diff --git a/spec/rails_helper.rb b/spec/rails_helper.rb
index 7e1b6e6d5..8aa7acdc4 100644
--- a/spec/rails_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_helper.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ require 'rspec/rails'
 require 'capybara/poltergeist'
 require 'paper_trail/frameworks/rspec'
 require 'money-rails/test_helpers'
+require 'support/requests/session_helpers'
 
 if ENV['ROBOT']
   require 'simplecov'
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Migration.maintain_test_schema!
 RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.include ActionView::TestCase::Behavior, type: :presenter
   config.include ActiveSupport::Testing::TimeHelpers
+  config.include Requests::SessionHelpers, type: :request
 
   config.define_derived_metadata(file_path: %r[/spec/features/]) do |metadata|
     metadata[:db] = true if metadata[:db].nil?
diff --git a/spec/support/requests/session_helpers.rb b/spec/support/requests/session_helpers.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4019c5f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/requests/session_helpers.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+module Requests
+  module SessionHelpers
+    def sign_in_to_epp_area(user: FactoryGirl.create(:api_user))
+      login_xml = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>
+      <epp xmlns=\"urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:epp-1.0\">
+        <command>
+          <login>
+            <clID>#{user.username}</clID>
+            <pw>#{user.password}</pw>
+            <options>
+              <version>1.0</version>
+              <lang>en</lang>
+            </options>
+            <svcs>
+              <objURI>https://epp.tld.ee/schema/domain-eis-1.0.xsd</objURI>
+              <objURI>https://epp.tld.ee/schema/contact-eis-1.0.xsd</objURI>
+              <objURI>urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:host-1.0</objURI>
+              <objURI>urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:keyrelay-1.0</objURI>
+              <svcExtension>
+                <extURI>urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:secDNS-1.1</extURI>
+                <extURI>https://epp.tld.ee/schema/eis-1.0.xsd</extURI>
+              </svcExtension>
+            </svcs>
+          </login>
+          <clTRID>ABC-12345</clTRID>
+        </command>
+      </epp>"
+
+      post '/epp/session/login', frame: login_xml
+    end
+  end
+end