diff --git a/include/spdk/env.h b/include/spdk/env.h
index 2d2c7faa59..53eb545336 100644
--- a/include/spdk/env.h
+++ b/include/spdk/env.h
@@ -573,6 +573,13 @@ size_t spdk_ring_enqueue(struct spdk_ring *ring, void **objs, size_t count);
  */
 size_t spdk_ring_dequeue(struct spdk_ring *ring, void **objs, size_t count);
 
+/**
+ * Reports whether the SPDK application is using the IOMMU for DMA
+ *
+ * \return True if we are using the IOMMU, false otherwise.
+ */
+bool spdk_iommu_is_enabled(void);
+
 #define SPDK_VTOPHYS_ERROR	(0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFULL)
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/env_dpdk/memory.c b/lib/env_dpdk/memory.c
index 9afd5ad59f..ed26a72958 100644
--- a/lib/env_dpdk/memory.c
+++ b/lib/env_dpdk/memory.c
@@ -779,6 +779,16 @@ spdk_mem_map_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+bool
+spdk_iommu_is_enabled(void)
+{
+#if SPDK_VFIO_ENABLED
+	return g_vfio.enabled && !g_vfio.noiommu_enabled;
+#else
+	return false;
+#endif
+}
+
 struct spdk_vtophys_pci_device {
 	struct rte_pci_device *pci_device;
 	TAILQ_ENTRY(spdk_vtophys_pci_device) tailq;