diff --git a/library/Icinga/Util/DBUtils.php b/library/Icinga/Util/DBUtils.php
index 6410c7ddb..067cf3779 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Util/DBUtils.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Util/DBUtils.php
@@ -37,6 +37,20 @@ class DBUtils
         return self::$conn;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the database connection
+     *
+     * You can set the DB connection beforehand if you want, but you don't need to. You can just call
+     * the {@see getConn()} method if you have a valid resource factory configured. This is only used
+     * for the unit tests in order to allow to fake the DB connection.
+     *
+     * @param Connection $conn
+     */
+    public static function setConn(Connection $conn): void
+    {
+        self::$conn = $conn;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get whether the DB connection being used is an instance of {@see Pgsql}
      *