diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/callx_rodata_lskel.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/callx_rodata_lskel.c
index 96f6179f0492..6a43b880d730 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/callx_rodata_lskel.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/callx_rodata_lskel.c
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ void test_callx_rodata_lskel(void)
 	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "open"))
 		return;
 
+	/* gcc doesn't support indirect calls */
+	if (skel->rodata->skip) {
+		test__skip();
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	skel->rodata->bias = 7;
 
 	if (!ASSERT_OK(callx_rodata_lskel__load(skel), "load"))
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/callx_rodata.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/callx_rodata.c
index 07ae2d1b6b8e..e3f8335f80f8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/callx_rodata.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/callx_rodata.c
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /* callx through pointers to functions in .rodata, loaded by light skeleton */
 
+#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
 #include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
 
-typedef int (*op_fn)(int);
-
 /* set by user space before the programs are loaded, it's in .rodata too */
 const volatile int bias = 1;
 
 int op_idx;
 
+#ifdef __clang__
+
+const volatile bool skip = false;
+
+typedef int (*op_fn)(int);
+
 static __noinline int add_bias(int x)
 {
 	return x + bias;
@@ -41,6 +46,25 @@ int both_ops(void *ctx)
 	return ops[1](ops[0](4));
 }
 
+#else
+
+/* gcc doesn't support indirect calls */
+const volatile bool skip = true;
+
+SEC("socket")
+int select_op(void *ctx)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+SEC("socket")
+int both_ops(void *ctx)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#endif
+
 /* no callx here */
 SEC("socket")
 int read_bias(void *ctx)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_callx.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_callx.c
index ea3d3f97da31..bc31d0221f6a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_callx.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_callx.c
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 #include "bpf_misc.h"
 #include "../../../include/linux/filter.h"
 
-#if defined(__TARGET_ARCH_x86) || defined(__TARGET_ARCH_arm64)
+/* gcc doesn't support indirect calls */
+#if (defined(__TARGET_ARCH_x86) || defined(__TARGET_ARCH_arm64)) && defined(__clang__)
 
 #define CALLX_INSN(DST, SRC, OFF, IMM) \
 	BPF_RAW_INSN(BPF_JMP | BPF_CALL | BPF_X, DST, SRC, OFF, IMM)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_callx_rodata.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_callx_rodata.c
index 65d34769c8bf..db3169a1ddf6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_callx_rodata.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_callx_rodata.c
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 #include "bpf_misc.h"
 #include "../../../include/linux/filter.h"
 
-#if defined(__TARGET_ARCH_x86) || defined(__TARGET_ARCH_arm64)
+/* gcc doesn't support indirect calls */
+#if (defined(__TARGET_ARCH_x86) || defined(__TARGET_ARCH_arm64)) && defined(__clang__)
 
 /*
  * Read-only data with pointers to functions, where the compiler puts tables