diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 98f5122..f1f7198 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,12 @@ linters-settings:
     rules:
       - name: dot-imports
         arguments:
-          - allowedPackages: ["github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2","github.com/onsi/gomega","github.com/onsi/gomega/gstruct"]
+          - allowedPackages: [
+            "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2",
+            "github.com/onsi/gomega",
+            "github.com/onsi/gomega/gstruct",
+            "github.com/opendatahub-io/odh-platform/test/matchers"
+          ]
   importas:
     alias:
       - pkg: k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors
@@ -80,6 +85,11 @@ linters-settings:
       - generic
       # we want to return spi.Interfaces in routing.go and authconfig.go
       - spi
+      # for custom Gomega matchers
+      - types.GomegaMatcher
+  varnamelen: 
+    ignore-names:
+      - g # g Gomega
 linters:
   enable-all: true
   disable:
diff --git a/test/data/crds/test.component.crd.yaml b/test/data/crds/test.component.crd.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01e6d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/crds/test.component.crd.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  name: components.opendatahub.io
+spec:
+  group: opendatahub.io
+  versions:
+    - name: v1
+      served: true
+      storage: true
+      schema:
+        openAPIV3Schema:
+          type: object
+          properties:
+            spec:
+              type: object
+              properties:
+                name:
+                  type: string
+  scope: Namespaced
+  names:
+    plural: components
+    singular: component
+    kind: Component
+    shortNames:
+      - comp
diff --git a/test/matchers/route.go b/test/matchers/route.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f0dbe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/matchers/route.go
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package matchers
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	"github.com/onsi/gomega/format"
+	"github.com/onsi/gomega/types"
+	openshiftroutev1 "github.com/openshift/api/route/v1"
+)
+
+func HaveName(name string) types.GomegaMatcher {
+	return &routeNameMatcher{expectedName: name}
+}
+
+type routeNameMatcher struct {
+	expectedName string
+}
+
+func (r *routeNameMatcher) Match(actual any) (bool, error) {
+	if actual == nil {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+
+	route, ok := actual.(*openshiftroutev1.Route)
+	if !ok {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("expected Route. Got:\n%s", format.Object(actual, 1)) //nolint:goerr113 //reason helpful in assertions
+	}
+
+	return gomega.Equal(r.expectedName).Match(route.Name)
+}
+
+func (r *routeNameMatcher) FailureMessage(actual any) string {
+	return format.Message(actual, "to have name", r.expectedName)
+}
+
+func (r *routeNameMatcher) NegatedFailureMessage(actual any) string {
+	return format.Message(actual, "to not have name", r.expectedName)
+}
+
+func BeAttachedToService(svcName string) types.GomegaMatcher {
+	return &routeSvcMatcher{expectedSvcName: svcName}
+}
+
+type routeSvcMatcher struct {
+	expectedSvcName string
+}
+
+func (r *routeSvcMatcher) Match(actual any) (bool, error) {
+	if actual == nil {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+
+	route, ok := actual.(*openshiftroutev1.Route)
+	if !ok {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("expected Route. Got:\n%s", format.Object(actual, 1)) //nolint:goerr113 //reason helpful in assertions
+	}
+
+	match, err := gomega.Equal("Service").Match(route.Spec.To.Kind)
+	if !match || err != nil {
+		return match, err
+	}
+
+	return gomega.Equal(r.expectedSvcName).Match(route.Spec.To.Name)
+}
+
+func (r *routeSvcMatcher) FailureMessage(actual any) string {
+	return format.Message(actual, "to be attached to service named", r.expectedSvcName)
+}
+
+func (r *routeSvcMatcher) NegatedFailureMessage(actual any) string {
+	return format.Message(actual, "not to be attached to service named", r.expectedSvcName)
+}
+
+func HaveHostPrefix(name string) types.GomegaMatcher {
+	return &routeHostPrefix{expectedHostPrefix: name}
+}
+
+type routeHostPrefix struct {
+	expectedHostPrefix string
+}
+
+func (matcher *routeHostPrefix) Match(actual any) (bool, error) {
+	if actual == nil {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+
+	route, ok := actual.(*openshiftroutev1.Route)
+	if !ok {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("expected Route. Got:\n%s", format.Object(actual, 1)) //nolint:goerr113 //reason helpful in assertions
+	}
+
+	return gomega.HavePrefix(matcher.expectedHostPrefix).Match(route.Spec.Host)
+}
+
+func (matcher *routeHostPrefix) FailureMessage(actual any) string {
+	return format.Message(actual, "to have host prefix", matcher.expectedHostPrefix)
+}
+
+func (matcher *routeHostPrefix) NegatedFailureMessage(actual any) string {
+	return format.Message(actual, "to not have host prefix", matcher.expectedHostPrefix)
+}