diff --git a/apps/openmw_test_suite/testing_util.hpp b/apps/openmw_test_suite/testing_util.hpp
index ad1b0423ef..60367ffbe9 100644
--- a/apps/openmw_test_suite/testing_util.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw_test_suite/testing_util.hpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define TESTING_UTIL_H
 
 #include <filesystem>
+#include <initializer_list>
 #include <sstream>
 
 #include <components/misc/strings/conversion.hpp>
@@ -73,6 +74,12 @@ namespace TestingOpenMW
         return vfs;
     }
 
+    inline std::unique_ptr<VFS::Manager> createTestVFS(
+        std::initializer_list<std::pair<VFS::Path::NormalizedView, VFS::File*>> files)
+    {
+        return createTestVFS(VFS::FileMap(files.begin(), files.end()));
+    }
+
 #define EXPECT_ERROR(X, ERR_SUBSTR)                                                                                    \
     try                                                                                                                \
     {                                                                                                                  \
diff --git a/components/vfs/manager.cpp b/components/vfs/manager.cpp
index a6add0861a..ef5dd495c9 100644
--- a/components/vfs/manager.cpp
+++ b/components/vfs/manager.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ namespace VFS
         return mIndex.find(name) != mIndex.end();
     }
 
+    bool Manager::exists(Path::NormalizedView name) const
+    {
+        return mIndex.find(name) != mIndex.end();
+    }
+
     std::string Manager::getArchive(const Path::Normalized& name) const
     {
         for (auto it = mArchives.rbegin(); it != mArchives.rend(); ++it)
diff --git a/components/vfs/manager.hpp b/components/vfs/manager.hpp
index 7598b77e68..955538627f 100644
--- a/components/vfs/manager.hpp
+++ b/components/vfs/manager.hpp
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ namespace VFS
         /// @note May be called from any thread once the index has been built.
         bool exists(const Path::Normalized& name) const;
 
+        bool exists(Path::NormalizedView name) const;
+
         /// Retrieve a file by name.
         /// @note Throws an exception if the file can not be found.
         /// @note May be called from any thread once the index has been built.
diff --git a/components/vfs/pathutil.hpp b/components/vfs/pathutil.hpp
index aa7cad8524..45355cd129 100644
--- a/components/vfs/pathutil.hpp
+++ b/components/vfs/pathutil.hpp
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ namespace VFS::Path
         {
         }
 
-        Normalized(const char* value)
+        explicit Normalized(const char* value)
             : Normalized(std::string_view(value))
         {
         }