diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a4c9c3b..35b0391 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/RTradeLtd/go-libp2p-tls v0.2.3
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.1
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.5 // indirect
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.0.2
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.0.5
 	github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.4.4 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f72f818..5611d46 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.0-20180518054509-2e65f85255db/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8l
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oXzfMopK8JAjlY9xF4vHSVASa0yLyX7SntLO5aqRK0M=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.0 h1:crn/baboCvb5fXaQ0IJ1SGTsTVrWpDsCWC8EGETZijY=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.0/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1 h1:Xye71clBPdm5HgqGwUkwhbynsUJZhDbS20FvLhQ2izg=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
 github.com/google/renameio v0.1.0/go.mod h1:KWCgfxg9yswjAJkECMjeO8J8rahYeXnNhOm40UhjYkI=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1 h1:Gkbcsh/GbpXz7lPftLA3P6TYMwjCLYm83jiFQZF/3gY=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
diff --git a/go/xtestutils/doc.go b/go/xtestutils/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55e7ebb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/xtestutils/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// Package xtestutils provides golang testutils for developing with TemporalX
+package xtestutils
diff --git a/go/xtestutils/testutils.go b/go/xtestutils/testutils.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..907deb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/xtestutils/testutils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package xtestutils
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// GetXAPIAddress returns the address to used to talk to TemporalX
+func GetXAPIAddress(t *testing.T) string {
+	if os.Getenv("TEST_XAPI") != "" {
+		return os.Getenv("TEST_XAPI")
+	}
+	return "xapi.temporal.cloud:9090"
+}
+
+// GetXAPIInsecure returns whether or not to use a secure connection
+func GetXAPIInsecure(t *testing.T) bool {
+	return os.Getenv("TEST_XAPI_SECURE") != "true"
+}
diff --git a/go/xtestutils/testutils_test.go b/go/xtestutils/testutils_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee2b60b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/xtestutils/testutils_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package xtestutils
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestGetXAPIAddress(t *testing.T) {
+	if addr := GetXAPIAddress(t); addr != "xapi.temporal.cloud:9090" {
+		t.Fatal("bad address")
+	}
+	if err := os.Setenv("TEST_XAPI", "xxapi.temporal.cloud:9090"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if addr := GetXAPIAddress(t); addr != "xxapi.temporal.cloud:9090" {
+		t.Fatal("bad address")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestXAPISecure(t *testing.T) {
+	if !GetXAPIInsecure(t) {
+		t.Fatal("should be true")
+	}
+	if err := os.Setenv("TEST_XAPI_SECURE", "true"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if GetXAPIInsecure(t) {
+		t.Fatal("should be false")
+	}
+}