diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sched_ext/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/sched_ext/Makefile
index 06ae9c107049..011762224600 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/sched_ext/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/sched_ext/Makefile
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ auto-test-targets :=			\
 
 testcase-targets := $(addsuffix .o,$(addprefix $(SCXOBJ_DIR)/,$(auto-test-targets)))
 
-$(SCXOBJ_DIR)/runner.o: runner.c | $(SCXOBJ_DIR)
+$(SCXOBJ_DIR)/runner.o: runner.c | $(SCXOBJ_DIR) $(BPFOBJ)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 # Create all of the test targets object files, whose testcase objects will be