diff --git a/lib/vmd/Makefile b/lib/vmd/Makefile
index 656bba272..aee3cf69b 100644
--- a/lib/vmd/Makefile
+++ b/lib/vmd/Makefile
@@ -41,4 +41,6 @@ SO_SUFFIX := $(SO_VER).$(SO_MINOR)
 C_SRCS = vmd.c led.c
 LIBNAME = vmd
 
+SPDK_MAP_FILE = $(abspath $(CURDIR)/spdk_vmd.map)
+
 include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.lib.mk
diff --git a/lib/vmd/spdk_vmd.map b/lib/vmd/spdk_vmd.map
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..036d079b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vmd/spdk_vmd.map
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+	global:
+
+	# public functions
+	spdk_vmd_init;
+	spdk_vmd_fini;
+	spdk_vmd_pci_device_list;
+	spdk_vmd_set_led_state;
+	spdk_vmd_get_led_state;
+	spdk_vmd_hotplug_monitor;
+
+	local: *;
+};
diff --git a/test/make/check_so_deps.sh b/test/make/check_so_deps.sh
index bc5b537c9..927b76e17 100755
--- a/test/make/check_so_deps.sh
+++ b/test/make/check_so_deps.sh
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ function confirm_abi_deps() {
 	name = SPDK_LOG_VIRTIO_PCI
 [suppress_variable]
 	name = SPDK_LOG_VIRTIO_USER
+[suppress_variable]
+	name = SPDK_LOG_VMD
 EOF
 
 	for object in "$libdir"/libspdk_*.so; do