diff --git a/cypress/support/commands.ts b/cypress/support/commands.ts
index ad486a8a8f7..b09a165451f 100644
--- a/cypress/support/commands.ts
+++ b/cypress/support/commands.ts
@@ -246,3 +246,16 @@ Cypress.Commands.add('userFileExists', (user: string, path: string) => {
 	return cy.runCommand(`stat --printf="%s" "data/${user}/files/${path}"`, { failOnNonZeroExit: true })
 		.then((exec) => Number.parseInt(exec.stdout || '0'))
 })
+
+Cypress.Commands.add('runOccCommand', (command: string, options?: Partial<Cypress.ExecOptions>) => {
+	return cy.runCommand(`php ./occ ${command}`, options)
+		.then((context) =>
+			// OCC cannot clear the APCu cache
+			// eslint-disable-next-line cypress/no-unnecessary-waiting
+			cy.wait(
+				command.startsWith('app:') || command.startsWith('config:')
+					? 3000 // clear APCu cache
+					: 0,
+			).then(() => context),
+		)
+})