return -ENOENT;
 }
 
+__s32 btf__find_by_name_kind(const struct btf *btf, const char *type_name,
+                            __u32 kind)
+{
+       __u32 i;
+
+       if (kind == BTF_KIND_UNKN || !strcmp(type_name, "void"))
+               return 0;
+
+       for (i = 1; i <= btf->nr_types; i++) {
+               const struct btf_type *t = btf->types[i];
+               const char *name;
+
+               if (btf_kind(t) != kind)
+                       continue;
+               name = btf__name_by_offset(btf, t->name_off);
+               if (name && !strcmp(type_name, name))
+                       return i;
+       }
+
+       return -ENOENT;
+}
+
 void btf__free(struct btf *btf)
 {
        if (!btf)
 
 LIBBPF_API int btf__load(struct btf *btf);
 LIBBPF_API __s32 btf__find_by_name(const struct btf *btf,
                                   const char *type_name);
+LIBBPF_API __s32 btf__find_by_name_kind(const struct btf *btf,
+                                       const char *type_name, __u32 kind);
 LIBBPF_API __u32 btf__get_nr_types(const struct btf *btf);
 LIBBPF_API const struct btf_type *btf__type_by_id(const struct btf *btf,
                                                  __u32 id);