdp->nla_len;
 	}
 
+	if (flags & XDP_FLAGS_REPLACE) {
+		nla_xdp = (struct nlattr *)((char *)nla + nla->nla_len);
+		nla_xdp->nla_type = IFLA_XDP_EXPECTED_FD;
+		nla_xdp->nla_len = NLA_HDRLEN + sizeof(old_fd);
+		memcpy((char *)nla_xdp + NLA_HDRLEN, &old_fd, sizeof(old_fd));
+		nla->nla_len += nla_xdp->nla_len;
+	}
+
 	req.nh.nlmsg_len += NLA_ALIGN(nla->nla_len);
 
 	if (send(sock, &req, req.nh.nlmsg_len, 0) < 0) {
@@ -191,6 +200,29 @@ cleanup:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int bpf_set_link_xdp_fd_opts(int ifindex, int fd, __u32 flags,
+			     const struct bpf_xdp_set_link_opts *opts)
+{
+	int old_fd = -1;
+
+	if (!OPTS_VALID(opts, bpf_xdp_set_link_opts))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (OPTS_HAS(opts, old_fd)) {
+		old_fd = OPTS_GET(opts, old_fd, -1);
+		flags |= XDP_FLAGS_REPLACE;
+	}
+
+	return __bpf_set_link_xdp_fd_replace(ifindex, fd,
+					     old_fd,
+					     flags);
+}
+
+int bpf_set_link_xdp_fd(int ifindex, int fd, __u32 flags)
+{
+	return __bpf_set_link_xdp_fd_replace(ifindex, fd, 0, flags);
+}
+
 static int __dump_link_nlmsg(struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 			     libbpf_dump_nlmsg_t dump_link_nlmsg, void *cookie)
 {