diff --git a/include/spdk/log.h b/include/spdk/log.h
index 6c5ac8e39..b81233d0e 100644
--- a/include/spdk/log.h
+++ b/include/spdk/log.h
@@ -154,6 +154,20 @@ enum spdk_log_level spdk_log_get_print_level(void);
 void spdk_log(enum spdk_log_level level, const char *file, const int line, const char *func,
 	      const char *format, ...) __attribute__((__format__(__printf__, 5, 6)));
 
+/**
+ * Same as spdk_log except that instead of being called with variable number of
+ * arguments it is called with an argument list as defined in stdarg.h
+ *
+ * \param level Log level threshold.
+ * \param file Name of the current source file.
+ * \param line Current source line number.
+ * \param func Current source function name.
+ * \param format Format string to the message.
+ * \param ap printf arguments
+ */
+void spdk_vlog(enum spdk_log_level level, const char *file, const int line, const char *func,
+	       const char *format, va_list ap);
+
 /**
  * Log the contents of a raw buffer to a file.
  *
diff --git a/lib/log/Makefile b/lib/log/Makefile
index 9ca97ab1c..a05aff983 100644
--- a/lib/log/Makefile
+++ b/lib/log/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ SPDK_ROOT_DIR := $(abspath $(CURDIR)/../..)
 include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.common.mk
 
 SO_VER := 2
-SO_MINOR := 0
+SO_MINOR := 1
 SO_SUFFIX := $(SO_VER).$(SO_MINOR)
 
 C_SRCS = log.c log_flags.c
diff --git a/lib/log/log.c b/lib/log/log.c
index c5682c51e..09c060863 100644
--- a/lib/log/log.c
+++ b/lib/log/log.c
@@ -127,16 +127,24 @@ get_timestamp_prefix(char *buf, int buf_size)
 void
 spdk_log(enum spdk_log_level level, const char *file, const int line, const char *func,
 	 const char *format, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+
+	va_start(ap, format);
+	spdk_vlog(level, file, line, func, format, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+}
+
+void
+spdk_vlog(enum spdk_log_level level, const char *file, const int line, const char *func,
+	  const char *format, va_list ap)
 {
 	int severity = LOG_INFO;
 	char buf[MAX_TMPBUF];
 	char timestamp[32];
-	va_list ap;
 
 	if (g_log) {
-		va_start(ap, format);
 		g_log(level, file, line, func, format, ap);
-		va_end(ap);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -162,8 +170,6 @@ spdk_log(enum spdk_log_level level, const char *file, const int line, const char
 		return;
 	}
 
-	va_start(ap, format);
-
 	vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), format, ap);
 
 	if (level <= g_spdk_log_print_level) {
@@ -183,8 +189,6 @@ spdk_log(enum spdk_log_level level, const char *file, const int line, const char
 			syslog(severity, "%s", buf);
 		}
 	}
-
-	va_end(ap);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/lib/log/spdk_log.map b/lib/log/spdk_log.map
index 6c202f9a4..a91e931fc 100644
--- a/lib/log/spdk_log.map
+++ b/lib/log/spdk_log.map
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 	spdk_log_set_print_level;
 	spdk_log_get_print_level;
 	spdk_log;
+	spdk_vlog;
 	spdk_log_dump;
 	spdk_log_get_flag;
 	spdk_log_set_flag;