diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/bpftool/bpftool.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/bpftool/bpftool.bb
index d4286295c0..bbfab47aae 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/bpftool/bpftool.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/bpftool/bpftool.bb
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ EXTRA_OEMAKE = "\
 
 SECURITY_CFLAGS = ""
 
+do_configure[depends] += "virtual/kernel:do_shared_workdir"
+
 COMPATIBLE_HOST = "(x86_64|aarch64).*-linux"
 COMPATIBLE_HOST:libc-musl = 'null'