diff --git a/include/spdk/nvme.h b/include/spdk/nvme.h
index 7ef940cb9..30e3f28a1 100644
--- a/include/spdk/nvme.h
+++ b/include/spdk/nvme.h
@@ -3083,6 +3083,14 @@ int spdk_nvme_map_prps(void *prv, struct spdk_nvme_cmd *cmd, struct iovec *iovs,
  */
 struct spdk_nvme_transport_poll_group;
 
+/**
+ * Update and populate namespace CUSE devices (Experimental)
+ *
+ * \param ctrlr Opaque handle to the NVMe controller.
+ *
+ */
+void spdk_nvme_cuse_update_namespaces(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr);
+
 struct nvme_request;
 
 struct spdk_nvme_transport;
diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_cuse.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_cuse.c
index 664a6af1b..a3f81c861 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_cuse.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_cuse.c
@@ -985,6 +985,24 @@ nvme_cuse_stop(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr)
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&g_cuse_mtx);
 }
 
+static void
+nvme_cuse_update(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr)
+{
+	struct cuse_device *ctrlr_device;
+
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&g_cuse_mtx);
+
+	ctrlr_device = nvme_cuse_get_cuse_ctrlr_device(ctrlr);
+	if (!ctrlr_device) {
+		pthread_mutex_unlock(&g_cuse_mtx);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	cuse_nvme_ctrlr_update_namespaces(ctrlr_device);
+
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&g_cuse_mtx);
+}
+
 static struct nvme_io_msg_producer cuse_nvme_io_msg_producer = {
 	.name = "cuse",
 	.stop = nvme_cuse_stop,
@@ -1035,6 +1053,12 @@ spdk_nvme_cuse_unregister(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void
+spdk_nvme_cuse_update_namespaces(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr)
+{
+	nvme_cuse_update(ctrlr);
+}
+
 int
 spdk_nvme_cuse_get_ctrlr_name(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr, char *name, size_t *size)
 {
diff --git a/lib/nvme/spdk_nvme.map b/lib/nvme/spdk_nvme.map
index 9d8acb8e5..b674c8f50 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/spdk_nvme.map
+++ b/lib/nvme/spdk_nvme.map
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
 	spdk_nvme_cuse_get_ns_name;
 	spdk_nvme_cuse_register;
 	spdk_nvme_cuse_unregister;
+	spdk_nvme_cuse_update_namespaces;
 
 	spdk_nvme_map_prps;