diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a40f1b63d8..80b588f30a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ### Improvements
 
+* (testutil) [#17216](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/17216) Add `DefaultContextWithKeys` to `testutil` package.
 * (x/group, x/gov) [#17109](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/17109) Let proposal summary be 40x longer than metadata limit.
 * (version) [#17096](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/17096) Improve `getSDKVersion()` to handle module replacements.
 
diff --git a/testutil/context.go b/testutil/context.go
index e54ae2a548..a43e96295a 100644
--- a/testutil/context.go
+++ b/testutil/context.go
@@ -31,6 +31,36 @@ func DefaultContext(key, tkey storetypes.StoreKey) sdk.Context {
 	return ctx
 }
 
+// DefaultContextWithKeys creates a sdk.Context with a fresh MemDB, mounting the providing keys for usage in the multistore.
+// This function is intended to be used for testing purposes only.
+func DefaultContextWithKeys(
+	keys map[string]*storetypes.KVStoreKey,
+	transKeys map[string]*storetypes.TransientStoreKey,
+	memKeys map[string]*storetypes.MemoryStoreKey,
+) sdk.Context {
+	db := dbm.NewMemDB()
+	cms := store.NewCommitMultiStore(db, log.NewNopLogger(), metrics.NewNoOpMetrics())
+
+	for _, key := range keys {
+		cms.MountStoreWithDB(key, storetypes.StoreTypeIAVL, db)
+	}
+
+	for _, tKey := range transKeys {
+		cms.MountStoreWithDB(tKey, storetypes.StoreTypeTransient, db)
+	}
+
+	for _, memkey := range memKeys {
+		cms.MountStoreWithDB(memkey, storetypes.StoreTypeMemory, db)
+	}
+
+	err := cms.LoadLatestVersion()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	return sdk.NewContext(cms, cmtproto.Header{}, false, log.NewNopLogger())
+}
+
 type TestContext struct {
 	Ctx sdk.Context
 	DB  *dbm.MemDB