diff --git a/include/spdk/nbd.h b/include/spdk/nbd.h
index d987c1c4b..0e63ec1b0 100644
--- a/include/spdk/nbd.h
+++ b/include/spdk/nbd.h
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ struct spdk_nbd_disk *spdk_nbd_start(const char *bdev_name, const char *nbd_path
  */
 void spdk_nbd_stop(struct spdk_nbd_disk *nbd);
 
+/**
+ * Get the local filesystem path used for the network block device.
+ */
+const char *spdk_nbd_get_path(struct spdk_nbd_disk *nbd);
+
 /**
  * Write NBD subsystem configuration into provided JSON context.
  *
diff --git a/lib/nbd/nbd.c b/lib/nbd/nbd.c
index 639f122ce..77c2d6daa 100644
--- a/lib/nbd/nbd.c
+++ b/lib/nbd/nbd.c
@@ -966,4 +966,10 @@ err:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+const char *
+spdk_nbd_get_path(struct spdk_nbd_disk *nbd)
+{
+	return nbd->nbd_path;
+}
+
 SPDK_LOG_REGISTER_COMPONENT("nbd", SPDK_LOG_NBD)