diff --git a/packages/cypress-commands/src/commands/fillAndSubmitLoginForm.js b/packages/cypress-commands/src/commands/fillAndSubmitLoginForm.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d0ac887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cypress-commands/src/commands/fillAndSubmitLoginForm.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+export const fillAndSubmitLoginForm = () => {
+    const loginUrl = Cypress.env('dhis2_base_url')
+    const username = Cypress.env('dhis2_username')
+    const password = Cypress.env('dhis2_password')
+
+    cy.get('#server').type(loginUrl)
+    cy.get('#j_username').type(username)
+    cy.get('#j_password').type(password)
+    cy.get('{loginsubmit}', { prefix: 'dhis2-adapter' }).click()
+}
+
+Cypress.Commands.add('fillAndSubmitLoginForm', fillAndSubmitLoginForm)
diff --git a/packages/cypress-commands/src/index.js b/packages/cypress-commands/src/index.js
index b2615628..64e836ed 100644
--- a/packages/cypress-commands/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/cypress-commands/src/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // will automatically create the commands
+import './commands/fillAndSubmitLoginForm'
 import './commands/find'
 import './commands/get'
 import './commands/login'