diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libbpf/0.x.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libbpf/0.x.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2c15e3d49ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libbpf/0.x.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{ fetchFromGitHub
+, elfutils
+, pkg-config
+, stdenv
+, zlib
+, lib
+, nixosTests
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libbpf";
+  version = "0.8.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "libbpf";
+    repo = "libbpf";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-daVS+TErmDU8ksThOvcepg1A61iD8N8GIkC40cmc9/8=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+  buildInputs = [ elfutils zlib ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" "-C src" ];
+
+  passthru.tests = {
+    bpf = nixosTests.bpf;
+  };
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    # install linux's libbpf-compatible linux/btf.h
+    install -Dm444 include/uapi/linux/*.h -t $out/include/linux
+  '';
+
+  # FIXME: Multi-output requires some fixes to the way the pkg-config file is
+  # constructed (it gets put in $out instead of $dev for some reason, with
+  # improper paths embedded). Don't enable it for now.
+
+  # outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Upstream mirror of libbpf";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf";
+    license = with licenses; [ lgpl21 /* or */ bsd2 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice vcunat saschagrunert martinetd ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libbpf/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libbpf/default.nix
index 2c15e3d49ee..04322a35b4f 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libbpf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libbpf/default.nix
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libbpf";
-  version = "0.8.1";
+  version = "1.0.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "libbpf";
     repo = "libbpf";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-daVS+TErmDU8ksThOvcepg1A61iD8N8GIkC40cmc9/8=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-2rzVah+CxCztKnlEWMIQrUS2JJTLiWscfIA1aOBtIzs=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bd331840e52..46799a97345 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16167,7 +16167,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   bump = callPackage ../development/tools/github/bump { };
 
-  libbpf = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/libbpf { };
+  libbpf_1 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/libbpf { };
+  libbpf_0 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/libbpf/0.x.nix { };
+  # until more issues are fixed default to libbpf 0.x
+  libbpf = libbpf_0;
 
   bpftools = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/bpftools { };