diff --git a/actix-session/CHANGES.md b/actix-session/CHANGES.md
index b1ea34be11..9e833f8f09 100644
--- a/actix-session/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-session/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Changes
 
-## Unreleased - 2021-xx-xx
+## Unreleased - 2022-xx-xx
+ - Add an `empty()` function to `Session` for simple testing. [#253]
+
+[#253]: https://github.com/actix/actix-extras/pull/253
 
 
 ## 0.7.0 - 2022-07-09
diff --git a/actix-session/src/session.rs b/actix-session/src/session.rs
index 219cdde953..d2f263b011 100644
--- a/actix-session/src/session.rs
+++ b/actix-session/src/session.rs
@@ -80,6 +80,17 @@ struct SessionInner {
 }
 
 impl Session {
+    /// Create an empty session. Appropriate for testing.
+    ///
+    /// This session wraps an empty state map and status. It can be instantiated for testing purposes.
+    pub fn empty() -> Session {
+        let inner = SessionInner {
+            state: HashMap::new(),
+            status: SessionStatus::default(),
+        };
+        Session(Rc::new(RefCell::new(inner)))
+    }
+
     /// Get a `value` from the session.
     ///
     /// It returns an error if it fails to deserialize as `T` the JSON value associated with `key`.