diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/base/BaseRMRestTest.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/base/BaseRMRestTest.java
index aa65f8c967..428b338910 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/base/BaseRMRestTest.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/base/BaseRMRestTest.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import org.alfresco.dataprep.ContentService;
 import org.alfresco.rest.RestTest;
 import org.alfresco.rest.core.RestAPIFactory;
+import org.alfresco.rest.core.RestResponse;
 import org.alfresco.rest.model.RestNodeModel;
 import org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.model.fileplan.FilePlan;
 import org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.model.fileplancomponents.FilePlanComponentType;
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ import org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.requests.gscore.api.RecordsAPI;
 import org.alfresco.rest.search.RestRequestQueryModel;
 import org.alfresco.rest.search.SearchNodeModel;
 import org.alfresco.rest.search.SearchRequest;
+import org.alfresco.rest.search.SearchSqlRequest;
 import org.alfresco.rest.v0.RMRolesAndActionsAPI;
 import org.alfresco.rest.v0.SearchAPI;
 import org.alfresco.utility.data.DataUser;
@@ -796,4 +798,9 @@ public class BaseRMRestTest extends RestTest
         return documentLibrary;
     }
 
+    protected RestResponse searchSql(UserModel userModel, SearchSqlRequest searchSqlRequest) throws Exception
+    {
+        return restClient.authenticateUser(userModel).withSearchSqlAPI().searchSql(searchSqlRequest);
+    }
+
 }