diff --git a/node/libs/utils/src/encode.rs b/node/libs/utils/src/encode.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f691790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node/libs/utils/src/encode.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+//! Utilites for testing encodings.
+use rand::{
+    distributions::{Alphanumeric, DistString, Distribution},
+    Rng,
+};
+use zksync_concurrency::net;
+
+/// Distribution for testing encodings.
+pub struct EncodeDist {
+    /// Generate configs with only required fields.
+    pub required_only: bool,
+    /// Generate decimal fractions for f64
+    /// to avoid rounding errors of decimal encodings.
+    pub decimal_fractions: bool,
+}
+
+impl EncodeDist {
+    /// Returns a small non-empty range if `required_only` is false.
+    /// Returns an empty range otherwise.
+    pub fn sample_range(&self, rng: &mut (impl Rng + ?Sized)) -> std::ops::Range<usize> {
+        if self.required_only {
+            0..0
+        } else {
+            0..rng.gen_range(5..10)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Distribution<std::net::SocketAddr> for EncodeDist {
+    fn sample<R: Rng + ?Sized>(&self, rng: &mut R) -> std::net::SocketAddr {
+        std::net::SocketAddr::new(std::net::IpAddr::from(rng.gen::<[u8; 16]>()), rng.gen())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Distribution<net::Host> for EncodeDist {
+    fn sample<R: Rng + ?Sized>(&self, rng: &mut R) -> net::Host {
+        Distribution::<std::net::SocketAddr>::sample(self, rng).into()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Distribution<String> for EncodeDist {
+    fn sample<R: Rng + ?Sized>(&self, rng: &mut R) -> String {
+        let n = self.sample_range(rng).len();
+        Alphanumeric.sample_string(rng, n)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> Distribution<Option<T>> for EncodeDist
+where
+    EncodeDist: Distribution<T>,
+{
+    fn sample<R: Rng + ?Sized>(&self, rng: &mut R) -> Option<T> {
+        self.sample_range(rng).map(|_| self.sample(rng)).next()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Distribution<f64> for EncodeDist {
+    fn sample<R: Rng + ?Sized>(&self, rng: &mut R) -> f64 {
+        if self.decimal_fractions {
+            const PRECISION: usize = 1000000;
+            #[allow(clippy::float_arithmetic)]
+            return rng.gen_range(0..PRECISION) as f64 / PRECISION as f64;
+        }
+        rng.gen()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/node/libs/utils/src/lib.rs b/node/libs/utils/src/lib.rs
index 7cff4361..71fc6af1 100644
--- a/node/libs/utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/node/libs/utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Crate that holds several small utilities and primitives.
 
+mod encode;
 pub mod enum_util;
 pub mod pipe;
-mod encode;
 
 pub use encode::*;