diff --git a/include/spdk/blob.h b/include/spdk/blob.h
index eb394a5e9..77dae7f4a 100644
--- a/include/spdk/blob.h
+++ b/include/spdk/blob.h
@@ -390,6 +390,24 @@ void spdk_bs_create_clone(struct spdk_blob_store *bs, spdk_blob_id blobid,
 			  const struct spdk_blob_xattr_opts *clone_xattrs,
 			  spdk_blob_op_with_id_complete cb_fn, void *cb_arg);
 
+/**
+ * Check if blob is read only.
+ *
+ * \param blob Blob.
+ *
+ * \return true if blob is read only.
+ */
+bool spdk_blob_is_read_only(struct spdk_blob *blob);
+
+/**
+ * Check if blob is thin-provisioned.
+ *
+ * \param blob Blob.
+ *
+ * \return true if blob is thin-provisioned.
+ */
+bool spdk_blob_is_thin_provisioned(struct spdk_blob *blob);
+
 /**
  * Delete an existing blob from the given blobstore.
  *
diff --git a/lib/blob/blobstore.c b/lib/blob/blobstore.c
index e736da9be..ad6a91958 100644
--- a/lib/blob/blobstore.c
+++ b/lib/blob/blobstore.c
@@ -4679,4 +4679,18 @@ spdk_bs_set_bstype(struct spdk_blob_store *bs, struct spdk_bs_type bstype)
 	memcpy(&bs->bstype, &bstype, sizeof(bstype));
 }
 
+bool
+spdk_blob_is_read_only(struct spdk_blob *blob)
+{
+	assert(blob != NULL);
+	return (blob->data_ro || blob->md_ro);
+}
+
+bool
+spdk_blob_is_thin_provisioned(struct spdk_blob *blob)
+{
+	assert(blob != NULL);
+	return !!(blob->invalid_flags & SPDK_BLOB_THIN_PROV);
+}
+
 SPDK_LOG_REGISTER_COMPONENT("blob", SPDK_LOG_BLOB)
diff --git a/lib/blob/blobstore.h b/lib/blob/blobstore.h
index 4b509a930..ce8a11b08 100644
--- a/lib/blob/blobstore.h
+++ b/lib/blob/blobstore.h
@@ -259,8 +259,6 @@ struct spdk_blob_md_descriptor_extent {
 #define SPDK_BLOB_DATA_RO_FLAGS_MASK	SPDK_BLOB_READ_ONLY
 #define SPDK_BLOB_MD_RO_FLAGS_MASK	0
 
-#define spdk_blob_is_thin_provisioned(blob) (blob->invalid_flags & SPDK_BLOB_THIN_PROV)
-
 struct spdk_blob_md_descriptor_flags {
 	uint8_t		type;
 	uint32_t	length;