diff --git a/osbuild/testutil/__init__.py b/osbuild/testutil/__init__.py
index 09d6d43b..cdaf8492 100644
--- a/osbuild/testutil/__init__.py
+++ b/osbuild/testutil/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 """
 Test related utilities
 """
+import shutil
+
+
+def has_executable(executable: str) -> bool:
+    return shutil.which(executable) is not None