diff --git a/src/config/cached_user_info.rs b/src/config/cached_user_info.rs
index f56c07a82..518cf0509 100644
--- a/src/config/cached_user_info.rs
+++ b/src/config/cached_user_info.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ impl CachedUserInfo {
         Ok(config)
     }
 
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    pub(crate) fn test_new(user_cfg: SectionConfigData, acl_tree: AclTree) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            user_cfg: Arc::new(user_cfg),
+            acl_tree: Arc::new(acl_tree),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Test if a authentication id is enabled and not expired
     pub fn is_active_auth_id(&self, auth_id: &Authid) -> bool {
         let userid = auth_id.user();
diff --git a/src/config/user.rs b/src/config/user.rs
index 5966c96dc..3254183b3 100644
--- a/src/config/user.rs
+++ b/src/config/user.rs
@@ -241,6 +241,14 @@ pub fn save_config(config: &SectionConfigData) -> Result<(), Error> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub(crate) fn test_cfg_from_str(raw: &str) -> Result<(SectionConfigData, [u8;32]), Error> {
+    let cfg = init();
+    let parsed = cfg.parse("test_user_cfg", raw)?;
+
+    Ok((parsed, [0;32]))
+}
+
 // shell completion helper
 pub fn complete_userid(_arg: &str, _param: &HashMap<String, String>) -> Vec<String> {
     match config() {