diff --git a/include/linux/btf.h b/include/linux/btf.h
index e9b90d9c3569..49e0fe6d8274 100644
--- a/include/linux/btf.h
+++ b/include/linux/btf.h
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@
 #define KF_DESTRUCTIVE  (1 << 6) /* kfunc performs destructive actions */
 #define KF_RCU          (1 << 7) /* kfunc only takes rcu pointer arguments */
 
+/*
+ * Tag marking a kernel function as a kfunc. This is meant to minimize the
+ * amount of copy-paste that kfunc authors have to include for correctness so
+ * as to avoid issues such as the compiler inlining or eliding either a static
+ * kfunc, or a global kfunc in an LTO build.
+ */
+#define __bpf_kfunc __used noinline
+
 /*
  * Return the name of the passed struct, if exists, or halt the build if for
  * example the structure gets renamed. In this way, developers have to revisit