diff --git a/packages/cypress-commands/src/commands/fillAndSubmitLoginForm.js b/packages/cypress-commands/src/commands/fillAndSubmitLoginForm.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab455e4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cypress-commands/src/commands/fillAndSubmitLoginForm.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ * @param {Object} args
+ * @param {string} args.userName
+ * @param {string} args.password
+ * @param {string} [args.loginUrl]
+ * When not provided, the server field will be ignored.
+ * If the server is already set through an env var,
+ * then not providing this property will produce the expected result
+ *
+ * @returns {void}
+ */
+export const fillAndSubmitLoginForm = ({ loginUrl, userName, password }) => {
+    loginUrl && 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'