diff --git a/lib/thread/Makefile b/lib/thread/Makefile
index 18ce22517..524e1bf0d 100644
--- a/lib/thread/Makefile
+++ b/lib/thread/Makefile
@@ -41,4 +41,6 @@ SO_SUFFIX := $(SO_VER).$(SO_MINOR)
 C_SRCS = thread.c
 LIBNAME = thread
 
+SPDK_MAP_FILE = $(abspath $(CURDIR)/spdk_thread.map)
+
 include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.lib.mk
diff --git a/lib/thread/spdk_thread.map b/lib/thread/spdk_thread.map
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b71fa06eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/thread/spdk_thread.map
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{
+	global:
+
+	# public functions in spdk/thread.h
+	spdk_thread_lib_init;
+	spdk_thread_lib_init_ext;
+	spdk_thread_lib_fini;
+	spdk_thread_create;
+	spdk_set_thread;
+	spdk_thread_exit;
+	spdk_thread_is_exited;
+	spdk_thread_destroy;
+	spdk_thread_get_ctx;
+	spdk_thread_get_cpumask;
+	spdk_thread_set_cpumask;
+	spdk_thread_get_from_ctx;
+	spdk_thread_poll;
+	spdk_thread_next_poller_expiration;
+	spdk_thread_has_active_pollers;
+	spdk_thread_has_pollers;
+	spdk_thread_is_idle;
+	spdk_thread_get_count;
+	spdk_get_thread;
+	spdk_thread_get_name;
+	spdk_thread_get_id;
+	spdk_thread_get_by_id;
+	spdk_thread_get_stats;
+	spdk_thread_get_last_tsc;
+	spdk_thread_send_msg;
+	spdk_thread_send_critical_msg;
+	spdk_for_each_thread;
+	spdk_poller_register;
+	spdk_poller_register_named;
+	spdk_poller_unregister;
+	spdk_poller_pause;
+	spdk_poller_resume;
+	spdk_io_device_register;
+	spdk_io_device_unregister;
+	spdk_get_io_channel;
+	spdk_put_io_channel;
+	spdk_io_channel_get_ctx;
+	spdk_io_channel_from_ctx;
+	spdk_io_channel_get_thread;
+	spdk_for_each_channel;
+	spdk_io_channel_iter_get_io_device;
+	spdk_io_channel_iter_get_channel;
+	spdk_io_channel_iter_get_ctx;
+	spdk_for_each_channel_continue;
+
+	# internal functions in spdk_internal/thread.h
+	spdk_poller_state_str;
+	spdk_io_device_get_name;
+
+	local: *;
+};
diff --git a/test/make/check_so_deps.sh b/test/make/check_so_deps.sh
index d8327d3b3..b2fc1fce2 100755
--- a/test/make/check_so_deps.sh
+++ b/test/make/check_so_deps.sh
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ function confirm_abi_deps() {
 	name = spdk_opal_uid
 [suppress_variable]
 	name = SPDK_LOG_REDUCE
+[suppress_variable]
+	name = SPDK_LOG_THREAD
 EOF
 
 	for object in "$libdir"/libspdk_*.so; do