diff --git a/include/spdk/trace_parser.h b/include/spdk/trace_parser.h
index 3aefd9f55c..b59071b7da 100644
--- a/include/spdk/trace_parser.h
+++ b/include/spdk/trace_parser.h
@@ -83,6 +83,15 @@ struct spdk_trace_parser *spdk_trace_parser_init(const struct spdk_trace_parser_
  */
 void spdk_trace_parser_cleanup(struct spdk_trace_parser *parser);
 
+/**
+ * Return trace flags describing the traces.
+ *
+ * \param parser Parser object to be used.
+ *
+ * \return Pointer to the trace flags.
+ */
+const struct spdk_trace_flags *spdk_trace_parser_get_flags(const struct spdk_trace_parser *parser);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/trace_parser/spdk_trace_parser.map b/lib/trace_parser/spdk_trace_parser.map
index 1f1c1c5696..ae58db77a5 100644
--- a/lib/trace_parser/spdk_trace_parser.map
+++ b/lib/trace_parser/spdk_trace_parser.map
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 	# public functions
 	spdk_trace_parser_init;
 	spdk_trace_parser_cleanup;
+	spdk_trace_parser_get_flags;
 
 	local: *;
 };
diff --git a/lib/trace_parser/trace.cpp b/lib/trace_parser/trace.cpp
index 8874b4770e..2986ee4255 100644
--- a/lib/trace_parser/trace.cpp
+++ b/lib/trace_parser/trace.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "spdk/stdinc.h"
 #include "spdk/log.h"
 #include "spdk/trace_parser.h"
+#include "spdk/util.h"
 
 #include <exception>
 #include <new>
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ struct spdk_trace_parser {
 	~spdk_trace_parser();
 	spdk_trace_parser(const spdk_trace_parser &) = delete;
 	spdk_trace_parser &operator=(const spdk_trace_parser &) = delete;
+	const spdk_trace_flags *flags() const { return &_histories->flags; }
 private:
 	bool init(const spdk_trace_parser_opts *opts);
 	void cleanup();
@@ -158,3 +160,9 @@ spdk_trace_parser_cleanup(struct spdk_trace_parser *parser)
 {
 	delete parser;
 }
+
+const struct spdk_trace_flags *
+spdk_trace_parser_get_flags(const struct spdk_trace_parser *parser)
+{
+	return parser->flags();
+}