diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 266d1f571..210ade406 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ Added spdk_rpc_set_allowlist to restrict allowed RPCs to the specified list.
 Promoted the application to example to match similar programs: fio_plugin and perf.
 It can now be found inside `examples/bdev/bdevperf`.
 
+### util
+
+New API `spdk_fd_group_get_epoll_event` that returns the epoll(7) event that
+caused a function callback in file descriptor group to execute.
+
 ## v22.09
 
 ### accel
diff --git a/include/spdk/fd_group.h b/include/spdk/fd_group.h
index b4dbd1d9f..fdc22da8f 100644
--- a/include/spdk/fd_group.h
+++ b/include/spdk/fd_group.h
@@ -118,6 +118,22 @@ void spdk_fd_group_remove(struct spdk_fd_group *fgrp, int efd);
 int spdk_fd_group_event_modify(struct spdk_fd_group *fgrp,
 			       int efd, int event_types);
 
+/*
+ * Forward declaration of epoll_event to avoid having to conditionally compile
+ * spdk_fd_group_get_epoll_event on non-Linux systems.
+ */
+struct epoll_event;
+
+/**
+ * Copies the epoll(7) event that caused a callback function to execute.
+ * This function can only be called by the callback function, doing otherwise
+ * results in undefined behavior.
+ *
+ * \param event pointer to an epoll(7) event to copy to
+ * \return 0 on success, -errno on error
+ */
+int spdk_fd_group_get_epoll_event(struct epoll_event *event);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/util/fd_group.c b/lib/util/fd_group.c
index 749c55b01..3d85cec0f 100644
--- a/lib/util/fd_group.c
+++ b/lib/util/fd_group.c
@@ -60,6 +60,18 @@ spdk_fd_group_get_fd(struct spdk_fd_group *fgrp)
 
 #ifdef __linux__
 
+static __thread struct epoll_event *g_event = NULL;
+
+int
+spdk_fd_group_get_epoll_event(struct epoll_event *event)
+{
+	if (g_event == NULL) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	*event = *g_event;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int
 spdk_fd_group_add(struct spdk_fd_group *fgrp, int efd, spdk_fd_fn fn,
 		  void *arg, const char *name)
@@ -277,8 +289,10 @@ spdk_fd_group_wait(struct spdk_fd_group *fgrp, int timeout)
 		SPDK_DTRACE_PROBE4(interrupt_fd_process, ehdlr->name, ehdlr->fd,
 				   ehdlr->fn, ehdlr->fn_arg);
 
+		g_event = &events[n];
 		/* call the interrupt response function */
 		ehdlr->fn(ehdlr->fn_arg);
+		g_event = NULL;
 
 		/* It is possible that the ehdlr was removed
 		 * during this wait loop when it get executed.
@@ -295,6 +309,12 @@ spdk_fd_group_wait(struct spdk_fd_group *fgrp, int timeout)
 
 #else
 
+int
+spdk_fd_group_get_epoll_event(struct epoll_event *event)
+{
+	return -ENOTSUP;
+}
+
 int
 spdk_fd_group_add(struct spdk_fd_group *fgrp, int efd, spdk_fd_fn fn,
 		  void *arg, const char *name)
diff --git a/lib/util/spdk_util.map b/lib/util/spdk_util.map
index ffe9253ca..b73ff7722 100644
--- a/lib/util/spdk_util.map
+++ b/lib/util/spdk_util.map
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
 	# public functions in fd_group.h
 	spdk_fd_group_create;
 	spdk_fd_group_destroy;
+	spdk_fd_group_get_epoll_event;
 	spdk_fd_group_wait;
 	spdk_fd_group_add;
 	spdk_fd_group_remove;