diff --git a/src/mem/pagemap.h b/src/mem/pagemap.h
index ad0d91a4..6a307729 100644
--- a/src/mem/pagemap.h
+++ b/src/mem/pagemap.h
@@ -10,6 +10,36 @@ namespace snmalloc
   static constexpr size_t PAGEMAP_NODE_BITS = 16;
   static constexpr size_t PAGEMAP_NODE_SIZE = 1ULL << PAGEMAP_NODE_BITS;
 
+  /**
+   * Structure describing the configuration of a pagemap.  When querying a
+   * pagemap from a different instantiation of snmalloc, the pagemap is exposed
+   * as a `void*`.  This structure allows the caller to check whether the
+   * pagemap is of the format that they expect.
+   */
+  struct PagemapConfig
+  {
+    /**
+     * The version of the pagemap structure.  This is always 1 in existing
+     * versions of snmalloc.  This will be incremented every time the format
+     * changes in an incompatible way.  Changes to the format may add fields to
+     * the end of this structure.
+     */
+    uint32_t version;
+    /**
+     * Is this a flat pagemap?  If this field is false, the pagemap is the
+     * hierarchical structure.
+     */
+    bool is_flat_pagemap;
+    /**
+     * The number of bits of the address used to index into the pagemap.
+     */
+    uint64_t pagemap_bits;
+    /**
+     * The size (in bytes) of a pagemap entry.
+     */
+    size_t size_of_entry;
+  };
+
   template<size_t GRANULARITY_BITS, typename T, T default_content>
   class Pagemap
   {
@@ -168,6 +198,19 @@ namespace snmalloc
     }
 
   public:
+    static constexpr PagemapConfig config = {
+      1, false, GRANULARITY_BITS, sizeof(T)};
+    static Pagemap* cast_to_pagemap(void* pm, const PagemapConfig* c)
+    {
+      if (
+        (c->version != 1) || (c->is_flat_pagemap) ||
+        (c->pagemap_bits != GRANULARITY_BITS) ||
+        (c->size_of_entry != sizeof(T)) || (!std::is_integral_v<T>))
+      {
+        return nullptr;
+      }
+      return static_cast<Pagemap*>(pm);
+    }
     /**
      * Returns the index of a pagemap entry within a given page.  This is used
      * in code that propagates changes to the pagemap elsewhere.
@@ -247,6 +290,20 @@ namespace snmalloc
     std::atomic<T> top[ENTRIES];
 
   public:
+    static constexpr PagemapConfig config = {
+      1, true, GRANULARITY_BITS, sizeof(T)};
+
+    static FlatPagemap* cast_to_pagemap(void* pm, PagemapConfig* c)
+    {
+      if (
+        (c->version != 1) || (!c->is_flat_pagemap) ||
+        (c->pagemap_bits != GRANULARITY_BITS) ||
+        (c->size_of_entry != sizeof(T)) || (!std::is_integral_v<T>))
+      {
+        return nullptr;
+      }
+      return static_cast<FlatPagemap*>(pm);
+    }
     T get(void* p)
     {
       return top[(size_t)p >> SHIFT].load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
@@ -268,4 +325,5 @@ namespace snmalloc
       } while (length > 0);
     }
   };
+
 }
diff --git a/src/override/malloc.cc b/src/override/malloc.cc
index d2192b8b..61aa96e5 100644
--- a/src/override/malloc.cc
+++ b/src/override/malloc.cc
@@ -206,8 +206,16 @@ extern "C"
   }
 
 #ifdef SNMALLOC_EXPOSE_PAGEMAP
-  SNMALLOC_EXPORT void* SNMALLOC_NAME_MANGLE(snmalloc_get_global_pagemap)(void)
+  SNMALLOC_EXPORT void* SNMALLOC_NAME_MANGLE(snmalloc_get_global_pagemap)(
+    PagemapConfig const** config)
   {
+    if (config)
+    {
+      *config = &decltype(snmalloc::global_pagemap)::config;
+      assert(
+        decltype(snmalloc::global_pagemap)::cast_to_pagemap(
+          &snmalloc::global_pagemap, *config) == &snmalloc::global_pagemap);
+    }
     return &snmalloc::global_pagemap;
   }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/test/func/two_alloc_types/alloc1.cc b/src/test/func/two_alloc_types/alloc1.cc
index f7333e43..c86dcde0 100644
--- a/src/test/func/two_alloc_types/alloc1.cc
+++ b/src/test/func/two_alloc_types/alloc1.cc
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #define USE_RESERVE_MULTIPLE 1
 #define NO_BOOTSTRAP_ALLOCATOR
 #define IS_ADDRESS_SPACE_CONSTRAINED
+#define SNMALLOC_EXPOSE_PAGEMAP
 #define SNMALLOC_NAME_MANGLE(a) enclave_##a
 // Redefine the namespace, so we can have two versions.
 #define snmalloc snmalloc_enclave
diff --git a/src/test/func/two_alloc_types/alloc2.cc b/src/test/func/two_alloc_types/alloc2.cc
index f3a151be..5338054b 100644
--- a/src/test/func/two_alloc_types/alloc2.cc
+++ b/src/test/func/two_alloc_types/alloc2.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #undef IS_ADDRESS_SPACE_CONSTRAINED
 #define SNMALLOC_NAME_MANGLE(a) host_##a
 #define NO_BOOTSTRAP_ALLOCATOR
+#define SNMALLOC_EXPOSE_PAGEMAP
 // Redefine the namespace, so we can have two versions.
 #define snmalloc snmalloc_host
-#include "../../../override/malloc.cc"
\ No newline at end of file
+#include "../../../override/malloc.cc"
diff --git a/src/test/func/two_alloc_types/main.cc b/src/test/func/two_alloc_types/main.cc
index bed9e874..4c4687dc 100644
--- a/src/test/func/two_alloc_types/main.cc
+++ b/src/test/func/two_alloc_types/main.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ extern "C" void host_free(void*);
 extern "C" void* enclave_malloc(size_t);
 extern "C" void enclave_free(void*);
 
+extern "C" void*
+enclave_snmalloc_get_global_pagemap(snmalloc::PagemapConfig const**);
+extern "C" void*
+host_snmalloc_get_global_pagemap(snmalloc::PagemapConfig const**);
+
 using namespace snmalloc;
 int main()
 {
@@ -42,6 +47,10 @@ int main()
   oe_end = (uint8_t*)oe_base + size;
   std::cout << "Allocated region " << oe_base << " - " << oe_end << std::endl;
 
+  // Call these functions to trigger asserts if the cast-to-self doesn't work.
+  enclave_snmalloc_get_global_pagemap(nullptr);
+  host_snmalloc_get_global_pagemap(nullptr);
+
   auto a = host_malloc(128);
   auto b = enclave_malloc(128);