diff --git a/matchers/whois_client.go b/matchers/whois_client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97d7a02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matchers/whois_client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package matchers
+
+import "os/exec"
+
+var WHOISClient = func(query string) (rawResult []byte, err error) {
+	return exec.Command("whois", query).CombinedOutput()
+}
diff --git a/matchers/whois_matchers.go b/matchers/whois_matchers.go
index f27a8fb..add8e34 100644
--- a/matchers/whois_matchers.go
+++ b/matchers/whois_matchers.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package matchers
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ func whoisContains(contents string) func(string) bool {
 }
 
 func getContactsFromWHOIS(query string) ([]ProviderContact, error) {
-	rawWhois, err := exec.Command("whois", query).CombinedOutput()
+	rawWhois, err := WHOISClient(query)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to query whois: %s, %w", string(rawWhois), err)
 	}