diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/examples/InMemoryKnownHosts.java b/examples/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/examples/InMemoryKnownHosts.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8e94325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/examples/InMemoryKnownHosts.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package net.schmizz.sshj.examples;
+
+import net.schmizz.sshj.SSHClient;
+import net.schmizz.sshj.common.KeyType;
+import net.schmizz.sshj.transport.verification.HostKeyVerifier;
+import net.schmizz.sshj.transport.verification.OpenSSHKnownHosts;
+import net.schmizz.sshj.xfer.FileSystemFile;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.security.PublicKey;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/** This examples demonstrates how to configure {@link net.schmizz.sshj.SSHClient} client with an in-memory known_hosts file */
+public class InMemoryKnownHosts {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+        InputStream entry = new ByteArrayInputStream("localhost ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIPmhSBtMctNa4hsZt8QGlsYSE5/gMkjeand69Vj4ir13".getBytes(Charset.defaultCharset()));
+        SSHClient ssh = new SSHClient();
+        ssh.addHostKeyVerifier(new InMemoryHostKeyVerifier(entry, Charset.defaultCharset()));
+        ssh.connect("localhost");
+        try {
+            ssh.authPublickey(System.getProperty("user.name"));
+            ssh.newSCPFileTransfer().download("test_file", new FileSystemFile("/tmp/"));
+        } finally {
+            ssh.disconnect();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class InMemoryHostKeyVerifier implements HostKeyVerifier {
+
+        private final List<OpenSSHKnownHosts.KnownHostEntry> entries = new ArrayList<OpenSSHKnownHosts.KnownHostEntry>();
+
+        public InMemoryHostKeyVerifier(InputStream inputStream, Charset charset) throws IOException {
+            final OpenSSHKnownHosts.EntryFactory entryFactory = new OpenSSHKnownHosts.EntryFactory();
+            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream, charset));
+            while(reader.ready()) {
+                String line = reader.readLine();
+                try {
+                    OpenSSHKnownHosts.KnownHostEntry entry = entryFactory.parseEntry(line);
+                    if (entry != null) {
+                        entries.add(entry);
+                    }
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    //log error
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean verify(String hostname, int port, PublicKey key) {
+            final KeyType type = KeyType.fromKey(key);
+            if (type == KeyType.UNKNOWN) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            for (OpenSSHKnownHosts.KnownHostEntry e : entries) {
+                try {
+                    if (e.appliesTo(type, hostname) && e.verify(key)) {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                    //log error
+                }
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/transport/verification/OpenSSHKnownHosts.java b/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/transport/verification/OpenSSHKnownHosts.java
index d042b93d..670d41cf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/transport/verification/OpenSSHKnownHosts.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/transport/verification/OpenSSHKnownHosts.java
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public class OpenSSHKnownHosts
      * Lines starting with `#' and empty lines are ignored as comments.
      */
     public class EntryFactory {
-        EntryFactory() {
+        public EntryFactory() {
         }
 
         public KnownHostEntry parseEntry(String line)