diff --git a/src/btf.h b/src/btf.h
index 4a711f9..f2e2fab 100644
--- a/src/btf.h
+++ b/src/btf.h
@@ -50,9 +50,11 @@ LIBBPF_API struct btf *libbpf_find_kernel_btf(void);
 
 LIBBPF_API struct btf *btf__load_from_kernel_by_id(__u32 id);
 LIBBPF_API struct btf *btf__load_from_kernel_by_id_split(__u32 id, struct btf *base_btf);
+LIBBPF_DEPRECATED_SINCE(0, 6, "use btf__load_from_kernel_by_id instead")
 LIBBPF_API int btf__get_from_id(__u32 id, struct btf **btf);
 
 LIBBPF_API int btf__finalize_data(struct bpf_object *obj, struct btf *btf);
+LIBBPF_DEPRECATED_SINCE(0, 6, "use btf__load_into_kernel instead")
 LIBBPF_API int btf__load(struct btf *btf);
 LIBBPF_API int btf__load_into_kernel(struct btf *btf);
 LIBBPF_API __s32 btf__find_by_name(const struct btf *btf,
diff --git a/src/libbpf_common.h b/src/libbpf_common.h
index 947d8bd..36ac77f 100644
--- a/src/libbpf_common.h
+++ b/src/libbpf_common.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #define __LIBBPF_LIBBPF_COMMON_H
 
 #include <string.h>
+#include "libbpf_version.h"
 
 #ifndef LIBBPF_API
 #define LIBBPF_API __attribute__((visibility("default")))
@@ -17,6 +18,24 @@
 
 #define LIBBPF_DEPRECATED(msg) __attribute__((deprecated(msg)))
 
+/* Mark a symbol as deprecated when libbpf version is >= {major}.{minor} */
+#define LIBBPF_DEPRECATED_SINCE(major, minor, msg)			    \
+	__LIBBPF_MARK_DEPRECATED_ ## major ## _ ## minor		    \
+		(LIBBPF_DEPRECATED("libbpf v" # major "." # minor "+: " msg))
+
+#define __LIBBPF_CURRENT_VERSION_GEQ(major, minor)			    \
+	(LIBBPF_MAJOR_VERSION > (major) ||				    \
+	 (LIBBPF_MAJOR_VERSION == (major) && LIBBPF_MINOR_VERSION >= (minor)))
+
+/* Add checks for other versions below when planning deprecation of API symbols
+ * with the LIBBPF_DEPRECATED_SINCE macro.
+ */
+#if __LIBBPF_CURRENT_VERSION_GEQ(0, 6)
+#define __LIBBPF_MARK_DEPRECATED_0_6(X) X
+#else
+#define __LIBBPF_MARK_DEPRECATED_0_6(X)
+#endif
+
 /* Helper macro to declare and initialize libbpf options struct
  *
  * This dance with uninitialized declaration, followed by memset to zero,