diff --git a/include/spdk/nvmf_transport.h b/include/spdk/nvmf_transport.h
index 28300ecb9..f29639ad8 100644
--- a/include/spdk/nvmf_transport.h
+++ b/include/spdk/nvmf_transport.h
@@ -417,6 +417,16 @@ void spdk_nvmf_poll_group_remove(struct spdk_nvmf_qpair *qpair);
 struct spdk_nvmf_subsystem *
 spdk_nvmf_ctrlr_get_subsystem(struct spdk_nvmf_ctrlr *ctrlr);
 
+/**
+ * Get the NVMe-oF controller ID.
+ *
+ * \param ctrlr The NVMe-oF controller
+ *
+ * \return The NVMe-oF controller ID
+ */
+uint16_t
+spdk_nvmf_ctrlr_get_id(struct spdk_nvmf_ctrlr *ctrlr);
+
 static inline enum spdk_nvme_data_transfer
 spdk_nvmf_req_get_xfer(struct spdk_nvmf_request *req) {
 	enum spdk_nvme_data_transfer xfer;
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/ctrlr.c b/lib/nvmf/ctrlr.c
index ddcd817ae..764bb487e 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/ctrlr.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/ctrlr.c
@@ -3218,3 +3218,8 @@ struct spdk_nvmf_subsystem *spdk_nvmf_ctrlr_get_subsystem(struct spdk_nvmf_ctrlr
 {
 	return ctrlr->subsys;
 }
+
+uint16_t spdk_nvmf_ctrlr_get_id(struct spdk_nvmf_ctrlr *ctrlr)
+{
+	return ctrlr->cntlid;
+}
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/spdk_nvmf.map b/lib/nvmf/spdk_nvmf.map
index 8810f2ad5..45eb9d65d 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/spdk_nvmf.map
+++ b/lib/nvmf/spdk_nvmf.map
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
 	spdk_nvmf_request_free;
 	spdk_nvmf_request_complete;
 	spdk_nvmf_ctrlr_get_subsystem;
+	spdk_nvmf_ctrlr_get_id;
 	spdk_nvmf_req_get_xfer;
 	spdk_nvmf_poll_group_remove;