diff --git a/lib/rpc/Makefile b/lib/rpc/Makefile
index 801bcf56e..903f93311 100644
--- a/lib/rpc/Makefile
+++ b/lib/rpc/Makefile
@@ -41,4 +41,6 @@ SO_SUFFIX := $(SO_VER).$(SO_MINOR)
 C_SRCS = rpc.c
 LIBNAME = rpc
 
+SPDK_MAP_FILE = $(abspath $(CURDIR)/spdk_rpc.map)
+
 include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.lib.mk
diff --git a/lib/rpc/spdk_rpc.map b/lib/rpc/spdk_rpc.map
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e15ff8b53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rpc/spdk_rpc.map
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+	global:
+
+	# public functions
+	spdk_rpc_verify_methods;
+	spdk_rpc_listen;
+	spdk_rpc_accept;
+	spdk_rpc_close;
+	spdk_rpc_register_method;
+	spdk_rpc_register_alias_deprecated;
+	spdk_rpc_is_method_allowed;
+	spdk_rpc_set_state;
+	spdk_rpc_get_state;
+
+	local: *;
+};