diff --git a/osquery/utils/system/linux/ebpf/BUCK b/osquery/utils/system/linux/ebpf/BUCK
index 80c05d99717..28f32df28a0 100644
--- a/osquery/utils/system/linux/ebpf/BUCK
+++ b/osquery/utils/system/linux/ebpf/BUCK
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ osquery_cxx_library(
             [
                 "ebpf.h",
                 "map.h",
+                "program.h",
             ],
         ),
     ],
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ osquery_cxx_library(
             [
                 "ebpf.cpp",
                 "map.cpp",
+                "program.cpp",
             ],
         ),
     ],
diff --git a/osquery/utils/system/linux/ebpf/program.cpp b/osquery/utils/system/linux/ebpf/program.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46dbdafe2a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osquery/utils/system/linux/ebpf/program.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright (c) 2014-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  This source code is licensed under both the Apache 2.0 license (found in the
+ *  LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree) and the GPLv2 (found
+ *  in the COPYING file in the root directory of this source tree).
+ *  You may select, at your option, one of the above-listed licenses.
+ */
+
+#include <osquery/utils/system/linux/ebpf/program.h>
+#include <osquery/utils/system/linux/ebpf/ebpf.h>
+
+#include <boost/io/detail/quoted_manip.hpp>
+
+#include <linux/version.h>
+
+namespace osquery {
+namespace ebpf {
+
+Program::Program(Program&& other) : fd_(other.fd_) {
+  other.fd_ = -1;
+}
+
+Program& Program::operator=(Program&& other) {
+  std::swap(fd_, other.fd_);
+  return *this;
+}
+
+Program::~Program() {
+  if (fd_ > 0) {
+    close(fd_);
+    fd_ = -1;
+  }
+}
+
+Expected<Program, Program::Error> Program::load(
+    std::vector<struct bpf_insn> const prog,
+    enum bpf_prog_type const program_type,
+    bool const debug) {
+  static char const* kLicense = "GPL";
+  constexpr auto kLogBufSize = std::uint32_t{1 << 16};
+
+  auto bpf_log_buf = std::array<char, kLogBufSize>{};
+  union bpf_attr attr = {
+      .prog_type = program_type,
+      .insns = reinterpret_cast<__aligned_u64>(prog.data()),
+      .insn_cnt = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(prog.size()),
+      .license = reinterpret_cast<__aligned_u64>(kLicense),
+      .log_buf = 0u,
+      .log_size = 0u,
+      .log_level = 0u,
+      .kern_version = LINUX_VERSION_CODE,
+  };
+  if (debug) {
+    bpf_log_buf.fill('\0');
+    attr.log_buf = reinterpret_cast<std::uint64_t>(bpf_log_buf.data());
+    attr.log_size = reinterpret_cast<std::uint32_t>(kLogBufSize);
+    attr.log_level = 1;
+  }
+  auto instance = Program{};
+  auto fd_exp = syscall(BPF_PROG_LOAD, &attr);
+  if (fd_exp.isError()) {
+    return createError(Program::Error::Unknown,
+                       "eBPF program load failed ",
+                       fd_exp.takeError())
+           << " bpf log: " << boost::io::quoted(bpf_log_buf.data());
+  }
+  instance.fd_ = fd_exp.take();
+  return Expected<Program, Program::Error>(std::move(instance));
+}
+
+int Program::fd() const {
+  return fd_;
+}
+
+} // namespace ebpf
+} // namespace osquery
diff --git a/osquery/utils/system/linux/ebpf/program.h b/osquery/utils/system/linux/ebpf/program.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f9360149c26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osquery/utils/system/linux/ebpf/program.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright (c) 2014-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  This source code is licensed under both the Apache 2.0 license (found in the
+ *  LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree) and the GPLv2 (found
+ *  in the COPYING file in the root directory of this source tree).
+ *  You may select, at your option, one of the above-listed licenses.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <osquery/utils/expected/expected.h>
+
+#include <linux/bpf.h>
+
+namespace osquery {
+namespace ebpf {
+
+class Program final {
+ public:
+  Program(Program&& other);
+  Program& operator=(Program&& other);
+
+  Program(Program const&) = delete;
+  Program& operator=(Program const&) = delete;
+
+  ~Program();
+
+  enum class Error {
+    Unknown = 1,
+    NotSupportedBySystem = 2,
+  };
+
+  static Expected<Program, Program::Error> load(
+      std::vector<struct bpf_insn> prog,
+      enum bpf_prog_type const program_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE,
+      bool const debug = false);
+
+  int fd() const;
+
+ private:
+  Program() = default;
+
+ private:
+  int fd_ = -1;
+};
+
+} // namespace ebpf
+} // namespace osquery
diff --git a/osquery/utils/system/linux/ebpf/tests/BUCK b/osquery/utils/system/linux/ebpf/tests/BUCK
index 55ae54680e3..faab562984c 100644
--- a/osquery/utils/system/linux/ebpf/tests/BUCK
+++ b/osquery/utils/system/linux/ebpf/tests/BUCK
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ osquery_cxx_test(
             [
                 "ebpf.cpp",
                 "map.cpp",
+                "program.cpp",
             ],
         ),
     ],
diff --git a/osquery/utils/system/linux/ebpf/tests/program.cpp b/osquery/utils/system/linux/ebpf/tests/program.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..560b501f36b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osquery/utils/system/linux/ebpf/tests/program.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright (c) 2014-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  This source code is licensed under both the Apache 2.0 license (found in the
+ *  LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree) and the GPLv2 (found
+ *  in the COPYING file in the root directory of this source tree).
+ *  You may select, at your option, one of the above-listed licenses.
+ */
+
+#include <osquery/utils/system/linux/ebpf/program.h>
+#include <osquery/utils/system/linux/ebpf/ebpf.h>
+
+#include <osquery/logger.h>
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+namespace osquery {
+namespace {
+
+class EbpfProgramTests : public testing::Test {};
+
+bool const kDebug =
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+    true;
+#else
+    false;
+#endif
+
+TEST_F(EbpfProgramTests, empty_debug) {
+  auto const ebpf_exp = ebpf::isSupportedBySystem();
+  EXPECT_TRUE(ebpf_exp.isValue())
+      << ebpf_exp.getError().getFullMessageRecursive();
+  if (!ebpf_exp.get()) {
+    LOG(WARNING) << "This system does not support eBPF of required vesion, "
+                    "test will be skipped";
+    return;
+  }
+  auto program_exp = ebpf::Program::load({}, BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE, kDebug);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(program_exp.isError());
+  ASSERT_EQ(program_exp.getErrorCode(), ebpf::Program::Error::Unknown);
+}
+
+} // namespace
+} // namespace osquery