diff --git a/tests/include/test/ssl_helpers.h b/tests/include/test/ssl_helpers.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0209f47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/include/test/ssl_helpers.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/** \file ssl_helpers.h
+ *
+ * \brief This file contains helper functions to set up a TLS connection.
+ */
+
+/*
+ *  Copyright The Mbed TLS Contributors
+ *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ *  not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ *  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef SSL_HELPERS_H
+#define SSL_HELPERS_H
+
+#include <test/helpers.h>
+
+#endif /* SSL_HELPERS_H */
diff --git a/tests/src/ssl_helpers.c b/tests/src/ssl_helpers.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..618b3ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/ssl_helpers.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/** \file ssl_helpers.c
+ *
+ * \brief Helper functions to set up a TLS connection.
+ */
+
+/*
+ *  Copyright The Mbed TLS Contributors
+ *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ *  not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ *  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <test/ssl_helpers.h>
diff --git a/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function b/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function
index 39825ed..4657df5 100644
--- a/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function
+++ b/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <mbedtls/timing.h>
 #include <mbedtls/debug.h>
 #include <ssl_tls13_keys.h>
+#include <test/ssl_helpers.h>
 
 #include <constant_time_internal.h>