diff --git a/include/spdk/nvmf.h b/include/spdk/nvmf.h
index 17f060212a..ec9222889c 100644
--- a/include/spdk/nvmf.h
+++ b/include/spdk/nvmf.h
@@ -136,6 +136,15 @@ void spdk_nvmf_tgt_destroy(struct spdk_nvmf_tgt *tgt,
 			   spdk_nvmf_tgt_destroy_done_fn cb_fn,
 			   void *cb_arg);
 
+/**
+ * Get the name of an NVMe-oF target.
+ *
+ * \param tgt The target from which to get the name.
+ *
+ * \return The name of the target as a null terminated string.
+ */
+const char *spdk_nvmf_tgt_get_name(struct spdk_nvmf_tgt *tgt);
+
 /**
  * Get a pointer to an NVMe-oF target.
  *
@@ -150,6 +159,26 @@ void spdk_nvmf_tgt_destroy(struct spdk_nvmf_tgt *tgt,
  */
 struct spdk_nvmf_tgt *spdk_nvmf_get_tgt(const char *name);
 
+/**
+ * Get the pointer to the first NVMe-oF target.
+ *
+ * Combined with spdk_nvmf_get_next_tgt to iterate over all available targets.
+ *
+ * \return The first NVMe-oF target.
+ */
+struct spdk_nvmf_tgt *spdk_nvmf_get_first_tgt(void);
+
+/**
+ * Get the pointer to the first NVMe-oF target.
+ *
+ * Combined with spdk_nvmf_get_first_tgt to iterate over all available targets.
+ *
+ * \param prev A pointer to the last NVMe-oF target.
+ *
+ * \return The first NVMe-oF target.
+ */
+struct spdk_nvmf_tgt *spdk_nvmf_get_next_tgt(struct spdk_nvmf_tgt *prev);
+
 /**
  * Write NVMe-oF target configuration into provided JSON context.
  * \param w JSON write context
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c b/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
index 77b705fec5..42b7d91797 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
@@ -314,6 +314,12 @@ spdk_nvmf_tgt_destroy(struct spdk_nvmf_tgt *tgt,
 	spdk_io_device_unregister(tgt, spdk_nvmf_tgt_destroy_cb);
 }
 
+const char *
+spdk_nvmf_tgt_get_name(struct spdk_nvmf_tgt *tgt)
+{
+	return tgt->name;
+}
+
 struct spdk_nvmf_tgt *
 spdk_nvmf_get_tgt(const char *name)
 {
@@ -342,6 +348,18 @@ spdk_nvmf_get_tgt(const char *name)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+struct spdk_nvmf_tgt *
+spdk_nvmf_get_first_tgt(void)
+{
+	return TAILQ_FIRST(&g_nvmf_tgts);
+}
+
+struct spdk_nvmf_tgt *
+spdk_nvmf_get_next_tgt(struct spdk_nvmf_tgt *prev)
+{
+	return TAILQ_NEXT(prev, link);
+}
+
 static void
 spdk_nvmf_write_subsystem_config_json(struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w,
 				      struct spdk_nvmf_subsystem *subsystem)