diff --git a/include/spdk/rpc.h b/include/spdk/rpc.h
index f012910b4..8e5a52c49 100644
--- a/include/spdk/rpc.h
+++ b/include/spdk/rpc.h
@@ -81,6 +81,17 @@ typedef void (*spdk_rpc_method_handler)(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 void spdk_rpc_register_method(const char *method, spdk_rpc_method_handler func,
 			      uint32_t state_mask);
 
+/**
+ * Check if \c method is allowed for \c state_mask
+ *
+ * \param method Method name
+ * \param state_mask state mask to check against
+ * \return 0 if method is allowed or negative error code:
+ * -EPERM method is not allowed
+ * -ENOENT method not found
+ */
+int spdk_rpc_is_method_allowed(const char *method, uint32_t state_mask);
+
 #define SPDK_RPC_STARTUP	0x1
 #define SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME	0x2
 
diff --git a/lib/rpc/rpc.c b/lib/rpc/rpc.c
index 2b1dbd824..ea8175df0 100644
--- a/lib/rpc/rpc.c
+++ b/lib/rpc/rpc.c
@@ -223,6 +223,26 @@ spdk_rpc_register_method(const char *method, spdk_rpc_method_handler func, uint3
 	SLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&g_rpc_methods, m, slist);
 }
 
+int
+spdk_rpc_is_method_allowed(const char *method, uint32_t state_mask)
+{
+	struct spdk_rpc_method *m;
+
+	SLIST_FOREACH(m, &g_rpc_methods, slist) {
+		if (strcmp(m->name, method) != 0) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if ((m->state_mask & state_mask) == state_mask) {
+			return 0;
+		} else {
+			return -EPERM;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return -ENOENT;
+}
+
 void
 spdk_rpc_close(void)
 {