diff --git a/Framework/Algorithms/test/WorkspaceCreationHelperTest.h b/Framework/Algorithms/test/WorkspaceCreationHelperTest.h
index 1d49687056595c5d7f41fcedf705e619b5300671..8b5ed46efbb65c7a11cbe665505ed348f8513ef8 100644
--- a/Framework/Algorithms/test/WorkspaceCreationHelperTest.h
+++ b/Framework/Algorithms/test/WorkspaceCreationHelperTest.h
@@ -50,6 +50,20 @@ public:
         1, 2, false, std::set<int64_t>(), false);
     TS_ASSERT(!ws2->hasDx(0));
   }
+
+  void test_create2DWorkspace123WithMaskedBin() {
+    int numHist = 3;
+    int numBins = 4;
+    // mask bin at workspace index 0, bin 1
+    Workspace2D_sptr ws =
+        WorkspaceCreationHelper::create2DWorkspace123WithMaskedBin(
+            numHist, numBins, 0, 1);
+    TS_ASSERT(ws);
+    TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(ws->getNumberHistograms(), numHist);
+    TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(ws->blocksize(), numBins);
+    TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(ws->hasMaskedBins(0), true);
+    TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(ws->hasMaskedBins(1), false);
+  }
 };
 
 #endif /* MANTID_ALGORITHMS_WORKSPACECREATIONHELPERTEST_H_ */
diff --git a/Framework/PythonInterface/test/testhelpers/WorkspaceCreationHelperModule.cpp b/Framework/PythonInterface/test/testhelpers/WorkspaceCreationHelperModule.cpp
index a5dfe28bbbb36409deb997fc7484c1240b716888..bd57c037ee9ed1937809b62ae31c9ae0fd036299 100644
--- a/Framework/PythonInterface/test/testhelpers/WorkspaceCreationHelperModule.cpp
+++ b/Framework/PythonInterface/test/testhelpers/WorkspaceCreationHelperModule.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS(makeFakeMDHistoWorkspace_overloads,
 BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS(
     create2DWorkspaceWithRectangularInstrument_overloads,
     create2DWorkspaceWithRectangularInstrument, 3, 3)
+
 GNU_DIAG_ON("conversion")
 GNU_DIAG_ON("unused-local-typedef")
 
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(WorkspaceCreationHelper) {
   // Function pointers to disambiguate the calls
   using Signature1_2D = Workspace2D_sptr (*)(int, int, bool, bool);
   using Signature2_2D = Workspace2D_sptr (*)(int, int, int);
+  using Signature3_2D = Workspace2D_sptr (*)(int, int, int, int);
 
   def("create2DWorkspaceWithFullInstrument",
       reinterpret_cast<Signature1_2D>(&create2DWorkspaceWithFullInstrument),
@@ -65,6 +67,9 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(WorkspaceCreationHelper) {
       (Signature2_2D)&create2DWorkspaceWithRectangularInstrument,
       create2DWorkspaceWithRectangularInstrument_overloads());
 
+  def("create2DWorkspace123WithMaskedBin",
+      reinterpret_cast<Signature3_2D>(&create2DWorkspace123WithMaskedBin));
+
   //=================================== Event Workspaces
   //===================================
 
diff --git a/Framework/TestHelpers/inc/MantidTestHelpers/WorkspaceCreationHelper.h b/Framework/TestHelpers/inc/MantidTestHelpers/WorkspaceCreationHelper.h
index 49ffdb60feff03b295515fdc738660e3dad5c1ef..aa751d315634de0848603d8395167edfd3ec8773 100644
--- a/Framework/TestHelpers/inc/MantidTestHelpers/WorkspaceCreationHelper.h
+++ b/Framework/TestHelpers/inc/MantidTestHelpers/WorkspaceCreationHelper.h
@@ -271,6 +271,9 @@ Mantid::DataObjects::Workspace2D_sptr create2DWorkspaceThetaVsTOF(int nHist,
 Mantid::DataObjects::Workspace2D_sptr
 create2DWorkspaceWithRectangularInstrument(int numBanks, int numPixels,
                                            int numBins);
+Mantid::DataObjects::Workspace2D_sptr
+create2DWorkspace123WithMaskedBin(int numHist, int numBins,
+                                  int maskedWorkspaceIndex, int maskedBinIndex);
 
 /** Create an Eventworkspace with an instrument that contains
  * RectangularDetector's */
diff --git a/Framework/TestHelpers/src/WorkspaceCreationHelper.cpp b/Framework/TestHelpers/src/WorkspaceCreationHelper.cpp
index b0e962e69aed9ed295f4cd10c4a0049e13d8bb4d..0010da478d8d423e91e76c409eb12fbf52b89875 100644
--- a/Framework/TestHelpers/src/WorkspaceCreationHelper.cpp
+++ b/Framework/TestHelpers/src/WorkspaceCreationHelper.cpp
@@ -1542,4 +1542,10 @@ createEPPTableWorkspace(const std::vector<EPPTableRow> &rows) {
   }
   return ws;
 }
+Mantid::DataObjects::Workspace2D_sptr
+create2DWorkspace123WithMaskedBin(int numHist, int numBins, int maskedWorkspaceIndex, int maskedBinIndex) {
+  auto &ws = create2DWorkspace123(numHist, numBins);
+  ws->flagMasked(maskedWorkspaceIndex, maskedBinIndex);
+  return ws;
+}
 } // namespace WorkspaceCreationHelper