diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 59e590d8db..b9fa7bdbbf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6919,6 +6919,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "katana-provider"
 version = "0.7.0-alpha.2"
 dependencies = [
+ "alloy-primitives",
  "anyhow",
  "auto_impl",
  "futures",
diff --git a/crates/katana/storage/provider/Cargo.toml b/crates/katana/storage/provider/Cargo.toml
index 8d644db79e..b9c0379152 100644
--- a/crates/katana/storage/provider/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/katana/storage/provider/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,12 +21,17 @@ futures = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 starknet = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
+alloy-primitives = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+serde_json = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+
 [features]
 default = [ "fork", "in-memory" ]
 fork = [ "dep:futures", "dep:starknet", "dep:tokio", "in-memory" ]
 in-memory = [  ]
+test-utils = [ "dep:alloy-primitives", "dep:serde_json" ]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+alloy-primitives.workspace = true
 katana-core.workspace = true
 katana-runner.workspace = true
 lazy_static.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/katana/storage/provider/src/lib.rs b/crates/katana/storage/provider/src/lib.rs
index 667ff1b0e9..5b247c70da 100644
--- a/crates/katana/storage/provider/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/katana/storage/provider/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ pub mod error;
 pub mod providers;
 pub mod traits;
 
+#[cfg(any(test, feature = "test-utils"))]
+pub mod test_utils;
+
 use crate::traits::block::{BlockHashProvider, BlockNumberProvider, BlockProvider, HeaderProvider};
 use crate::traits::state::{StateFactoryProvider, StateProvider};
 use crate::traits::state_update::StateUpdateProvider;
diff --git a/crates/katana/storage/provider/src/test_utils.rs b/crates/katana/storage/provider/src/test_utils.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..151ad7a560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/katana/storage/provider/src/test_utils.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use alloy_primitives::U256;
+use katana_db::mdbx::{test_utils, DbEnvKind};
+use katana_primitives::block::{BlockHash, FinalityStatus};
+use katana_primitives::class::CompiledClass;
+use katana_primitives::contract::ContractAddress;
+use katana_primitives::genesis::allocation::{
+    DevGenesisAccount, GenesisAccountAlloc, GenesisAllocation,
+};
+use katana_primitives::genesis::{Genesis, GenesisClass};
+use katana_primitives::utils::class::parse_compiled_class_v1;
+use starknet::macros::felt;
+
+use crate::providers::db::DbProvider;
+use crate::providers::in_memory::InMemoryProvider;
+use crate::traits::block::BlockWriter;
+
+/// Creates an in-memory provider with initial states loaded for testing.
+pub fn test_in_memory_provider() -> InMemoryProvider {
+    let provider = InMemoryProvider::new();
+    initialize_test_provider(&provider);
+    provider
+}
+
+/// Creates a persistent storage provider with initial states loaded for testin.
+pub fn test_db_provider() -> DbProvider {
+    let provider = DbProvider::new(test_utils::create_test_db(DbEnvKind::RW));
+    initialize_test_provider(&provider);
+    provider
+}
+
+/// Initializes the provider with a genesis block and states.
+fn initialize_test_provider<P: BlockWriter>(provider: &P) {
+    let genesis = create_genesis_for_testing();
+
+    let hash = BlockHash::ZERO;
+    let status = FinalityStatus::AcceptedOnL2;
+    let block = genesis.block().seal_with_hash_and_status(hash, status);
+    let states = genesis.state_updates();
+
+    provider
+        .insert_block_with_states_and_receipts(block, states, Vec::new(), Vec::new())
+        .expect("Failed to initialize test provider with genesis block and states.");
+}
+
+/// Creates a genesis config specifically for testing purposes.
+/// This includes:
+/// - An account with simple `__execute__` function, deployed at address `0x1`.
+pub fn create_genesis_for_testing() -> Genesis {
+    let class_hash = felt!("0x111");
+    let address = ContractAddress::from(felt!("0x1"));
+
+    // TODO: we should have a genesis builder that can do all of this for us.
+    let class = {
+        let json = include_str!("../test-data/simple_account.sierra.json");
+        let json = serde_json::from_str(json).unwrap();
+        let sierra = parse_compiled_class_v1(json).unwrap();
+
+        GenesisClass {
+            sierra: None,
+            compiled_class_hash: class_hash,
+            casm: Arc::new(CompiledClass::Class(sierra)),
+        }
+    };
+
+    // setup test account
+    let (_, account) = DevGenesisAccount::new_with_balance(felt!("0x1"), class_hash, U256::MAX);
+    let account = GenesisAllocation::Account(GenesisAccountAlloc::DevAccount(account));
+
+    let mut genesis = Genesis::default();
+    // insert test account class and contract
+    genesis.classes.insert(class_hash, class);
+    genesis.extend_allocations([(address, account)]);
+    genesis
+}
diff --git a/crates/katana/storage/provider/test-data/simple_account.sierra.json b/crates/katana/storage/provider/test-data/simple_account.sierra.json
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..e85326c2b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/katana/storage/provider/test-data/simple_account.sierra.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../contracts/compiled/account_with_dummy_validate.sierra.json
\ No newline at end of file