diff --git a/include/neatvnc.h b/include/neatvnc.h
index 8df91c1..991e2c1 100644
--- a/include/neatvnc.h
+++ b/include/neatvnc.h
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ int32_t nvnc_fb_get_stride(const struct nvnc_fb* fb);
 int nvnc_fb_get_pixel_size(const struct nvnc_fb* fb);
 struct gbm_bo* nvnc_fb_get_gbm_bo(const struct nvnc_fb* fb);
 enum nvnc_transform nvnc_fb_get_transform(const struct nvnc_fb* fb);
+enum nvnc_fb_type nvnc_fb_get_type(const struct nvnc_fb* fb);
 
 struct nvnc_fb_pool* nvnc_fb_pool_new(uint16_t width, uint16_t height,
 				      uint32_t fourcc_format, uint16_t stride);
diff --git a/src/fb.c b/src/fb.c
index 2304dc3..440e282 100644
--- a/src/fb.c
+++ b/src/fb.c
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ enum nvnc_transform nvnc_fb_get_transform(const struct nvnc_fb* fb)
 	return fb->transform;
 }
 
+EXPORT
+enum nvnc_fb_type nvnc_fb_get_type(const struct nvnc_fb* fb)
+{
+	return fb->type;
+}
+
 static void nvnc__fb_free(struct nvnc_fb* fb)
 {
 	nvnc_cleanup_fn cleanup = fb->common.cleanup_fn;