--- /dev/null
+'''
+build ebpf program
+'''
+
+import os
+import signal
+from string import Template
+import subprocess
+import time
+from TdcPlugin import TdcPlugin
+from tdc_config import *
+
+class SubPlugin(TdcPlugin):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.sub_class = 'buildebpf/SubPlugin'
+        self.tap = ''
+        super().__init__()
+
+    def pre_suite(self, testcount, testidlist):
+        super().pre_suite(testcount, testidlist)
+
+        if self.args.buildebpf:
+            self._ebpf_makeall()
+
+    def post_suite(self, index):
+        super().post_suite(index)
+
+        self._ebpf_makeclean()
+
+    def add_args(self, parser):
+        super().add_args(parser)
+
+        self.argparser_group = self.argparser.add_argument_group(
+            'buildebpf',
+            'options for buildebpfPlugin')
+        self.argparser_group.add_argument(
+            '-B', '--buildebpf', action='store_true',
+            help='build eBPF programs')
+
+        return self.argparser
+
+    def _ebpf_makeall(self):
+        if self.args.buildebpf:
+            self._make('all')
+
+    def _ebpf_makeclean(self):
+        if self.args.buildebpf:
+            self._make('clean')
+
+    def _make(self, target):
+        command = 'make -C {} {}'.format(self.args.NAMES['EBPFDIR'], target)
+        proc = subprocess.Popen(command,
+            shell=True,
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+            env=ENVIR)
+        (rawout, serr) = proc.communicate()
+
+        if proc.returncode != 0 and len(serr) > 0:
+            foutput = serr.decode("utf-8")
+        else:
+            foutput = rawout.decode("utf-8")
+
+        proc.stdout.close()
+        proc.stderr.close()
+        return proc, foutput
 
             "bpf"
         ],
         "setup": [
-            "make -C bpf",
             [
                 "$TC action flush action bpf",
                 0,
         "matchPattern": "action order [0-9]*: bpf action.o:\\[action-ok\\] id [0-9]* tag [0-9a-f]{16}( jited)? default-action pipe.*index 667 ref",
         "matchCount": "1",
         "teardown": [
-            "$TC action flush action bpf",
-            "make -C bpf clean"
+            "$TC action flush action bpf"
         ]
     },
     {
             "bpf"
         ],
         "setup": [
-            "make -C bpf",
             [
                 "$TC action flush action bpf",
                 0,
                 0,
                 1,
                 255
-            ],
-            "make -C bpf clean"
+            ]
         ]
     },
     {