diff --git a/include/spdk/nvme.h b/include/spdk/nvme.h
index 48630813e..15292bb67 100644
--- a/include/spdk/nvme.h
+++ b/include/spdk/nvme.h
@@ -2693,6 +2693,24 @@ int spdk_nvme_poll_group_destroy(struct spdk_nvme_poll_group *group);
 int64_t spdk_nvme_poll_group_process_completions(struct spdk_nvme_poll_group *group,
 		uint32_t completions_per_qpair, spdk_nvme_disconnected_qpair_cb disconnected_qpair_cb);
 
+/**
+ * Check if all qpairs in the poll group are connected.
+ *
+ * This function allows the caller to check if all qpairs in a poll group are
+ * connected. This API is generally only suitable during application startup,
+ * to check when a large number of async connections have completed.
+ *
+ * It is useful for applications like benchmarking tools to create
+ * a large number of qpairs, but then ensuring they are all fully connected before
+ * proceeding with I/O.
+ *
+ * \param group The group on which to poll connecting qpairs.
+ *
+ * return 0 if all qpairs are in CONNECTED state, -EIO if any connections failed to connect, -EAGAIN if
+ * any qpairs are still trying to connected.
+ */
+int spdk_nvme_poll_group_all_connected(struct spdk_nvme_poll_group *group);
+
 /**
  * Retrieve the user context for this specific poll group.
  *
diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_poll_group.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_poll_group.c
index 6bc53dade..6499f9644 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_poll_group.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_poll_group.c
@@ -140,6 +140,36 @@ spdk_nvme_poll_group_process_completions(struct spdk_nvme_poll_group *group,
 	return error_reason ? error_reason : num_completions;
 }
 
+int
+spdk_nvme_poll_group_all_connected(struct spdk_nvme_poll_group *group)
+{
+	struct spdk_nvme_transport_poll_group *tgroup;
+	struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair;
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	STAILQ_FOREACH(tgroup, &group->tgroups, link) {
+		if (!STAILQ_EMPTY(&tgroup->disconnected_qpairs)) {
+			/* Treat disconnected qpairs as highest priority for notification.
+			 * This means we can just return immediately here.
+			 */
+			return -EIO;
+		}
+		STAILQ_FOREACH(qpair, &tgroup->connected_qpairs, poll_group_stailq) {
+			if (nvme_qpair_get_state(qpair) < NVME_QPAIR_CONNECTING) {
+				return -EIO;
+			} else if (nvme_qpair_get_state(qpair) == NVME_QPAIR_CONNECTING) {
+				rc = -EAGAIN;
+				/* Break so that we can check the remaining transport groups,
+				 * in case any of them have a disconnected qpair.
+				 */
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
 void *
 spdk_nvme_poll_group_get_ctx(struct spdk_nvme_poll_group *group)
 {
diff --git a/lib/nvme/spdk_nvme.map b/lib/nvme/spdk_nvme.map
index 23e5e46bd..5207ac456 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/spdk_nvme.map
+++ b/lib/nvme/spdk_nvme.map
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
 	spdk_nvme_poll_group_remove;
 	spdk_nvme_poll_group_destroy;
 	spdk_nvme_poll_group_process_completions;
+	spdk_nvme_poll_group_all_connected;
 	spdk_nvme_poll_group_get_ctx;
 
 	spdk_nvme_ns_get_data;