diff --git a/detekt-test/api/detekt-test.api b/detekt-test/api/detekt-test.api
index 3eaa3c771..bec57a6db 100644
--- a/detekt-test/api/detekt-test.api
+++ b/detekt-test/api/detekt-test.api
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ public final class io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/test/TestConfig$Companion {
 	public final fun invoke ([Lkotlin/Pair;)Lio/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/test/TestConfig;
 }
 
+public final class io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/test/TestConfigKt {
+	public static final fun toConfig (Lio/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/api/ValueWithReason;)Ljava/util/Map;
+}
+
 public final class io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/test/ThresholdedCodeSmellAssert : org/assertj/core/api/AbstractAssert {
 	public fun <init> (Lio/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/api/ThresholdedCodeSmell;)V
 	public final fun hasThreshold (I)V
diff --git a/detekt-test/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/test/TestConfig.kt b/detekt-test/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/test/TestConfig.kt
index a84ad05e2..7659bec66 100644
--- a/detekt-test/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/test/TestConfig.kt
+++ b/detekt-test/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/test/TestConfig.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.test
 
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.Config
+import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.ValueWithReason
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.core.config.tryParseBasedOnDefault
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.core.config.valueOrDefaultInternal
 
@@ -53,3 +54,7 @@ open class TestConfig(
         operator fun invoke(vararg pairs: Pair<String, Any>) = TestConfig(mapOf(*pairs))
     }
 }
+
+fun ValueWithReason.toConfig(): Map<String, String?> {
+    return mapOf("value" to value, "reason" to reason)
+}