diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/mptcp.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/mptcp.c
index 8cbd72981a014e..16353a35d28800 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/mptcp.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/mptcp.c
@@ -2,13 +2,19 @@
 /* Copyright (c) 2020, Tessares SA. */
 /* Copyright (c) 2022, SUSE. */
 
+#include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <test_progs.h>
 #include "cgroup_helpers.h"
 #include "network_helpers.h"
 #include "mptcp_sock.skel.h"
+#include "mptcpify.skel.h"
 
 char NS_TEST[32];
 
+#ifndef IPPROTO_MPTCP
+#define IPPROTO_MPTCP 262
+#endif
+
 #ifndef TCP_CA_NAME_MAX
 #define TCP_CA_NAME_MAX	16
 #endif
@@ -186,8 +192,104 @@ static void test_base(void)
 	close(cgroup_fd);
 }
 
+static void send_byte(int fd)
+{
+	char b = 0x55;
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(write(fd, &b, sizeof(b)), 1, "send single byte");
+}
+
+static int verify_mptcpify(int server_fd)
+{
+	socklen_t optlen;
+	char cmd[256];
+	int protocol;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	optlen = sizeof(protocol);
+	if (!ASSERT_OK(getsockopt(server_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_PROTOCOL, &protocol, &optlen),
+		       "getsockopt(SOL_PROTOCOL)"))
+		return -1;
+
+	if (!ASSERT_EQ(protocol, IPPROTO_MPTCP, "protocol isn't MPTCP"))
+		err++;
+
+	/* Output of nstat:
+	 *
+	 * #kernel
+	 * MPTcpExtMPCapableSYNACKRX       1                  0.0
+	 */
+	snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd),
+		 "ip netns exec %s nstat -asz %s | awk '%s' | grep -q '%s'",
+		 NS_TEST, "MPTcpExtMPCapableSYNACKRX",
+		 "NR==1 {next} {print $2}", "1");
+	if (!ASSERT_OK(system(cmd), "No MPTcpExtMPCapableSYNACKRX found!"))
+		err++;
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int run_mptcpify(int cgroup_fd)
+{
+	int server_fd, client_fd, err = 0;
+	struct mptcpify *mptcpify_skel;
+
+	mptcpify_skel = mptcpify__open_and_load();
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(mptcpify_skel, "skel_open_load"))
+		return libbpf_get_error(mptcpify_skel);
+
+	err = mptcpify__attach(mptcpify_skel);
+	if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "skel_attach"))
+		goto out;
+
+	/* without MPTCP */
+	server_fd = start_server(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, NULL, 0, 0);
+	if (!ASSERT_GE(server_fd, 0, "start_server")) {
+		err = -EIO;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	client_fd = connect_to_fd(server_fd, 0);
+	if (!ASSERT_GE(client_fd, 0, "connect to fd")) {
+		err = -EIO;
+		goto close_server;
+	}
+
+	send_byte(client_fd);
+	err = verify_mptcpify(server_fd);
+
+	close(client_fd);
+close_server:
+	close(server_fd);
+out:
+	mptcpify__destroy(mptcpify_skel);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void test_mptcpify(void)
+{
+	struct nstoken *nstoken = NULL;
+	int cgroup_fd;
+
+	cgroup_fd = test__join_cgroup("/mptcpify");
+	if (!ASSERT_GE(cgroup_fd, 0, "test__join_cgroup"))
+		return;
+
+	nstoken = create_netns();
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(nstoken, "create_netns"))
+		goto fail;
+
+	ASSERT_OK(run_mptcpify(cgroup_fd), "run_mptcpify");
+
+fail:
+	cleanup_netns(nstoken);
+	close(cgroup_fd);
+}
+
 void test_mptcp(void)
 {
 	if (test__start_subtest("base"))
 		test_base();
+	if (test__start_subtest("mptcpify"))
+		test_mptcpify();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/mptcpify.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/mptcpify.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..53301ae8a8f7c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/mptcpify.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/* Copyright (c) 2023, SUSE. */
+
+#include "vmlinux.h"
+#include <bpf/bpf_tracing.h>
+#include "bpf_tracing_net.h"
+
+char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
+
+SEC("fmod_ret/update_socket_protocol")
+int BPF_PROG(mptcpify, int family, int type, int protocol)
+{
+	if ((family == AF_INET || family == AF_INET6) &&
+	    type == SOCK_STREAM &&
+	    (!protocol || protocol == IPPROTO_TCP)) {
+		return IPPROTO_MPTCP;
+	}
+
+	return protocol;
+}