diff --git a/doc/developer-guide/api/functions/TSVConnFdGet.en.rst b/doc/developer-guide/api/functions/TSVConnFdGet.en.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e5a808115f
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+++ b/doc/developer-guide/api/functions/TSVConnFdGet.en.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
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+
+
+TSVConnFdGet
+============
+
+Synopsis
+--------
+
+.. code-block:: cpp
+
+    #include <ts/ts.h>
+
+.. c:function:: int TSVConnFdGet(TSVConn vconnp)
+
+
+Description
+-----------
+Returns the file descriptor associated with the network connection :arg:`sslp`.
+It returns -1 on error.
diff --git a/include/ts/ts.h b/include/ts/ts.h
index 3191f236173..6d94342a2d6 100644
--- a/include/ts/ts.h
+++ b/include/ts/ts.h
@@ -1315,6 +1315,8 @@ namespace c
   TSReturnCode TSVConnTunnel(TSVConn sslp);
   /*  Return the SSL object associated with the connection */
   TSSslConnection TSVConnSslConnectionGet(TSVConn sslp);
+  /* Return the file descriptoer associated with the connection */
+  int TSVConnFdGet(TSVConn sslp);
   /* Return the intermediate X509StoreCTX object that references the certificate being validated */
   TSSslVerifyCTX TSVConnSslVerifyCTXGet(TSVConn sslp);
   /*  Fetch a SSL context from the global lookup table */
diff --git a/src/traffic_server/InkAPI.cc b/src/traffic_server/InkAPI.cc
index 035aaa64823..a4ab9709fba 100644
--- a/src/traffic_server/InkAPI.cc
+++ b/src/traffic_server/InkAPI.cc
@@ -9132,6 +9132,14 @@ tsapi::c::TSVConnSslConnectionGet(TSVConn sslp)
   return ssl;
 }
 
+int
+tsapi::c::TSVConnFdGet(TSVConn vconnp)
+{
+  sdk_assert(sdk_sanity_check_null_ptr(vconnp) == TS_SUCCESS);
+  NetVConnection *vc = reinterpret_cast<NetVConnection *>(vconnp);
+  return vc->get_socket();
+}
+
 const char *
 tsapi::c::TSVConnSslSniGet(TSVConn sslp, int *length)
 {