diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/map.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/map.c
index c9de44a45778b..80c96b33b5531 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/map.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/map.c
@@ -1251,6 +1251,8 @@ static int do_create(int argc, char **argv)
 	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_map_create_opts, attr);
 	enum bpf_map_type map_type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_UNSPEC;
 	__u32 key_size = 0, value_size = 0, max_entries = 0;
+	struct bpf_map_info map_info = {};
+	__u32 map_info_len = sizeof(map_info);
 	const char *map_name = NULL;
 	const char *pinfile;
 	int err = -1, fd;
@@ -1353,13 +1355,24 @@ static int do_create(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	err = do_pin_fd(fd, pinfile);
-	close(fd);
 	if (err)
-		goto exit;
+		goto close_fd;
 
-	if (json_output)
-		jsonw_null(json_wtr);
+	err = bpf_obj_get_info_by_fd(fd, &map_info, &map_info_len);
+	if (err) {
+		p_err("Failed to fetch map info: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		goto close_fd;
+	}
 
+	if (json_output) {
+		jsonw_start_object(json_wtr);
+		jsonw_int_field(json_wtr, "id", map_info.id);
+		jsonw_end_object(json_wtr);
+	} else {
+		printf("Map successfully created with ID: %u\n", map_info.id);
+	}
+close_fd:
+	close(fd);
 exit:
 	if (attr.inner_map_fd > 0)
 		close(attr.inner_map_fd);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_bpftool_map.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_bpftool_map.sh
index 515b1df0501e2..013a64e96cbf8 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_bpftool_map.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_bpftool_map.sh
@@ -361,6 +361,40 @@ test_map_access_with_btf_list() {
 	fi
 }
 
+# Function to test map ID printing
+# Parameters:
+#   $1: bpftool path
+#   $2: BPF_DIR
+test_map_id_printing() {
+	local bpftool_path="$1"
+	local bpf_dir="$2"
+	local test_map_name="test_map_id"
+	local test_map_path="$bpf_dir/$test_map_name"
+
+	local output
+	output=$("$bpftool_path" map create "$test_map_path" type hash key 4 \
+		value 8 entries 128 name "$test_map_name")
+	if echo "$output" | grep -q "Map successfully created with ID:"; then
+		echo "PASS: Map ID printed in plain text output."
+	else
+		echo "FAIL: Map ID not printed in plain text output."
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	rm -f "$test_map_path"
+
+	output=$("$bpftool_path" map create "$test_map_path" type hash key 4 \
+		value 8 entries 128 name "$test_map_name" --json)
+	if echo "$output" | jq -e 'has("id")' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		echo "PASS: Map ID printed in JSON output."
+	else
+		echo "FAIL: Map ID not printed in JSON output."
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	rm -f "$test_map_path"
+}
+
 set -eu
 
 trap cleanup_skip EXIT
@@ -395,4 +429,6 @@ test_map_creation_and_map_of_maps "$BPFTOOL_PATH" "$BPF_DIR"
 
 test_map_access_with_btf_list "$BPFTOOL_PATH"
 
+test_map_id_printing "$BPFTOOL_PATH" "$BPF_DIR"
+
 exit 0