diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
index 53bb865513..42aaef72dd 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ rte_eth_dev_get_addr_by_port(uint8_t port_id, struct rte_pci_addr *addr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
+int
 rte_eth_dev_get_name_by_port(uint8_t port_id, char *name)
 {
 	char *tmp;
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ rte_eth_dev_get_name_by_port(uint8_t port_id, char *name)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
+int
 rte_eth_dev_get_port_by_name(const char *name, uint8_t *port_id)
 {
 	int i;
diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
index f39199a542..bd93bf6414 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
@@ -4325,6 +4325,35 @@ rte_eth_dev_l2_tunnel_offload_set(uint8_t port_id,
 				  uint32_t mask,
 				  uint8_t en);
 
+/**
+* Get the port id from pci adrress or device name
+* Ex: 0000:2:00.0 or vdev name eth_pcap0
+*
+* @param name
+*  pci address or name of the device
+* @param port_id
+*   pointer to port identifier of the device
+* @return
+*   - (0) if successful.
+*   - (-ENODEV or -EINVAL) on failure.
+*/
+int
+rte_eth_dev_get_port_by_name(const char *name, uint8_t *port_id);
+
+/**
+* Get the device name from port id
+*
+* @param port_id
+*   pointer to port identifier of the device
+* @param name
+*  pci address or name of the device
+* @return
+*   - (0) if successful.
+*   - (-EINVAL) on failure.
+*/
+int
+rte_eth_dev_get_name_by_port(uint8_t port_id, char *name);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ether_version.map b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ether_version.map
index 4bb1ce6d97..97ed0b0eb5 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ether_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ether_version.map
@@ -137,5 +137,7 @@ DPDK_16.07 {
 	global:
 
 	rte_eth_add_first_rx_callback;
+	rte_eth_dev_get_name_by_port;
+	rte_eth_dev_get_port_by_name;
 	rte_eth_xstats_get_names;
 } DPDK_16.04;