diff --git a/lib/log/Makefile b/lib/log/Makefile
index ed577cc5b..9ca97ab1c 100644
--- a/lib/log/Makefile
+++ b/lib/log/Makefile
@@ -44,4 +44,6 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_LOG_BACKTRACE),y)
 LOCAL_SYS_LIBS += -lunwind
 endif
 
+SPDK_MAP_FILE = $(abspath $(CURDIR)/spdk_log.map)
+
 include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.lib.mk
diff --git a/lib/log/spdk_log.map b/lib/log/spdk_log.map
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c202f9a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/log/spdk_log.map
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+	global:
+
+	# public functions
+	spdk_log_open;
+	spdk_log_close;
+	spdk_log_set_level;
+	spdk_log_get_level;
+	spdk_log_set_backtrace_level;
+	spdk_log_get_backtrace_level;
+	spdk_log_set_print_level;
+	spdk_log_get_print_level;
+	spdk_log;
+	spdk_log_dump;
+	spdk_log_get_flag;
+	spdk_log_set_flag;
+	spdk_log_clear_flag;
+	spdk_log_usage;
+
+	# functions used by other SPDK libraries
+	spdk_log_register_flag;
+	spdk_log_get_first_flag;
+	spdk_log_get_next_flag;
+
+	local: *;
+};
diff --git a/test/make/check_so_deps.sh b/test/make/check_so_deps.sh
index 149314f04..ee0d0f011 100755
--- a/test/make/check_so_deps.sh
+++ b/test/make/check_so_deps.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ function confirm_abi_deps() {
 	name = spdk_jsonrpc_parse_response
 [suppress_variable]
 	name = SPDK_LOG_LOG_RPC
+[suppress_variable]
+	name = SPDK_LOG_LOG
 EOF
 
 	for object in "$libdir"/libspdk_*.so; do