diff --git a/include/libnfs-private.h b/include/libnfs-private.h
index b1fe134..29f0406 100644
--- a/include/libnfs-private.h
+++ b/include/libnfs-private.h
@@ -104,3 +104,4 @@ void rpc_unset_autoreconnect(struct rpc_context *rpc);
 int rpc_add_fragment(struct rpc_context *rpc, char *data, uint64_t size);
 void rpc_free_all_fragments(struct rpc_context *rpc);
 
+const struct nfs_fh3 *nfs_get_rootfh(struct nfs_context *nfs);
diff --git a/lib/libnfs.c b/lib/libnfs.c
index ace4466..8c7ad4e 100644
--- a/lib/libnfs.c
+++ b/lib/libnfs.c
@@ -3512,3 +3512,6 @@ const char *nfs_get_export(struct nfs_context *nfs) {
 	return nfs->export;
 }
 
+const struct nfs_fh3 *nfs_get_rootfh(struct nfs_context *nfs) {
+      return &nfs->rootfh;
+}