diff --git a/include/spdk/blob.h b/include/spdk/blob.h
index fbc2728ee..7bcac9ba5 100644
--- a/include/spdk/blob.h
+++ b/include/spdk/blob.h
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ struct spdk_bs_dev {
 		      uint64_t lba, uint32_t lba_count,
 		      struct spdk_bs_dev_cb_args *cb_args);
 
+	struct spdk_bdev *(*get_base_bdev)(struct spdk_bs_dev *dev);
+
 	uint64_t	blockcnt;
 	uint32_t	blocklen; /* In bytes */
 };
diff --git a/module/blob/bdev/blob_bdev.c b/module/blob/bdev/blob_bdev.c
index 592b68782..ffea54a7f 100644
--- a/module/blob/bdev/blob_bdev.c
+++ b/module/blob/bdev/blob_bdev.c
@@ -319,6 +319,12 @@ bdev_blob_destroy(struct spdk_bs_dev *bs_dev)
 	free(bs_dev);
 }
 
+static struct spdk_bdev *
+bdev_blob_get_base_bdev(struct spdk_bs_dev *bs_dev)
+{
+	return __get_bdev(bs_dev);
+}
+
 static void
 blob_bdev_init(struct blob_bdev *b, struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc)
 {
@@ -340,6 +346,7 @@ blob_bdev_init(struct blob_bdev *b, struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc)
 	b->bs_dev.writev = bdev_blob_writev;
 	b->bs_dev.write_zeroes = bdev_blob_write_zeroes;
 	b->bs_dev.unmap = bdev_blob_unmap;
+	b->bs_dev.get_base_bdev = bdev_blob_get_base_bdev;
 }
 
 struct spdk_bs_dev *
diff --git a/test/make/check_so_deps.sh b/test/make/check_so_deps.sh
index 549e359ad..773972660 100755
--- a/test/make/check_so_deps.sh
+++ b/test/make/check_so_deps.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ function confirm_abi_deps() {
 	name = spdk_nvme_log_page
 [suppress_type]
 	name = spdk_nvme_ctrlr_opts
+[suppress_type]
+	name = spdk_bs_dev
 EOF
 
 	for object in "$libdir"/libspdk_*.so; do