diff --git a/samples/bpf/libbpf.c b/samples/bpf/libbpf.c
index 46d50b7..7e1efa7 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/samples/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 
 int bpf_prog_load(enum bpf_prog_type prog_type,
 		  const struct bpf_insn *insns, int prog_len,
-		  const char *license)
+		  const char *license, int kern_version)
 {
 	union bpf_attr attr = {
 		.prog_type = prog_type,
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@
 		.log_level = 1,
 	};
 
+	/* assign one field outside of struct init to make sure any
+	 * padding is zero initialized
+	 */
+	attr.kern_version = kern_version;
+
 	bpf_log_buf[0] = 0;
 
 	return syscall(__NR_bpf, BPF_PROG_LOAD, &attr, sizeof(attr));
@@ -121,3 +126,10 @@
 
 	return sock;
 }
+
+int perf_event_open(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int pid, int cpu,
+		    int group_fd, unsigned long flags)
+{
+	return syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, attr, pid, cpu,
+		       group_fd, flags);
+}