diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst
index 9b17f2867488a..8200c0da2769a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst
@@ -201,6 +201,20 @@ Without it, the error from compiling bpf selftests looks like:
 
 __ https://reviews.llvm.org/D93563
 
+btf_tag test and Clang version
+==============================
+
+The btf_tag selftest require LLVM support to recognize the btf_tag attribute.
+It was introduced in `Clang 14`__.
+
+Without it, the btf_tag selftest will be skipped and you will observe:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  #<test_num> btf_tag:SKIP
+
+__ https://reviews.llvm.org/D106614
+
 Clang dependencies for static linking tests
 ===========================================
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf_tag.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf_tag.c
index f939527ede77a..91821f42714da 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf_tag.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf_tag.c
@@ -10,5 +10,11 @@ void test_btf_tag(void)
 	skel = tag__open_and_load();
 	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "btf_tag"))
 		return;
+
+	if (skel->rodata->skip_tests) {
+		printf("%s:SKIP: btf_tag attribute not supported", __func__);
+		test__skip();
+	}
+
 	tag__destroy(skel);
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tag.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tag.c
index 17f88c58a6c5f..b46b1bfac7da3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tag.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tag.c
@@ -4,8 +4,19 @@
 #include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
 #include <bpf/bpf_tracing.h>
 
+#ifndef __has_attribute
+#define __has_attribute(x) 0
+#endif
+
+#if __has_attribute(btf_tag)
 #define __tag1 __attribute__((btf_tag("tag1")))
 #define __tag2 __attribute__((btf_tag("tag2")))
+volatile const bool skip_tests __tag1 __tag2 = false;
+#else
+#define __tag1
+#define __tag2
+volatile const bool skip_tests = true;
+#endif
 
 struct key_t {
 	int a;
@@ -20,7 +31,6 @@ struct {
 	__type(value, __u64);
 } hashmap1 SEC(".maps");
 
-__u32 total __tag1 __tag2 = 0;
 
 static __noinline int foo(int x __tag1 __tag2) __tag1 __tag2
 {