diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index cc734da21e1b9f74dc60c0fecb678bd573fb13a3..392357f39b9d8053965884672c8d0b1ff7f86f71 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -1730,6 +1730,7 @@ virSCSIDeviceFileIterate;
 virSCSIDeviceFree;
 virSCSIDeviceGetAdapter;
 virSCSIDeviceGetBus;
+virSCSIDeviceGetDevName;
 virSCSIDeviceGetName;
 virSCSIDeviceGetReadonly;
 virSCSIDeviceGetSgName;
diff --git a/src/util/virscsi.c b/src/util/virscsi.c
index d6685faeedfb10adf33b90dd4dadadf506f5fb78..bdd06fdf72a43aadef9612cdae8191968f7dab37 100644
--- a/src/util/virscsi.c
+++ b/src/util/virscsi.c
@@ -142,6 +142,53 @@ cleanup:
     return sg;
 }
 
+/* Returns device name (e.g. "sdc") on success, or NULL
+ * on failure.
+ */
+char *
+virSCSIDeviceGetDevName(const char *adapter,
+                        unsigned int bus,
+                        unsigned int target,
+                        unsigned int unit)
+{
+    DIR *dir = NULL;
+    struct dirent *entry;
+    char *path = NULL;
+    char *name = NULL;
+    unsigned int adapter_id;
+
+    if (virSCSIDeviceGetAdapterId(adapter, &adapter_id) < 0)
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (virAsprintf(&path,
+                    SYSFS_SCSI_DEVICES "/%d:%d:%d:%d/block",
+                    adapter_id, bus, target, unit) < 0) {
+        virReportOOMError();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (!(dir = opendir(path))) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+                       _("Failed to open %s"), path);
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    while ((entry = readdir(dir))) {
+        if (entry->d_name[0] == '.')
+            continue;
+
+        if (!(name = strdup(entry->d_name))) {
+            virReportOOMError();
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
+    }
+
+cleanup:
+    closedir(dir);
+    VIR_FREE(path);
+    return name;
+}
+
 virSCSIDevicePtr
 virSCSIDeviceNew(const char *adapter,
                  unsigned int bus,
diff --git a/src/util/virscsi.h b/src/util/virscsi.h
index 8268cdfcb0dc7393f947a0c11177407b8a5b0725..cce5df4899cbd79e610cf4f6069a652b94645e05 100644
--- a/src/util/virscsi.h
+++ b/src/util/virscsi.h
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ char *virSCSIDeviceGetSgName(const char *adapter,
                              unsigned int bus,
                              unsigned int target,
                              unsigned int unit);
+char *virSCSIDeviceGetDevName(const char *adapter,
+                              unsigned int bus,
+                              unsigned int target,
+                              unsigned int unit);
 
 virSCSIDevicePtr virSCSIDeviceNew(const char *adapter,
                                   unsigned int bus,