diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index 34ea23c63bd5..79ab69920dca 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ endif
 
 $(OUTPUT)/runqslower: $(BPFOBJ) | $(DEFAULT_BPFTOOL) $(RUNQSLOWER_OUTPUT)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras) -C $(TOOLSDIR)/bpf/runqslower	       \
+		    CLANG=$(CLANG) LLVM_STRIP=$(LLVM_STRIP)		       \
 		    OUTPUT=$(RUNQSLOWER_OUTPUT) VMLINUX_BTF=$(VMLINUX_BTF)     \
 		    BPFTOOL_OUTPUT=$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/bpftool/		       \
 		    BPFOBJ_OUTPUT=$(BUILD_DIR)/libbpf/			       \
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk b/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
index a448fae57831..f14255b2afbd 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ LLVM_SUFFIX := $(LLVM)
 endif
 
 CLANG := $(LLVM_PREFIX)clang$(LLVM_SUFFIX)
+LLVM_STRIP := $(LLVM_PREFIX)llvm-strip$(LLVM_SUFFIX)
 
 CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_arm          := arm-linux-gnueabi
 CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_arm64        := aarch64-linux-gnu