static struct bpf_map *bpf_object__add_map(struct bpf_object *obj);
 static bool prog_is_subprog(const struct bpf_object *obj, const struct bpf_program *prog);
 
+static const char * const prog_type_name[] = {
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_UNSPEC]                  = "unspec",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCKET_FILTER]           = "socket_filter",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE]                  = "kprobe",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_CLS]               = "sched_cls",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_ACT]               = "sched_act",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACEPOINT]              = "tracepoint",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_XDP]                     = "xdp",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_PERF_EVENT]              = "perf_event",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SKB]              = "cgroup_skb",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SOCK]             = "cgroup_sock",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_LWT_IN]                  = "lwt_in",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_LWT_OUT]                 = "lwt_out",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_LWT_XMIT]                = "lwt_xmit",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCK_OPS]                = "sock_ops",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_SKB]                  = "sk_skb",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_DEVICE]           = "cgroup_device",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_MSG]                  = "sk_msg",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_RAW_TRACEPOINT]          = "raw_tracepoint",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SOCK_ADDR]        = "cgroup_sock_addr",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_LWT_SEG6LOCAL]           = "lwt_seg6local",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_LIRC_MODE2]              = "lirc_mode2",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_REUSEPORT]            = "sk_reuseport",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_FLOW_DISSECTOR]          = "flow_dissector",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SYSCTL]           = "cgroup_sysctl",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_RAW_TRACEPOINT_WRITABLE] = "raw_tracepoint_writable",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SOCKOPT]          = "cgroup_sockopt",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACING]                 = "tracing",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS]              = "struct_ops",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT]                     = "ext",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_LSM]                     = "lsm",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_LOOKUP]               = "sk_lookup",
+       [BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL]                 = "syscall",
+};
+
 static int __base_pr(enum libbpf_print_level level, const char *format,
                     va_list args)
 {
        return libbpf_err(-ESRCH);
 }
 
+const char *libbpf_bpf_prog_type_str(enum bpf_prog_type t)
+{
+       if (t < 0 || t >= ARRAY_SIZE(prog_type_name))
+               return NULL;
+
+       return prog_type_name[t];
+}
+
 static struct bpf_map *find_struct_ops_map_by_offset(struct bpf_object *obj,
                                                     size_t offset)
 {