diff --git a/doc/jsonrpc.md b/doc/jsonrpc.md
index cf643fb1d..142b1f19d 100644
--- a/doc/jsonrpc.md
+++ b/doc/jsonrpc.md
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ Example response:
     "bdev_get_bdevs",
     "bdev_get_iostat",
     "get_subsystem_config",
-    "get_subsystems",
+    "framework_get_subsystems",
     "framework_monitor_context_switch",
     "spdk_kill_instance",
     "ioat_scan_copy_engine",
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ Example response:
 }
 ~~~
 
-## get_subsystems {#rpc_get_subsystems}
+## framework_get_subsystems {#rpc_framework_get_subsystems}
 
 Get an array of name and dependency relationship of SPDK subsystems in initialization order.
 
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ Example request:
 {
   "jsonrpc": "2.0",
   "id": 1,
-  "method": "get_subsystems"
+  "method": "framework_get_subsystems"
 }
 ~~~
 
diff --git a/module/event/rpc/subsystem_rpc.c b/module/event/rpc/subsystem_rpc.c
index 04348ea9c..850cb0b98 100644
--- a/module/event/rpc/subsystem_rpc.c
+++ b/module/event/rpc/subsystem_rpc.c
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 #include "spdk/env.h"
 
 static void
-spdk_rpc_get_subsystems(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
-			const struct spdk_json_val *params)
+spdk_rpc_framework_get_subsystems(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
+				  const struct spdk_json_val *params)
 {
 	struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w;
 	struct spdk_subsystem *subsystem;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ spdk_rpc_get_subsystems(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 
 	if (params) {
 		spdk_jsonrpc_send_error_response(request, SPDK_JSONRPC_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMS,
-						 "'get_subsystems' requires no arguments");
+						 "'framework_get_subsystems' requires no arguments");
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ spdk_rpc_get_subsystems(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 	spdk_jsonrpc_end_result(request, w);
 }
 
-SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("get_subsystems", spdk_rpc_get_subsystems, SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME)
+SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("framework_get_subsystems", spdk_rpc_framework_get_subsystems, SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME)
+SPDK_RPC_REGISTER_ALIAS_DEPRECATED(framework_get_subsystems, get_subsystems)
 
 struct rpc_get_subsystem_config {
 	char *name;
diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index dad469f92..e902c9821 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -1828,12 +1828,13 @@ Format: 'user:u1 secret:s1 muser:mu1 msecret:ms1,user:u2 secret:s2 muser:mu2 mse
     p.set_defaults(func=bdev_pmem_delete_pool)
 
     # subsystem
-    def get_subsystems(args):
-        print_dict(rpc.subsystem.get_subsystems(args.client))
+    def framework_get_subsystems(args):
+        print_dict(rpc.subsystem.framework_get_subsystems(args.client))
 
-    p = subparsers.add_parser('get_subsystems', help="""Print subsystems array in initialization order. Each subsystem
+    p = subparsers.add_parser('framework_get_subsystems', aliases=['get_subsystems'],
+                              help="""Print subsystems array in initialization order. Each subsystem
     entry contain (unsorted) array of subsystems it depends on.""")
-    p.set_defaults(func=get_subsystems)
+    p.set_defaults(func=framework_get_subsystems)
 
     def get_subsystem_config(args):
         print_dict(rpc.subsystem.get_subsystem_config(args.client, args.name))
diff --git a/scripts/rpc/__init__.py b/scripts/rpc/__init__.py
index a41cc8fdc..0465d922a 100644
--- a/scripts/rpc/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc/__init__.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def save_config(client, fd, indent=2):
         'subsystems': []
     }
 
-    for elem in client.call('get_subsystems'):
+    for elem in client.call('framework_get_subsystems'):
         cfg = {
             'subsystem': elem['subsystem'],
             'config': client.call('get_subsystem_config', {"name": elem['subsystem']})
diff --git a/scripts/rpc/subsystem.py b/scripts/rpc/subsystem.py
index c8e662bcb..702dc0cb4 100644
--- a/scripts/rpc/subsystem.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc/subsystem.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-def get_subsystems(client):
-    return client.call('get_subsystems')
+from .helpers import deprecated_alias
+
+
+@deprecated_alias('get_subsystems')
+def framework_get_subsystems(client):
+    return client.call('framework_get_subsystems')
 
 
 def get_subsystem_config(client, name):
diff --git a/scripts/spdkcli/ui_root.py b/scripts/spdkcli/ui_root.py
index 5bf180e48..2304cbcd9 100644
--- a/scripts/spdkcli/ui_root.py
+++ b/scripts/spdkcli/ui_root.py
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ class UIRoot(UINode):
         return rpc.iscsi.iscsi_get_options(self.client, **kwargs)
 
     def has_subsystem(self, subsystem):
-        for system in rpc.subsystem.get_subsystems(self.client):
+        for system in rpc.subsystem.framework_get_subsystems(self.client):
             if subsystem.lower() == system["subsystem"].lower():
                 return True
         return False
diff --git a/test/json_config/clear_config.py b/test/json_config/clear_config.py
index e5da63e41..0c62fa760 100755
--- a/test/json_config/clear_config.py
+++ b/test/json_config/clear_config.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     @call_test_cmd
     def clear_config(args):
-        for subsystem_item in reversed(args.client.call('get_subsystems')):
+        for subsystem_item in reversed(args.client.call('framework_get_subsystems')):
             args.subsystem = subsystem_item['subsystem']
             clear_subsystem(args)