diff --git a/src/blockdata/script.rs b/src/blockdata/script.rs
index b2c80e3a..aa970c0b 100644
--- a/src/blockdata/script.rs
+++ b/src/blockdata/script.rs
@@ -267,6 +267,14 @@ impl Script {
             .into_script()
     }
 
+    /// Generates OP_RETURN-type of scriptPubkey for a given data
+    pub fn with_op_return(data: &Vec<u8>) -> Self {
+        Builder::new()
+            .push_opcode(opcodes::all::OP_RETURN)
+            .push_slice(&data)
+            .into_script()
+    }
+
     /// The length in bytes of the script
     pub fn len(&self) -> usize { self.0.len() }
 
@@ -821,7 +829,7 @@ mod test {
     use super::*;
     use super::build_scriptint;
 
-    use hashes::hex::FromHex;
+    use hashes::hex::{FromHex, ToHex};
     use consensus::encode::{deserialize, serialize};
     use blockdata::opcodes;
     use util::key::PublicKey;
@@ -898,6 +906,13 @@ mod test {
         let p2wsh = Script::with_v0_wsh(&wscript_hash);
         assert!(p2wsh.is_v0_p2wsh());
         assert_eq!(script.to_v0_p2wsh(), p2wsh);
+
+        // Test data are taken from the second output of
+        // 2ccb3a1f745eb4eefcf29391460250adda5fab78aaddb902d25d3cd97d9d8e61 transaction
+        let data = Vec::<u8>::from_hex("aa21a9ed20280f53f2d21663cac89e6bd2ad19edbabb048cda08e73ed19e9268d0afea2a").unwrap();
+        let op_return = Script::with_op_return(&data);
+        assert!(op_return.is_op_return());
+        assert_eq!(op_return.to_hex(), "6a24aa21a9ed20280f53f2d21663cac89e6bd2ad19edbabb048cda08e73ed19e9268d0afea2a");
     }
 
     #[test]