diff --git a/scripts/bpf/gen.py b/scripts/bpf/gen.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f204cffa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bpf/gen.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+
+class TraceProcess:
+    def __init__(self, pid):
+        self._path = os.readlink(f'/proc/{pid}/exe')
+        self._pid = pid
+        self._probes = self._init_probes()
+
+    def _init_probes(self):
+        lines = subprocess.check_output(['bpftrace', '-l', '-p', str(self._pid)], text=True)
+        probes = {}
+        for line in lines.split('\n'):
+            parts = line.split(':')
+            if len(parts) < 3:
+                continue
+            ptype, path, function = parts[0], parts[1], parts[-1]
+            probes[(ptype, function)] = path
+        return probes
+
+    def fixup(self, script):
+        pregs = [re.compile(r'({}):__EXE__:(\w+)'.format(ptype)) for ptype in ['usdt', 'uprobe']]
+        with open(script, 'r') as file:
+            lines = file.readlines()
+        result = ''
+        for line in lines:
+            for regex in pregs:
+                match = regex.match(line)
+                if match is not None:
+                    ptype, function = match.groups()
+                    path = self._probes.get((ptype, function), self._path)
+                    line = line.replace('__EXE__', path)
+                    break
+            result += line.replace('__EXE__', self._path).replace('__PID__', str(self._pid))
+        return result
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = ArgumentParser(description='bpftrace script generator replacing special ' +
+                            'variables in the scripts with appropriate values')
+    parser.add_argument('-p', '--pid', type=int, required=True, help='PID of a traced process')
+    parser.add_argument('scripts', metavar='SCRIPTS', type=str, nargs='+',
+                        help='bpftrace scripts to process')
+    args = parser.parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
+    proc = TraceProcess(args.pid)
+    for script in args.scripts:
+        print(proc.fixup(script))
diff --git a/scripts/bpftrace.sh b/scripts/bpftrace.sh
index 63e9b96ad..12050d0e7 100755
--- a/scripts/bpftrace.sh
+++ b/scripts/bpftrace.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
 fi
 SCRIPTS_DIR=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0))
 BIN_PATH=$(readlink -f /proc/$1/exe)
-BPF_SCRIPT=$(sed "s#__EXE__#${BIN_PATH}#g" "${@:2}" | sed "s#__PID__#${1}#g")
+BPF_SCRIPT=$($SCRIPTS_DIR/bpf/gen.py -p $1 "${@:2}")
 BPF_SCRIPT+=$($SCRIPTS_DIR/bpf/gen_enums.sh)
 if [ -n "$ECHO_SCRIPT" ]; then
 	echo "$BPF_SCRIPT"