diff --git a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/openxml4j/util/ZipArchiveFakeEntry.java b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/openxml4j/util/ZipArchiveFakeEntry.java
index a10e43c277..f62386c6df 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/openxml4j/util/ZipArchiveFakeEntry.java
+++ b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/openxml4j/util/ZipArchiveFakeEntry.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.util.TempFile;
  *  close this as soon as you can!
  * @see ZipInputStreamZipEntrySource#setThresholdBytesForTempFiles(int)
  */
-/* package */ class ZipArchiveFakeEntry extends ZipArchiveEntry implements Closeable {
+public final class ZipArchiveFakeEntry extends ZipArchiveEntry implements Closeable {
     private static final Logger LOG = PoiLogManager.getLogger(ZipArchiveFakeEntry.class);
 
     // how large a single entry in a zip-file should become at max
diff --git a/poi/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/util/IOUtils.java b/poi/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/util/IOUtils.java
index 430e895557..9b32698e94 100644
--- a/poi/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/util/IOUtils.java
+++ b/poi/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/util/IOUtils.java
@@ -208,6 +208,27 @@ public final class IOUtils {
         return toByteArray(stream, length, maxLength, true, length != Integer.MAX_VALUE);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Reads up to {@code length} bytes from the input stream, and returns the bytes read.
+     *
+     * @param stream The byte stream of data to read.
+     * @param length The maximum length to read, use {@link Integer#MAX_VALUE} to read the stream
+     *               until EOF
+     * @param maxLength if the input is equal to/longer than {@code maxLength} bytes,
+     *                  then throw an {@link IOException} complaining about the length.
+     *                  use {@link Integer#MAX_VALUE} to disable the check - if {@link #setByteArrayMaxOverride(int)} is
+     *                  set then that max of that value and this maxLength is used
+     * @return A byte array with the read bytes.
+     * @throws IOException If reading data fails or EOF is encountered too early for the given length.
+     * @throws RecordFormatException If the requested length is invalid.
+     * @since POI 5.4.1
+     */
+    public static byte[] toByteArray(InputStream stream, final long length, final int maxLength) throws IOException {
+        return toByteArray(stream,
+                length > Integer.MAX_VALUE ? Integer.MAX_VALUE : (int) length,
+                maxLength, true, length != Integer.MAX_VALUE);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Reads the input stream, and returns the bytes read.
      *