diff --git a/qa/README.md b/qa/README.md
index a4b4398645e0096f9e2a6730c4d3b723b481ce47..be4cf89ebbc4d5ab3931e240a4c234704737f114 100644
--- a/qa/README.md
+++ b/qa/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Since the arguments would be passed to `rspec`, you could use all `rspec`
 options there. For example, passing `--backtrace` and also line number:
 
 ```
-bin/qa Test::Instance http://localhost qa/specs/features/login/standard_spec.rb:3 --backtrace
+bin/qa Test::Instance http://localhost qa/specs/features/project/create_spec.rb:3 --backtrace
 ```
 
 ### Overriding the authenticated user
diff --git a/qa/qa.rb b/qa/qa.rb
index be7bcf7a2ad05ff6f4b20330bc2f21bb961d8d83..258db4d1f168325ee41443a3b63d148ee50b83e6 100644
--- a/qa/qa.rb
+++ b/qa/qa.rb
@@ -41,14 +41,17 @@ module QA
       autoload :Project, 'qa/factory/resource/project'
       autoload :MergeRequest, 'qa/factory/resource/merge_request'
       autoload :ProjectImportedFromGithub, 'qa/factory/resource/project_imported_from_github'
+      autoload :MergeRequestFromFork, 'qa/factory/resource/merge_request_from_fork'
       autoload :DeployKey, 'qa/factory/resource/deploy_key'
       autoload :Branch, 'qa/factory/resource/branch'
       autoload :SecretVariable, 'qa/factory/resource/secret_variable'
       autoload :Runner, 'qa/factory/resource/runner'
       autoload :PersonalAccessToken, 'qa/factory/resource/personal_access_token'
       autoload :KubernetesCluster, 'qa/factory/resource/kubernetes_cluster'
+      autoload :User, 'qa/factory/resource/user'
       autoload :ProjectMilestone, 'qa/factory/resource/project_milestone'
       autoload :Wiki, 'qa/factory/resource/wiki'
+      autoload :Fork, 'qa/factory/resource/fork'
     end
 
     module Repository
@@ -107,6 +110,7 @@ module QA
     module Main
       autoload :Login, 'qa/page/main/login'
       autoload :OAuth, 'qa/page/main/oauth'
+      autoload :SignUp, 'qa/page/main/sign_up'
     end
 
     module Settings
@@ -167,6 +171,10 @@ module QA
         autoload :Index, 'qa/page/project/issue/index'
       end
 
+      module Fork
+        autoload :New, 'qa/page/project/fork/new'
+      end
+
       module Milestone
         autoload :New, 'qa/page/project/milestone/new'
         autoload :Index, 'qa/page/project/milestone/index'
@@ -200,6 +208,10 @@ module QA
       autoload :Sidebar, 'qa/page/issuable/sidebar'
     end
 
+    module Layout
+      autoload :Banner, 'qa/page/layout/banner'
+    end
+
     module MergeRequest
       autoload :New, 'qa/page/merge_request/new'
       autoload :Show, 'qa/page/merge_request/show'
diff --git a/qa/qa/factory/repository/project_push.rb b/qa/qa/factory/repository/project_push.rb
index 48674c08a8de1e4861f7ae58861b9ba83e0df156..4f78098d348c493590b987052056cbe2f8a3b684 100644
--- a/qa/qa/factory/repository/project_push.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/factory/repository/project_push.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ module QA
           factory.output
         end
 
+        product(:project) { |factory| factory.project }
+
         def initialize
           @file_name = 'file.txt'
           @file_content = '# This is test project'
diff --git a/qa/qa/factory/repository/push.rb b/qa/qa/factory/repository/push.rb
index 4f97e65b0918a18f3aaff05b2752734bb5a1b6b9..5b7ebf6c41f07f48f9cd38b505631a2e4075ecd2 100644
--- a/qa/qa/factory/repository/push.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/factory/repository/push.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ module QA
     module Repository
       class Push < Factory::Base
         attr_accessor :file_name, :file_content, :commit_message,
-                      :branch_name, :new_branch, :output, :repository_uri
+                      :branch_name, :new_branch, :output, :repository_uri,
+                      :user
 
         attr_writer :remote_branch
 
@@ -31,9 +32,20 @@ module QA
         def fabricate!
           Git::Repository.perform do |repository|
             repository.uri = repository_uri
+
             repository.use_default_credentials
+            username = 'GitLab QA'
+            email = 'root@gitlab.com'
+
+            if user
+              repository.username = user.username
+              repository.password = user.password
+              username = user.name
+              email = user.email
+            end
+
             repository.clone
-            repository.configure_identity('GitLab QA', 'root@gitlab.com')
+            repository.configure_identity(username, email)
 
             if new_branch
               repository.checkout_new_branch(branch_name)
diff --git a/qa/qa/factory/resource/fork.rb b/qa/qa/factory/resource/fork.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1d0c76a3d309341fdd52397219f769717b1ff900
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/qa/factory/resource/fork.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+module QA
+  module Factory
+    module Resource
+      class Fork < Factory::Base
+        dependency Factory::Repository::ProjectPush, as: :push
+
+        dependency Factory::Resource::User, as: :user
+
+        product(:user) { |factory| factory.user }
+
+        def fabricate!
+          push.project.visit!
+          Page::Project::Show.act { fork_project }
+
+          Page::Project::Fork::New.perform do |fork_new|
+            fork_new.choose_namespace(user.name)
+          end
+
+          Page::Layout::Banner.act { has_notice?('The project was successfully forked.') }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/qa/qa/factory/resource/merge_request_from_fork.rb b/qa/qa/factory/resource/merge_request_from_fork.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6caaf65f673e8ac93df4c0ddc3e83b6366937855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/qa/factory/resource/merge_request_from_fork.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+module QA
+  module Factory
+    module Resource
+      class MergeRequestFromFork < MergeRequest
+        attr_accessor :fork_branch
+
+        dependency Factory::Resource::Fork, as: :fork
+
+        dependency Factory::Repository::ProjectPush, as: :push do |push, factory|
+          push.project = factory.fork
+          push.branch_name = factory.fork_branch
+          push.file_name = 'file2.txt'
+          push.user = factory.fork.user
+        end
+
+        def fabricate!
+          fork.visit!
+          Page::Project::Show.act { new_merge_request }
+          Page::MergeRequest::New.act { create_merge_request }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/qa/qa/factory/resource/project.rb b/qa/qa/factory/resource/project.rb
index 7bc64c6ae5d9853f34cbc83618e86a29f2315d60..7fff22b54689054bdbc5c58c26eeb6239270edc6 100644
--- a/qa/qa/factory/resource/project.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/factory/resource/project.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ module QA
             page.choose_test_namespace
             page.choose_name(@name)
             page.add_description(@description)
+            page.set_visibility('Public')
             page.create_new_project
           end
         end
diff --git a/qa/qa/factory/resource/user.rb b/qa/qa/factory/resource/user.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e08df9e0cd03a3d5b792630d4a917c61d4d6a928
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/qa/factory/resource/user.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+require 'securerandom'
+
+module QA
+  module Factory
+    module Resource
+      class User < Factory::Base
+        attr_accessor :name, :username, :email, :password
+
+        def initialize
+          @name = "name-#{SecureRandom.hex(8)}"
+          @username = "username-#{SecureRandom.hex(8)}"
+          @email = "mail#{SecureRandom.hex(8)}@mail.com"
+          @password = 'password'
+        end
+
+        product(:name) { |factory| factory.name }
+
+        product(:username) { |factory| factory.username }
+
+        product(:email) { |factory| factory.email }
+
+        product(:password) { |factory| factory.password }
+
+        def fabricate!
+          Page::Menu::Main.act { sign_out }
+          Page::Main::Login.act { switch_to_register_tab }
+          Page::Main::SignUp.perform do |page|
+            page.sign_up!(name: name, username: username, email: email, password: password)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/qa/qa/page/layout/banner.rb b/qa/qa/page/layout/banner.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e7654bdafc9f53602d117c93f2e085ce70c85bc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/qa/page/layout/banner.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+module QA
+  module Page
+    module Layout
+      class Banner < Page::Base
+        view 'app/views/layouts/header/_read_only_banner.html.haml' do
+          element :flash_notice, ".flash-notice"
+        end
+
+        def has_notice?(message)
+          page.within('.flash-notice') do
+            !!find('span', text: message)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/qa/qa/page/main/login.rb b/qa/qa/page/main/login.rb
index 26c99efc53d7c913c2e9793ab4d8747be09c469d..6cdfbd1c125989fcf050248c8b9fe0c214dc59a1 100644
--- a/qa/qa/page/main/login.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/page/main/login.rb
@@ -25,19 +25,24 @@ module QA
           element :standard_tab, "link_to 'Standard'"
         end
 
+        view 'app/views/devise/shared/_tabs_normal.html.haml' do
+          element :sign_in_tab, /nav-link.*login-pane.*Sign in/
+          element :register_tab, /nav-link.*register-pane.*Register/
+        end
+
         def initialize
           # The login page is usually the entry point for all the scenarios so
           # we need to wait for the instance to start. That said, in some cases
           # we are already logged-in so we check both cases here.
           wait(max: 500) do
             page.has_css?('.login-page') ||
-              Page::Menu::Main.act { has_personal_area? }
+              Page::Menu::Main.act { has_personal_area?(wait: 0) }
           end
         end
 
         def sign_in_using_credentials
           # Don't try to log-in if we're already logged-in
-          return if Page::Menu::Main.act { has_personal_area? }
+          return if Page::Menu::Main.act { has_personal_area?(wait: 0) }
 
           using_wait_time 0 do
             set_initial_password_if_present
@@ -48,12 +53,22 @@ module QA
               sign_in_using_gitlab_credentials
             end
           end
+
+          Page::Menu::Main.act { has_personal_area? }
         end
 
         def self.path
           '/users/sign_in'
         end
 
+        def switch_to_sign_in_tab
+          click_on 'Sign in'
+        end
+
+        def switch_to_register_tab
+          click_on 'Register'
+        end
+
         private
 
         def sign_in_using_ldap_credentials
diff --git a/qa/qa/page/main/sign_up.rb b/qa/qa/page/main/sign_up.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9a834e94b818651246d674f8c4d42adf2d0723ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/qa/page/main/sign_up.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+module QA
+  module Page
+    module Main
+      class SignUp < Page::Base
+        view 'app/views/devise/shared/_signup_box.html.haml' do
+          element :name, 'text_field :name'
+          element :username, 'text_field :username'
+          element :email_field, 'email_field :email'
+          element :email_confirmation, 'email_field :email_confirmation'
+          element :password, 'password_field :password'
+          element :register_button, 'submit "Register"'
+        end
+
+        def sign_up!(name:, username:, email:, password:)
+          fill_in :new_user_name, with: name
+          fill_in :new_user_username, with: username
+          fill_in :new_user_email, with: email
+          fill_in :new_user_email_confirmation, with: email
+          fill_in :new_user_password, with: password
+          click_button 'Register'
+
+          Page::Menu::Main.act { has_personal_area? }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/qa/qa/page/menu/main.rb b/qa/qa/page/menu/main.rb
index aef5c9f9c82574fbbaddc336f8073b9a70caa523..36e7285f7b76f5ef210e01a6b110c12fd7f73a0c 100644
--- a/qa/qa/page/menu/main.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/page/menu/main.rb
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ module QA
           end
         end
 
-        def has_personal_area?
+        def has_personal_area?(wait: Capybara.default_max_wait_time)
           # No need to wait, either we're logged-in, or not.
-          using_wait_time(0) { page.has_selector?('.qa-user-avatar') }
+          using_wait_time(wait) { page.has_selector?('.qa-user-avatar') }
         end
 
         private
diff --git a/qa/qa/page/project/fork/new.rb b/qa/qa/page/project/fork/new.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ed92df956bfd3db9226d44d96cf65fb2c6dd7266
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/qa/page/project/fork/new.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+module QA
+  module Page
+    module Project
+      module Fork
+        class New < Page::Base
+          view 'app/views/projects/forks/_fork_button.html.haml' do
+            element :namespace, 'link_to project_forks_path'
+          end
+
+          def choose_namespace(namespace = Runtime::Namespace.path)
+            click_on namespace
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/qa/qa/page/project/new.rb b/qa/qa/page/project/new.rb
index 7976e96d43b6eaa8539c276e9c6d105aa93466e3..9e812fa7c74b164fc86d348149597baeb3bef058 100644
--- a/qa/qa/page/project/new.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/page/project/new.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ module QA
           element :project_path, 'text_field :path'
           element :project_description, 'text_area :description'
           element :project_create_button, "submit 'Create project'"
+          element :visibility_radios, 'visibility_level:'
         end
 
         view 'app/views/projects/_import_project_pane.html.haml' do
@@ -42,6 +43,10 @@ module QA
           click_on 'Create project'
         end
 
+        def set_visibility(visibility)
+          choose visibility
+        end
+
         def go_to_github_import
           click_link 'GitHub'
         end
diff --git a/qa/qa/page/project/show.rb b/qa/qa/page/project/show.rb
index 1dcdb59490ae7407a57026b13236ece481d3cecd..88861d5772dc63a206db46c5ad36a50d4df700d7 100644
--- a/qa/qa/page/project/show.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/page/project/show.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ module QA
           element :branches_dropdown
         end
 
+        view 'app/views/projects/buttons/_fork.html.haml' do
+          element :fork_label, "%span= s_('GoToYourFork|Fork')"
+          element :fork_link, "link_to new_project_fork_path(@project)"
+        end
+
         view 'app/views/projects/_files.html.haml' do
           element :tree_holder, '.tree-holder'
         end
@@ -61,6 +66,10 @@ module QA
 
           click_link 'New issue'
         end
+
+        def fork_project
+          click_on 'Fork'
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/qa/qa/specs/features/login/standard_spec.rb b/qa/qa/specs/features/login/standard_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 254f47cf217bb8434a9f0757957606bce29f0719..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/qa/qa/specs/features/login/standard_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-module QA
-  describe 'standard user login', :core do
-    it 'user logs in using credentials' do
-      Runtime::Browser.visit(:gitlab, Page::Main::Login)
-      Page::Main::Login.act { sign_in_using_credentials }
-
-      # TODO, since `Signed in successfully` message was removed
-      # this is the only way to tell if user is signed in correctly.
-      #
-      Page::Menu::Main.perform do |menu|
-        expect(menu).to have_personal_area
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/qa/qa/specs/features/project/fork_project_spec.rb b/qa/qa/specs/features/project/fork_project_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8ad0120305ab259aea3259a9eea76f2f2b58574b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/qa/specs/features/project/fork_project_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+module QA
+  describe 'Project fork', :core do
+    it 'can submit merge requests to upstream master' do
+      Runtime::Browser.visit(:gitlab, Page::Main::Login)
+      Page::Main::Login.act { sign_in_using_credentials }
+
+      merge_request = Factory::Resource::MergeRequestFromFork.fabricate! do |merge_request|
+        merge_request.fork_branch = 'feature-branch'
+      end
+
+      Page::Menu::Main.act { sign_out }
+      Page::Main::Login.act do
+        switch_to_sign_in_tab
+        sign_in_using_credentials
+      end
+
+      merge_request.visit!
+      Page::MergeRequest::Show.act { merge! }
+
+      expect(page).to have_content('The changes were merged')
+    end
+  end
+end