diff --git a/src/core/CL/CLHelpers.cpp b/src/core/CL/CLHelpers.cpp
index 84de380..7d1b0ea 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/CLHelpers.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/CLHelpers.cpp
@@ -384,6 +384,14 @@
     }
 }
 
+cl::Kernel create_kernel(CLCompileContext &ctx, const std::string &kernel_name, const std::set<std::string> &build_opts)
+{
+    const std::string program_name = CLKernelLibrary::get().get_program_name(kernel_name);
+    std::pair<std::string, bool> kernel_src = CLKernelLibrary::get().get_program(program_name);
+    const std::string kernel_path = CLKernelLibrary::get().get_kernel_path();
+    return static_cast<cl::Kernel>(ctx.create_kernel(kernel_name, program_name, kernel_src.first, kernel_path, build_opts, kernel_src.second));
+}
+
 cl::NDRange create_lws_hint_parallel_implementations(unsigned int input_dimension, unsigned int vector_size)
 {
     const unsigned int width_leftover = input_dimension % vector_size;