diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/sinsp_cgroup.cpp b/userspace/libsinsp/sinsp_cgroup.cpp
index 2525288080..c63c2984a6 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/sinsp_cgroup.cpp
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/sinsp_cgroup.cpp
@@ -94,3 +94,12 @@ bool sinsp_cgroup::in_cgroupns() const
 {
 	return m_scap_cgroup.m_in_cgroupns;
 }
+
+std::string sinsp_cgroup::self_v2() const
+{
+	if(!m_scap_cgroup.m_self_v2[0])
+	{
+		return {};
+	}
+	return m_scap_cgroup.m_self_v2;
+}
diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/sinsp_cgroup.h b/userspace/libsinsp/sinsp_cgroup.h
index b40fbac8f8..404f0cc54c 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/sinsp_cgroup.h
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/sinsp_cgroup.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ class sinsp_cgroup {
 
 	bool in_cgroupns() const;
 
+	std::string self_v2() const;
+
 protected:
 	std::string m_root;
 	struct scap_cgroup_interface m_scap_cgroup;