diff --git a/include/spdk/reduce.h b/include/spdk/reduce.h
index a35c5b998..220f2485c 100644
--- a/include/spdk/reduce.h
+++ b/include/spdk/reduce.h
@@ -230,4 +230,13 @@ void spdk_reduce_vol_writev(struct spdk_reduce_vol *vol,
 			    struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt, uint64_t offset, uint64_t length,
 			    spdk_reduce_vol_op_complete cb_fn, void *cb_arg);
 
+/**
+ * Get the params structure for a libreduce compressed volume.
+ *
+ * This function will populate the given params structure for a given volume.
+ *
+ * \param vol Previously loaded or initialized compressed volume.
+ * \return params structure for the compressed volume.
+ */
+const struct spdk_reduce_vol_params *spdk_reduce_vol_get_params(struct spdk_reduce_vol *vol);
 #endif /* SPDK_REDUCE_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/reduce/reduce.c b/lib/reduce/reduce.c
index e0331b5eb..a68b13560 100644
--- a/lib/reduce/reduce.c
+++ b/lib/reduce/reduce.c
@@ -1389,4 +1389,10 @@ spdk_reduce_vol_writev(struct spdk_reduce_vol *vol,
 	}
 }
 
+const struct spdk_reduce_vol_params *
+spdk_reduce_vol_get_params(struct spdk_reduce_vol *vol)
+{
+	return &vol->params;
+}
+
 SPDK_LOG_REGISTER_COMPONENT("reduce", SPDK_LOG_REDUCE)