diff --git a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/util/BundleUtil.java b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/util/BundleUtil.java
index bdff8788835..c50ae64184c 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/util/BundleUtil.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/util/BundleUtil.java
@@ -551,6 +551,33 @@ public class BundleUtil {
 		return isPatch;
 	}
 
+
+	/**
+	 * create a new bundle entry and set a value for a single field
+	 * @param theContext     Context holding resource definition
+	 * @param theFieldName   Child field name of the bundle entry to set
+	 * @param theValues      The values to set on the bundle entry child field name
+	 * @return the new bundle entry
+	 */
+	public static IBase createNewBundleEntryWithSingleField(FhirContext theContext, String theFieldName, IBase... theValues) {
+		IBaseBundle newBundle = TerserUtil.newResource(theContext, "Bundle");
+		BaseRuntimeChildDefinition entryChildDef = theContext.getResourceDefinition(newBundle).getChildByName("entry");
+
+		BaseRuntimeElementCompositeDefinition<?> entryChildElem = (BaseRuntimeElementCompositeDefinition<?>) entryChildDef.getChildByName("entry");
+		BaseRuntimeChildDefinition resourceChild = entryChildElem.getChildByName(theFieldName);
+		IBase bundleEntry = entryChildElem.newInstance();
+		for (IBase value : theValues) {
+			try {
+				resourceChild.getMutator().addValue(bundleEntry, value);
+			} catch (UnsupportedOperationException e) {
+				ourLog.warn("Resource {} does not support multiple values, but an attempt to set {} was made. Setting the first item only", bundleEntry, theValues);
+				resourceChild.getMutator().setValue(bundleEntry, value);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		return bundleEntry;
+	}
+
 	private static class SortLegality {
 		private boolean myIsLegal;
 
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/6_0_0/3521-add-a-helper-method-for-adding-a-new-entry-to-a-bundle.yaml b/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/6_0_0/3521-add-a-helper-method-for-adding-a-new-entry-to-a-bundle.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bea0e4feb36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/6_0_0/3521-add-a-helper-method-for-adding-a-new-entry-to-a-bundle.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+type: add
+issue: 3521
+title: "Added a helper method to BundleUtil, to support the creation of a new bundle entry and to set the value for one of the fields."
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-structures-r4/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/util/bundle/BundleUtilTest.java b/hapi-fhir-structures-r4/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/util/bundle/BundleUtilTest.java
index df63cf5829d..c8093e0fadd 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-structures-r4/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/util/bundle/BundleUtilTest.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-structures-r4/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/util/bundle/BundleUtilTest.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import ca.uhn.fhir.model.valueset.BundleEntrySearchModeEnum;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.util.BundleBuilder;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.util.BundleUtil;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.util.TestUtil;
-import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IBaseResource;
+import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IBase;
 import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Bundle;
 import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.ExplanationOfBenefit;
 import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Medication;
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Organization;
 import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Patient;
 import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Quantity;
 import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Reference;
+import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.UriType;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -399,6 +400,18 @@ public class BundleUtilTest {
 		assertTrue(observationIndex < patientIndex);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testCreateNewBundleEntryWithSingleField() {
+		Patient pat1 = new Patient();
+		pat1.setId("Patient/P1");
+		IBase bundleEntry = BundleUtil.createNewBundleEntryWithSingleField(ourCtx,"resource", pat1);
+		assertThat(((Bundle.BundleEntryComponent)bundleEntry).getResource().getIdElement().getValue(), is(equalTo(pat1.getId())));
+
+		UriType testUri = new UriType("http://foo");
+		bundleEntry = BundleUtil.createNewBundleEntryWithSingleField(ourCtx,"fullUrl", testUri);
+		assertThat(((Bundle.BundleEntryComponent)bundleEntry).getFullUrl(), is(equalTo(testUri.getValue())));
+	}
+
 	private int getIndexOfEntryWithId(String theResourceId, Bundle theBundle) {
 		List<Bundle.BundleEntryComponent> entries = theBundle.getEntry();
 		for (int i = 0; i < entries.size(); i++) {