diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_cpp.cpp b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_cpp.cpp
index 19ad172036da..0bd9990e83fa 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_cpp.cpp
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_cpp.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: (LGPL-2.1 OR BSD-2-Clause) */
 #include <iostream>
-#pragma GCC diagnostic push
-#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <linux/bpf.h>
+#include <linux/btf.h>
 #include <bpf/libbpf.h>
-#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 #include <bpf/bpf.h>
 #include <bpf/btf.h>
 #include "test_core_extern.skel.h"
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	struct btf_dump_opts opts = { };
 	struct test_core_extern *skel;
 	struct btf *btf;
+	int fd;
 
 	try_skeleton_template();
 
@@ -117,6 +118,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	skel = test_core_extern__open_and_load();
 	test_core_extern__destroy(skel);
 
+	fd = bpf_enable_stats(BPF_STATS_RUN_TIME);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		std::cout << "FAILED to enable stats: " << fd << std::endl;
+	else
+		::close(fd);
+
 	std::cout << "DONE!" << std::endl;
 
 	return 0;