diff --git a/test/lib/sstable_test_env.hh b/test/lib/sstable_test_env.hh
index d36c8d3e47..cb6fdd08d9 100644
--- a/test/lib/sstable_test_env.hh
+++ b/test/lib/sstable_test_env.hh
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ public:
         return _impl->mgr.make_sstable(std::move(schema), dir, generation_from_value(generation), v, f, now, default_io_error_handler_gen(), buffer_size);
     }
 
+    shared_sstable make_sstable(schema_ptr schema, unsigned long generation,
+            sstable::version_types v = sstables::get_highest_sstable_version(), sstable::format_types f = sstable::format_types::big,
+            size_t buffer_size = default_sstable_buffer_size, gc_clock::time_point now = gc_clock::now()) {
+        return make_sstable(std::move(schema), _impl->dir.path().native(), generation, std::move(v), std::move(f), buffer_size, now);
+    }
+
     struct sst_not_found : public std::runtime_error {
         sst_not_found(const sstring& dir, unsigned long generation)
             : std::runtime_error(format("no versions of sstable generation {} found in {}", generation, dir))
@@ -92,9 +98,18 @@ public:
         });
     }
 
+    future<shared_sstable> reusable_sst(schema_ptr schema, unsigned long generation,
+            sstable::version_types version, sstable::format_types f = sstable::format_types::big) {
+        return reusable_sst(std::move(schema), _impl->dir.path().native(), std::move(generation), std::move(version), std::move(f));
+    }
+
     // looks up the sstable in the given dir
     future<shared_sstable> reusable_sst(schema_ptr schema, sstring dir, unsigned long generation);
 
+    future<shared_sstable> reusable_sst(schema_ptr schema, unsigned long generation) {
+        return reusable_sst(std::move(schema), _impl->dir.path().native(), generation);
+    }
+
     test_env_sstables_manager& manager() { return _impl->mgr; }
     reader_concurrency_semaphore& semaphore() { return _impl->semaphore; }
     db::config& db_config() { return *_impl->db_config; }