$(call msg,CC,,$@)
        $(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $<
 
-VMLINUX_BTF_PATHS := $(abspath ../../../../vmlinux)                    \
-                              /sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux                  \
-                              /boot/vmlinux-$(shell uname -r)
-VMLINUX_BTF:= $(firstword $(wildcard $(VMLINUX_BTF_PATHS)))
+VMLINUX_BTF_PATHS := $(if $(O),$(O)/vmlinux)                           \
+                    $(if $(KBUILD_OUTPUT),$(KBUILD_OUTPUT)/vmlinux)    \
+                    ../../../../vmlinux                                \
+                    /sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux                            \
+                    /boot/vmlinux-$(shell uname -r)
+VMLINUX_BTF:= $(abspath $(firstword $(wildcard $(VMLINUX_BTF_PATHS))))
+
 $(OUTPUT)/runqslower: $(BPFOBJ)
        $(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras) -C $(TOOLSDIR)/bpf/runqslower     \
                    OUTPUT=$(SCRATCH_DIR)/ VMLINUX_BTF=$(VMLINUX_BTF)   \