diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c
index b3745ed711ba..bcaf55b59498 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c
@@ -389,6 +389,9 @@ static int dump_btf_c(const struct btf *btf,
 	if (IS_ERR(d))
 		return PTR_ERR(d);
 
+	printf("#ifndef __VMLINUX_H__\n");
+	printf("#define __VMLINUX_H__\n");
+	printf("\n");
 	printf("#ifndef BPF_NO_PRESERVE_ACCESS_INDEX\n");
 	printf("#pragma clang attribute push (__attribute__((preserve_access_index)), apply_to = record)\n");
 	printf("#endif\n\n");
@@ -412,6 +415,8 @@ static int dump_btf_c(const struct btf *btf,
 	printf("#ifndef BPF_NO_PRESERVE_ACCESS_INDEX\n");
 	printf("#pragma clang attribute pop\n");
 	printf("#endif\n");
+	printf("\n");
+	printf("#endif /* __VMLINUX_H__ */\n");
 
 done:
 	btf_dump__free(d);