diff --git a/include/spdk/thread.h b/include/spdk/thread.h
index 64b04bec9..3b1d7f738 100644
--- a/include/spdk/thread.h
+++ b/include/spdk/thread.h
@@ -226,6 +226,15 @@ void spdk_thread_exit(struct spdk_thread *thread);
  */
 void *spdk_thread_get_ctx(struct spdk_thread *thread);
 
+/**
+ * Get the thread's cpumask.
+ *
+ * \param thread The thread to get the cpumask for.
+ *
+ * \return cpuset pointer
+ */
+struct spdk_cpuset *spdk_thread_get_cpumask(struct spdk_thread *thread);
+
 /**
  * Return the thread object associated with the context handle previously
  * obtained by calling spdk_thread_get_ctx().
diff --git a/lib/thread/thread.c b/lib/thread/thread.c
index 391169582..c66281bd0 100644
--- a/lib/thread/thread.c
+++ b/lib/thread/thread.c
@@ -339,6 +339,12 @@ spdk_thread_get_ctx(struct spdk_thread *thread)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+struct spdk_cpuset *
+spdk_thread_get_cpumask(struct spdk_thread *thread)
+{
+	return thread->cpumask;
+}
+
 struct spdk_thread *
 spdk_thread_get_from_ctx(void *ctx)
 {