diff --git a/java/testFramework/src/com/intellij/testFramework/fixtures/JavaCodeInsightTestFixture.java b/java/testFramework/src/com/intellij/testFramework/fixtures/JavaCodeInsightTestFixture.java
index 0e94b11d159f..f7a308580bac 100644
--- a/java/testFramework/src/com/intellij/testFramework/fixtures/JavaCodeInsightTestFixture.java
+++ b/java/testFramework/src/com/intellij/testFramework/fixtures/JavaCodeInsightTestFixture.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package com.intellij.testFramework.fixtures;
 
 import com.intellij.psi.JavaPsiFacade;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiClass;
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiPackage;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
@@ -32,4 +33,7 @@ public interface JavaCodeInsightTestFixture extends CodeInsightTestFixture {
 
   @NotNull
   PsiClass findClass(@NotNull @NonNls String name);
+
+  @NotNull
+  PsiPackage findPackage(@NotNull @NonNls String name);
 }
diff --git a/java/testFramework/src/com/intellij/testFramework/fixtures/impl/JavaCodeInsightTestFixtureImpl.java b/java/testFramework/src/com/intellij/testFramework/fixtures/impl/JavaCodeInsightTestFixtureImpl.java
index 32d51da7a14d..92e748c8c76d 100644
--- a/java/testFramework/src/com/intellij/testFramework/fixtures/impl/JavaCodeInsightTestFixtureImpl.java
+++ b/java/testFramework/src/com/intellij/testFramework/fixtures/impl/JavaCodeInsightTestFixtureImpl.java
@@ -62,4 +62,11 @@ public class JavaCodeInsightTestFixtureImpl extends CodeInsightTestFixtureImpl i
     assertNotNull("Class " + name + " not found", aClass);
     return aClass;
   }
+
+  @NotNull
+  public PsiPackage findPackage(@NotNull @NonNls final String name) {
+    final PsiPackage aPackage = getJavaFacade().findPackage(name);
+    assertNotNull("Package " + name + " not found", aPackage);
+    return aPackage;
+  }
 }