diff --git a/pgpainless-core/src/test/java/org/pgpainless/util/TestUtils.java b/pgpainless-core/src/test/java/org/pgpainless/util/TestUtils.java
index e204866c..8c700120 100644
--- a/pgpainless-core/src/test/java/org/pgpainless/util/TestUtils.java
+++ b/pgpainless-core/src/test/java/org/pgpainless/util/TestUtils.java
@@ -15,12 +15,17 @@
  */
 package org.pgpainless.util;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Random;
 
+import org.bouncycastle.bcpg.BCPGInputStream;
+import org.bouncycastle.bcpg.MarkerPacket;
+
 public class TestUtils {
 
     public static final String ALPHABET = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
@@ -49,4 +54,11 @@ public class TestUtils {
         }
         return sb.toString();
     }
+
+    public static MarkerPacket getMarkerPacket() throws IOException {
+        BCPGInputStream pgpIn = new BCPGInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream("PGP".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
+        MarkerPacket markerPacket = new MarkerPacket(pgpIn);
+        pgpIn.close();
+        return markerPacket;
+    }
 }