diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
index 996e61b5f11f..7dedd3975c39 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
@@ -1595,6 +1595,9 @@ static void btf_dump_emit_type_chain(struct btf_dump *d,
 			name = btf_name_of(d, t->name_off);
 			if (btf_kflag(t))
 				btf_dump_printf(d, " __attribute__((%s))", name);
+			else if (strcmp(name, "arena") == 0)
+				/* the tag denotes a pointer into the BPF arena address space */
+				btf_dump_printf(d, " __attribute__((address_space(1))) __attribute__((btf_type_tag(\"arena\")))");
 			else
 				btf_dump_printf(d, " __attribute__((btf_type_tag(\"%s\")))", name);
 			break;