diff --git a/autobuild.sh b/autobuild.sh
index 5ea44cad85..52541f1e92 100755
--- a/autobuild.sh
+++ b/autobuild.sh
@@ -77,9 +77,7 @@ timing_enter "$make_timing_label"
 
 $MAKE $MAKEFLAGS clean
 if [ $SPDK_BUILD_SHARED_OBJECT -eq 1 ]; then
-	./configure $config_params --with-shared
-	$MAKE $MAKEFLAGS
-	$MAKE $MAKEFLAGS clean
+	$rootdir/test/make/check_so_deps.sh
 	report_test_completion "shared_object_build"
 fi
 
diff --git a/test/make/check_so_deps.sh b/test/make/check_so_deps.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..afc8f4df29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/make/check_so_deps.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+if [ "$(uname -s)" = "FreeBSD" ]; then
+	echo "Not testing for shared object dependencies on FreeBSD."
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+rootdir=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0)/../..)
+source "$rootdir/test/common/autotest_common.sh"
+
+libdir="$rootdir/build/lib"
+libdeps_file="$rootdir/mk/spdk.lib_deps.mk"
+
+# This function is needed to properly evaluate the Make variables into actual dependencies.
+function replace_defined_variables() {
+	local arr=("$@")
+	local bad_values=()
+	local good_values=()
+	local new_values
+	for dep in "${arr[@]}"; do
+		if [[ $dep == *'$'* ]]; then
+			raw_dep=${dep/$\(/}
+			raw_dep=${raw_dep/\)/ }
+			bad_values+=("$raw_dep")
+		else
+			good_values+=("$dep")
+		fi
+	done
+	for dep in "${bad_values[@]}"; do
+		dep_def_arr=($(cat $libdeps_file | grep -v "#" | grep "${dep}" | cut -d "=" -f 2 | xargs))
+		new_values=($(replace_defined_variables "${dep_def_arr[@]}"))
+		good_values=( "${good_values[@]}" "${new_values[@]}" )
+	done
+	echo ${good_values[*]}
+}
+
+function confirm_deps() {
+	lib=$1
+	missing_syms=()
+	dep_names=()
+	found_symbol_lib=""
+
+	#keep the space here to differentiate bdev and bdev_*
+	lib_shortname=$(basename $lib | sed 's,libspdk_,,g' | sed 's,\.so, ,g')
+	lib_make_deps=($(cat $libdeps_file | grep "DEPDIRS-${lib_shortname}" | cut -d "=" -f 2 | xargs))
+	lib_make_deps=($(replace_defined_variables "${lib_make_deps[@]}"))
+
+	for dep in ${lib_make_deps[@]}; do
+		if [[ $dep == *'$'* ]]; then
+			dep_no_dollar=$(echo $dep | sed 's,$(,,g' | sed 's,),,g')
+		fi
+	done
+
+	symbols=$(readelf -s $lib | grep -E "NOTYPE.*GLOBAL.*UND" | awk '{print $8}' | sort | uniq)
+	for symbol in $symbols; do
+		for deplib in $DEP_LIBS; do
+			if [ "$deplib" == "$lib" ]; then
+				continue
+			fi
+			found_symbol=$(readelf -s $deplib | grep -E "DEFAULT\s+[0-9]+\s$symbol$") || true
+			if [ "$found_symbol" != "" ]; then
+				found_symbol_lib=$(basename $deplib | sed 's,libspdk_,,g' | sed 's,\.so,,g')
+				break
+			fi
+		done
+		if [ "$found_symbol" == "" ]; then
+			missing_syms+=("$symbol")
+		else
+			dep_names+=("$found_symbol_lib")
+		fi
+	done
+	IFS=$'\n'
+	# Ignore any event_* dependencies. Those are based on the subsystem configuration and not readelf.
+	lib_make_deps=( $(printf "%s\n" ${lib_make_deps[@]} | sort | grep -v "event_") )
+	# Ignore the env_dpdk readelf dependency. We don't want people explicitly linking against it.
+	dep_names=( $(printf "%s\n" ${dep_names[@]} | sort | uniq | grep -v "env_dpdk") )
+	unset IFS
+	diff=$(echo ${dep_names[@]} ${lib_make_deps[@]} | tr ' ' '\n' | sort | uniq -u)
+	if [ "$diff" != "" ]; then
+		touch $fail_file
+		echo "there was a dependency mismatch in the library $lib_shortname"
+		echo "The makefile lists: '${lib_make_deps[*]}'"
+		echo "readelf outputs   : '${dep_names[*]}'"
+		echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------"
+	elif [ ${#missing_syms[@]} -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo "There are still undefined symbols in the library $lib_shortname"
+		printf "%s\n" ${missing_syms[@]}
+		echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------"
+	fi
+}
+
+# By removing the spdk.lib_deps.mk file from spdk.lib.mk, we ensure that we won't
+# create any link dependencies. Then we can be sure we get a valid accounting of the
+# symbol dependencies we have.
+sed -i -e 's,include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.lib_deps.mk,,g' "$rootdir/mk/spdk.lib.mk"
+
+if [ "$SPDK_TEST_OCF" -eq 1 ]; then
+	config_params="$config_params --with-ocf=$rootdir/build/ocf.a"
+fi
+
+./configure $config_params --with-shared
+$MAKE $MAKEFLAGS
+
+xtrace_disable
+
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------"
+# Exclude libspdk_env_dpdk.so from the library list. We don't link against this one so that
+# users can define their own environment abstraction. However we do want to still check it
+# for dependencies to avoid printing out a bunch of confusing symbols under the missing
+# symbols section.
+SPDK_LIBS=$(ls -1 $libdir/libspdk_*.so | grep -v libspdk_env_dpdk.so)
+DEP_LIBS=$(ls -1 $libdir/libspdk_*.so)
+
+fail_file=$output_dir/check_so_deps_fail
+
+rm -f $fail_file
+
+for lib in $SPDK_LIBS; do
+	confirm_deps $lib&
+done
+
+wait
+
+$MAKE $MAKEFLAGS clean
+git checkout "$rootdir/mk/spdk.lib.mk"
+
+if [ -f $fail_file ]; then
+	rm -f $fail_file
+	echo "shared object test failed"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+xtrace_restore