diff --git a/src/libbpf.c b/src/libbpf.c
index 4907997..f308690 100644
--- a/src/libbpf.c
+++ b/src/libbpf.c
@@ -3941,6 +3941,23 @@ int bpf_prog_load_xattr(const struct bpf_prog_load_attr *attr,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+struct bpf_link {
+	int (*destroy)(struct bpf_link *link);
+};
+
+int bpf_link__destroy(struct bpf_link *link)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	if (!link)
+		return 0;
+
+	err = link->destroy(link);
+	free(link);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 enum bpf_perf_event_ret
 bpf_perf_event_read_simple(void *mmap_mem, size_t mmap_size, size_t page_size,
 			   void **copy_mem, size_t *copy_size,
diff --git a/src/libbpf.h b/src/libbpf.h
index d639f47..5082a5e 100644
--- a/src/libbpf.h
+++ b/src/libbpf.h
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ LIBBPF_API int bpf_program__pin(struct bpf_program *prog, const char *path);
 LIBBPF_API int bpf_program__unpin(struct bpf_program *prog, const char *path);
 LIBBPF_API void bpf_program__unload(struct bpf_program *prog);
 
+struct bpf_link;
+
+LIBBPF_API int bpf_link__destroy(struct bpf_link *link);
+
 struct bpf_insn;
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/libbpf.map b/src/libbpf.map
index 2c6d835..3cde850 100644
--- a/src/libbpf.map
+++ b/src/libbpf.map
@@ -167,10 +167,11 @@ LIBBPF_0.0.3 {
 
 LIBBPF_0.0.4 {
 	global:
+		bpf_link__destroy;
+		bpf_object__load_xattr;
 		btf_dump__dump_type;
 		btf_dump__free;
 		btf_dump__new;
 		btf__parse_elf;
-		bpf_object__load_xattr;
 		libbpf_num_possible_cpus;
 } LIBBPF_0.0.3;