diff --git a/sandbox-providers/softlayer/src/main/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/util/SoftLayerUtils.java b/sandbox-providers/softlayer/src/main/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/util/SoftLayerUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b6a9840f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox-providers/softlayer/src/main/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/util/SoftLayerUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.jclouds.softlayer.util;
+
+import org.jclouds.softlayer.domain.ProductPackage;
+import org.jclouds.softlayer.features.AccountClient;
+
+
+public class SoftLayerUtils {
+   /**
+    * Attempts to obtain the packageId for the supplied packageName.
+    * @param accountClient @see AccountClient
+    * @param packageName The name field of the @see ProductPackage to find
+    * @return The id of the package or null if no match found
+    */
+   public static Long getProductPackageId(AccountClient accountClient, String packageName) {
+      for (ProductPackage productPackage : accountClient.getActivePackages()) {
+         if (productPackage.getName().equals(packageName)) return productPackage.getId();
+      }
+      return null;
+   }
+}
diff --git a/sandbox-providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/features/ProductPackageClientLiveTest.java b/sandbox-providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/features/ProductPackageClientLiveTest.java
index 260f8274ee..cbd187a57f 100644
--- a/sandbox-providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/features/ProductPackageClientLiveTest.java
+++ b/sandbox-providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/features/ProductPackageClientLiveTest.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.jclouds.softlayer.domain.Datacenter;
 import org.jclouds.softlayer.domain.ProductItem;
 import org.jclouds.softlayer.domain.ProductItemPrice;
 import org.jclouds.softlayer.domain.ProductPackage;
+import org.jclouds.softlayer.util.SoftLayerUtils;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeGroups;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ public class ProductPackageClientLiveTest extends BaseSoftLayerClientLiveTest {
 
         Set<Datacenter> expected = builder.build();
 
-        Long productPackageId = getProductPackageId(CLOUD_SERVER_PACKAGE_NAME);
+        Long productPackageId = SoftLayerUtils.getProductPackageId(accountClient,CLOUD_SERVER_PACKAGE_NAME);
         assertNotNull(productPackageId);
 
         ProductPackage productPackage = client.getProductPackage(productPackageId);
@@ -96,12 +97,7 @@ public class ProductPackageClientLiveTest extends BaseSoftLayerClientLiveTest {
         assertTrue(datacenters.containsAll(expected));
     }
 
-   private Long getProductPackageId(String name) {
-      for (ProductPackage productPackage : accountClient.getActivePackages()) {
-         if (productPackage.getName().equals(name)) return productPackage.getId();
-      }
-      return null;
-   }
+
 
    private void checkProductItem(ProductItem item) {
       assert item.getId() > 0 : item;
diff --git a/sandbox-providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/util/SoftLayerUtilsTest.java b/sandbox-providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/util/SoftLayerUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6637282707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox-providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/util/SoftLayerUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.jclouds.softlayer.util;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import org.jclouds.softlayer.domain.ProductPackage;
+import org.jclouds.softlayer.features.AccountClient;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.expect;
+import static org.easymock.classextension.EasyMock.*;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertNull;
+
+/**
+ * Tests {@code SoftLayerUtils}
+ *
+ * @author Jason King
+ */
+@Test(sequential = true,groups = "unit")
+public class SoftLayerUtilsTest {
+
+   private AccountClient accountClient;
+   private ProductPackage productPackage;
+
+   @BeforeMethod
+   public void setup() {
+      accountClient = createMock(AccountClient.class);
+      ProductPackage.Builder builder = ProductPackage.builder();
+      productPackage = builder.name("product package").id(123L).build();
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testGetProductPackageIdMissing() {
+      expect(accountClient.getActivePackages()).andReturn(ImmutableSet.of(productPackage));
+      replay(accountClient);
+      Long result = SoftLayerUtils.getProductPackageId(accountClient,"missing package");
+      assertNull(result);
+      verify(accountClient);
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testGetProductPackageIdFound() {
+      expect(accountClient.getActivePackages()).andReturn(ImmutableSet.of(productPackage));
+      replay(accountClient);
+      Long result = SoftLayerUtils.getProductPackageId(accountClient,"product package");
+      assertEquals(result,new Long(123L));
+      verify(accountClient);
+   }
+}