diff --git a/src/core/libosmocore.map b/src/core/libosmocore.map
index a50a9ed..72a6038 100644
--- a/src/core/libosmocore.map
+++ b/src/core/libosmocore.map
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@
 osmo_iofd_close;
 osmo_iofd_free;
 osmo_iofd_get_data;
+osmo_iofd_get_ioops;
 osmo_iofd_get_fd;
 osmo_iofd_get_name;
 osmo_iofd_set_name;
diff --git a/src/core/osmo_io.c b/src/core/osmo_io.c
index b6b5908..7ea959b 100644
--- a/src/core/osmo_io.c
+++ b/src/core/osmo_io.c
@@ -896,6 +896,14 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*! Get the osmo_io_ops for an iofd.
+ *  \param[in] iofd Target iofd file descriptor
+ *  \param[in] ioops caller-allocated osmo_io_ops structure to be filled */
+void osmo_iofd_get_ioops(struct osmo_io_fd *iofd, struct osmo_io_ops *ioops)
+{
+	*ioops = iofd->io_ops;
+}
+
 /*! Notify the user if/when the socket is connected.
  *  When the socket is connected the write_cb will be called.
  *  \param[in] iofd the file descriptor */