diff --git a/util/unpadded_base64.go b/util/unpadded_base64.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ef1a576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/unpadded_base64.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package util
+
+import (
+	"encoding/base64"
+)
+
+func DecodeUnpaddedBase64String(val string) ([]byte, error) {
+	return base64.RawStdEncoding.DecodeString(val)
+}
+
+func EncodeUnpaddedBase64ToString(val []byte) string {
+	return base64.RawStdEncoding.EncodeToString(val)
+}