diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2924487f3..f31b0f493 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ tag that was logged at least once.
 Added `transport_tos` to `spdk_nvme_ctrlr_opts` to support setting of the "type of service"
 value in the IPv4 header. Only RDMA is supported at this time.
 
+Added API spdk_nvme_qpair_get_num_outstanding_reqs to get the number of outstanding reqs of
+a specified qpair.
+
 ### bdev_nvme
 
 Updated `bdev_nvme_set_options` RPC (and rpc.py) to support the new `transport_tos` parameter.
diff --git a/include/spdk/nvme.h b/include/spdk/nvme.h
index b36bbc395..3920fa727 100644
--- a/include/spdk/nvme.h
+++ b/include/spdk/nvme.h
@@ -3791,6 +3791,20 @@ void spdk_nvme_qpair_print_completion(struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair,
  */
 uint16_t spdk_nvme_qpair_get_id(struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair);
 
+/**
+ * Gets the number of outstanding requests for the specified qpair.
+ *
+ * This number is not decremented until after a request's callback function is completed.
+ *
+ * This number is not matched necessarily to the number of NVMe commands submitted by the
+ * user. For example, nvme driver may split a request due to MDTS limitations, that will
+ * also allocate a request for the parent, etc.
+ *
+ * \param qpair Pointer to the NVMe queue pair.
+ * \returns number of outstanding requests for the specified qpair.
+ */
+uint32_t spdk_nvme_qpair_get_num_outstanding_reqs(struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair);
+
 /**
  * \brief Prints (SPDK_NOTICELOG) the contents of an NVMe submission queue entry (command).
  *
diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
index e79e00b9c..b317b9322 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
@@ -1197,3 +1197,9 @@ spdk_nvme_qpair_get_id(struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair)
 {
 	return qpair->id;
 }
+
+uint32_t
+spdk_nvme_qpair_get_num_outstanding_reqs(struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair)
+{
+	return qpair->num_outstanding_reqs;
+}
diff --git a/lib/nvme/spdk_nvme.map b/lib/nvme/spdk_nvme.map
index c29ab50e9..8b56b06bc 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/spdk_nvme.map
+++ b/lib/nvme/spdk_nvme.map
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@
 	spdk_nvme_qpair_print_command;
 	spdk_nvme_qpair_print_completion;
 	spdk_nvme_qpair_get_id;
+	spdk_nvme_qpair_get_num_outstanding_reqs;
 
 	spdk_nvme_print_command;
 	spdk_nvme_print_completion;