diff --git a/src/libbpf.c b/src/libbpf.c
index 5b0d87e..613afae 100644
--- a/src/libbpf.c
+++ b/src/libbpf.c
@@ -9934,6 +9934,16 @@ int bpf_program__set_flags(struct bpf_program *prog, __u32 flags)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int bpf_program__add_flags(struct bpf_program *prog, __u32 flags)
+{
+	return bpf_program__set_flags(prog, prog->prog_flags | flags);
+}
+
+int bpf_program__clear_flags(struct bpf_program *prog, __u32 flags)
+{
+	return bpf_program__set_flags(prog, prog->prog_flags & ~flags);
+}
+
 __u32 bpf_program__log_level(const struct bpf_program *prog)
 {
 	return prog->log_level;
diff --git a/src/libbpf.h b/src/libbpf.h
index b965ad5..48266e7 100644
--- a/src/libbpf.h
+++ b/src/libbpf.h
@@ -1011,6 +1011,28 @@ bpf_program__set_expected_attach_type(struct bpf_program *prog,
 LIBBPF_API __u32 bpf_program__flags(const struct bpf_program *prog);
 LIBBPF_API int bpf_program__set_flags(struct bpf_program *prog, __u32 flags);
 
+/**
+ * @brief **bpf_program__add_flags()** adds one or more flags to the BPF
+ * program, preserving any existing flags.
+ *
+ * @param prog BPF program
+ * @param flags the flags to add
+ *
+ * @return 0, on success; negative error code, otherwise
+ */
+LIBBPF_API int bpf_program__add_flags(struct bpf_program *prog, __u32 flags);
+
+/**
+ * @brief **bpf_program__clear_flags()** clears one or more flags from the BPF
+ * program, preserving any other flags not explicitly cleared.
+ *
+ * @param prog BPF program
+ * @param flags the flags to clear
+ *
+ * @return 0, on success; negative error code, otherwise
+ */
+LIBBPF_API int bpf_program__clear_flags(struct bpf_program *prog, __u32 flags);
+
 /* Per-program log level and log buffer getters/setters.
  * See bpf_object_open_opts comments regarding log_level and log_buf
  * interactions.
diff --git a/src/libbpf.map b/src/libbpf.map
index 08ab2ea..a811a1b 100644
--- a/src/libbpf.map
+++ b/src/libbpf.map
@@ -458,7 +458,9 @@ LIBBPF_1.7.0 {
 
 LIBBPF_1.8.0 {
 	global:
+		bpf_program__add_flags;
 		bpf_program__attach_tracing_multi;
+		bpf_program__clear_flags;
 		bpf_program__clone;
 		btf__find_by_name_kind_own;
 		btf__new_empty_opts;