diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 19d2c67689..f2592a0782 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -3074,6 +3074,7 @@ virStoragePRDefIsManaged;
 virStoragePRDefParseXML;
 virStorageSourceBackingStoreClear;
 virStorageSourceChainHasManagedPR;
+virStorageSourceChainHasNVMe;
 virStorageSourceClear;
 virStorageSourceCopy;
 virStorageSourceFindByNodeName;
diff --git a/src/util/virstoragefile.c b/src/util/virstoragefile.c
index 480f0d7db4..3a3de314b8 100644
--- a/src/util/virstoragefile.c
+++ b/src/util/virstoragefile.c
@@ -2136,6 +2136,20 @@ virStorageSourceNVMeDefFree(virStorageSourceNVMeDefPtr def)
 }
 
 
+bool
+virStorageSourceChainHasNVMe(const virStorageSource *src)
+{
+    const virStorageSource *n;
+
+    for (n = src; virStorageSourceIsBacking(n); n = n->backingStore) {
+        if (n->type == VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NVME)
+            return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+
 virSecurityDeviceLabelDefPtr
 virStorageSourceGetSecurityLabelDef(virStorageSourcePtr src,
                                     const char *model)
diff --git a/src/util/virstoragefile.h b/src/util/virstoragefile.h
index 42ca49bc64..39e50a989d 100644
--- a/src/util/virstoragefile.h
+++ b/src/util/virstoragefile.h
@@ -433,6 +433,8 @@ virStorageSourceChainHasManagedPR(virStorageSourcePtr src);
 void virStorageSourceNVMeDefFree(virStorageSourceNVMeDefPtr def);
 G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(virStorageSourceNVMeDef, virStorageSourceNVMeDefFree);
 
+bool virStorageSourceChainHasNVMe(const virStorageSource *src);
+
 virSecurityDeviceLabelDefPtr
 virStorageSourceGetSecurityLabelDef(virStorageSourcePtr src,
                                     const char *model);