diff --git a/resources/share/test/countries.json.gz b/resources/share/test/countries.json.gz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7f1ad2a4
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diff --git a/resources/share/test/test.zip b/resources/share/test/test.zip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b53b94100
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diff --git a/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.cpp b/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.cpp
index 8c01c1401..06dc496d9 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.cpp
@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         return s;
     }
 
+    const QString &CDirectoryUtils::shareTestDirectory()
+    {
+        static const QString test(CFileUtils::appendFilePaths(CDirectoryUtils::shareDirectory(), "test"));
+        return test;
+    }
+
     const QString &CDirectoryUtils::bootstrapFileName()
     {
         static const QString n("bootstrap.json");
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.h b/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.h
index 9f0a419fc..2e6a6715b 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.h
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         //! \remark share not shared (do no mix)
         static const QString &shareDirectory();
 
+        //! The test data directory
+        static const QString &shareTestDirectory();
+
         //! Bootstrap file name
         static const QString &bootstrapFileName();