diff --git a/include/spdk/vfio_user_pci.h b/include/spdk/vfio_user_pci.h
index 3c911f20c..75e556c5a 100644
--- a/include/spdk/vfio_user_pci.h
+++ b/include/spdk/vfio_user_pci.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #define _SPDK_VFIO_USER_PCI_H
 
 #include "spdk/stdinc.h"
+#include "spdk/vfio_user_spec.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@@ -24,6 +25,11 @@ struct vfio_device *spdk_vfio_user_setup(const char *path);
 
 void spdk_vfio_user_release(struct vfio_device *dev);
 
+/* For fuzzing only */
+int spdk_vfio_user_dev_send_request(struct vfio_device *dev, enum vfio_user_command command,
+				    void *arg, size_t arg_len, size_t buf_len, int *fds,
+				    int max_fds);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/vfio_user/host/Makefile b/lib/vfio_user/host/Makefile
index 768e2a4f8..8049c7e0f 100644
--- a/lib/vfio_user/host/Makefile
+++ b/lib/vfio_user/host/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ SPDK_ROOT_DIR := $(abspath $(CURDIR)/../../..)
 include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.common.mk
 
 SO_VER := 3
-SO_MINOR := 0
+SO_MINOR := 1
 
 C_SRCS = vfio_user_pci.c vfio_user.c
 LIBNAME = vfio_user
diff --git a/lib/vfio_user/host/spdk_vfio_user.map b/lib/vfio_user/host/spdk_vfio_user.map
index f3db7619e..08e6c6390 100644
--- a/lib/vfio_user/host/spdk_vfio_user.map
+++ b/lib/vfio_user/host/spdk_vfio_user.map
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 	spdk_vfio_user_get_bar_addr;
 	spdk_vfio_user_setup;
 	spdk_vfio_user_release;
+	spdk_vfio_user_dev_send_request;
 
 	local: *;
 };
diff --git a/lib/vfio_user/host/vfio_user.c b/lib/vfio_user/host/vfio_user.c
index 1667579e2..fb6d9d662 100644
--- a/lib/vfio_user/host/vfio_user.c
+++ b/lib/vfio_user/host/vfio_user.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ vfio_user_read(int fd, struct vfio_user_request *req)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
+int
 vfio_user_dev_send_request(struct vfio_device *dev, enum vfio_user_command command,
 			   void *arg, size_t arg_len, size_t buf_len, int *fds, int max_fds)
 {
diff --git a/lib/vfio_user/host/vfio_user_internal.h b/lib/vfio_user/host/vfio_user_internal.h
index b7f7cc779..fec747ae7 100644
--- a/lib/vfio_user/host/vfio_user_internal.h
+++ b/lib/vfio_user/host/vfio_user_internal.h
@@ -65,5 +65,9 @@ int vfio_user_get_dev_region_info(struct vfio_device *dev, struct vfio_region_in
 int vfio_user_dev_dma_map_unmap(struct vfio_device *dev, struct vfio_memory_region *mr, bool map);
 int vfio_user_dev_mmio_access(struct vfio_device *dev, uint32_t index, uint64_t offset, size_t len,
 			      void *buf, bool is_write);
+/* For fuzzing only */
+int vfio_user_dev_send_request(struct vfio_device *dev, enum vfio_user_command command,
+			       void *arg, size_t arg_len, size_t buf_len, int *fds,
+			       int max_fds);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/vfio_user/host/vfio_user_pci.c b/lib/vfio_user/host/vfio_user_pci.c
index 9ff6cf0ba..010b2924a 100644
--- a/lib/vfio_user/host/vfio_user_pci.c
+++ b/lib/vfio_user/host/vfio_user_pci.c
@@ -421,4 +421,13 @@ spdk_vfio_user_get_bar_addr(struct vfio_device *dev, uint32_t index, uint64_t of
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/* For fuzzing only */
+int
+spdk_vfio_user_dev_send_request(struct vfio_device *dev, enum vfio_user_command command,
+				void *arg, size_t arg_len, size_t buf_len, int *fds,
+				int max_fds)
+{
+	return vfio_user_dev_send_request(dev, command, arg, arg_len, buf_len, fds, max_fds);
+}
+
 SPDK_LOG_REGISTER_COMPONENT(vfio_pci)