diff --git a/src/MPQEditor/MPQEditor.ts b/src/MPQEditor/MPQEditor.ts
index f82e878a..17533c79 100644
--- a/src/MPQEditor/MPQEditor.ts
+++ b/src/MPQEditor/MPQEditor.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import * as fs from "fs";
+import * as glob from "glob";
 import * as path from "path";
 import * as vscode from "vscode";
 
@@ -74,6 +75,40 @@ export class MPQEditorProvider implements vscode.CustomTextEditorProvider {
     return undefined;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @brief A helper function to find unoccupied mpq file-name
+   * @returns valid file name for mpq configuration or undefined on failure
+   * @throw Error, when input is invalid (e.g. baseMPQName is empty)
+   */
+  public static findMPQName(
+    baseMPQName: string,
+    dirPath: string
+  ): string | undefined {
+    if (baseMPQName.length === 0) {
+      throw new Error("Invalid mixed precision quantization file name");
+    }
+
+    const baseName = baseMPQName;
+    let mpqName: string | undefined = undefined;
+
+    const options = { cwd: dirPath };
+    // set maximal trials as maximal quantity of files + 1
+    const files = glob.sync("*" + MPQEditorProvider.fileExtension, options);
+    const maxMPQIndex = files.length + 1;
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < maxMPQIndex; i++) {
+      mpqName = baseMPQName + MPQEditorProvider.fileExtension;
+      const mpqPath: string = path.join(dirPath, mpqName);
+      if (!fs.existsSync(mpqPath)) {
+        break;
+      }
+      baseMPQName = baseName + `(${i + 1})`;
+      mpqName = undefined;
+    }
+
+    return mpqName;
+  }
+
   constructor(private readonly context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {}
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/Tests/MPQEditor/MPQEditor.test.ts b/src/Tests/MPQEditor/MPQEditor.test.ts
index e0a83af5..51b1ae6c 100644
--- a/src/Tests/MPQEditor/MPQEditor.test.ts
+++ b/src/Tests/MPQEditor/MPQEditor.test.ts
@@ -59,5 +59,38 @@ suite("MPQEditor", function () {
         assert.isDefined(retValue);
       });
     });
+
+    suite("#findMPQName", function () {
+      test("test findMPQName", function () {
+        const baseMPQName: string = "model";
+        const dirPath: string = testBuilder.dirInTemp;
+
+        const content = `
+            empty content
+            `;
+
+        let targetNames: string[] = [
+          "model.mpq.json",
+          "model(1).mpq.json",
+          "model(2).mpq.json",
+          "model(3).mpq.json",
+        ];
+
+        for (let i = 0; i < targetNames.length; i++) {
+          // Get file paths inside the temp directory
+          const mpqName = MPQEditorProvider.findMPQName(baseMPQName, dirPath);
+          assert.isDefined(mpqName);
+          assert.strictEqual(mpqName, targetNames[i]);
+
+          // create dummy mpq.json file
+          testBuilder.writeFileSync(mpqName!, content);
+        }
+      });
+
+      test("NEG: findMPQName throws on empty string", function () {
+        const dirPath: string = testBuilder.dirInTemp;
+        assert.throws(() => MPQEditorProvider.findMPQName("", dirPath));
+      });
+    });
   });
 });