diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
index 6ae7262ebe0c..a01d06d22d1a 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
@@ -793,6 +793,8 @@ static int gen_trace(struct bpf_object *obj, const char *obj_name, const char *h
 	if (sign_progs) {
 		sopts.insns = opts.insns;
 		sopts.insns_sz = opts.insns_sz;
+		sopts.data = opts.data;
+		sopts.data_sz = opts.data_sz;
 		sopts.excl_prog_hash = prog_sha;
 		sopts.excl_prog_hash_sz = sizeof(prog_sha);
 		sopts.signature = sig_buf;
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/sign.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/sign.c
index 1257dba8ef2f..88726a6db6d0 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/sign.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/sign.c
@@ -135,9 +135,21 @@ int bpftool_prog_sign(struct bpf_load_and_run_opts *opts)
 	CMS_ContentInfo *cms = NULL;
 	long actual_sig_len = 0;
 	X509 *x509 = NULL;
+	void *data = NULL;
+	size_t data_sz;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	bd_in = BIO_new_mem_buf(opts->insns, opts->insns_sz);
+	data_sz = (size_t)opts->insns_sz + opts->data_sz;
+	data = malloc(data_sz);
+	if (!data) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+	memcpy(data, opts->insns, opts->insns_sz);
+	if (opts->data_sz)
+		memcpy((char *)data + opts->insns_sz, opts->data, opts->data_sz);
+
+	bd_in = BIO_new_mem_buf(data, data_sz);
 	if (!bd_in) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto cleanup;
@@ -181,7 +193,7 @@ int bpftool_prog_sign(struct bpf_load_and_run_opts *opts)
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-		bd_out = BIO_new(BIO_s_mem());
+	bd_out = BIO_new(BIO_s_mem());
 	if (!bd_out) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto cleanup;
@@ -215,6 +227,7 @@ int bpftool_prog_sign(struct bpf_load_and_run_opts *opts)
 	X509_free(x509);
 	EVP_PKEY_free(private_key);
 	BIO_free(bd_in);
+	free(data);
 	DISPLAY_OSSL_ERR(err < 0);
 	return err;
 }