diff --git a/packages/grafana-e2e/cypress/support/commands.ts b/packages/grafana-e2e/cypress/support/commands.ts
index ae25125acf1..4413d0cc4a2 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-e2e/cypress/support/commands.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-e2e/cypress/support/commands.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import 'cypress-file-upload';
+
 interface CompareScreenshotsConfig {
   name: string;
   threshold?: number;
diff --git a/packages/grafana-e2e/cypress/tsconfig.json b/packages/grafana-e2e/cypress/tsconfig.json
index 347c670a6a7..c7e1a52579e 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-e2e/cypress/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/grafana-e2e/cypress/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "declaration": false,
     "module": "commonjs",
-    "types": ["cypress"]
+    "types": ["cypress", "cypress-file-upload"]
   },
   "extends": "@grafana/tsconfig",
   "include": ["**/*.ts"]
diff --git a/packages/grafana-e2e/package.json b/packages/grafana-e2e/package.json
index fc7f55645e5..025577b4e1b 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-e2e/package.json
+++ b/packages/grafana-e2e/package.json
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     "blink-diff": "1.0.13",
     "commander": "5.0.0",
     "cypress": "^4.7.0",
+    "cypress-file-upload": "^4.0.7",
     "execa": "4.0.0",
     "resolve-as-bin": "2.1.0",
     "ts-loader": "6.2.1",
diff --git a/packages/grafana-e2e/src/flows/addPanel.ts b/packages/grafana-e2e/src/flows/addPanel.ts
index 15cd5bea1b1..8e94dd6fd49 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-e2e/src/flows/addPanel.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-e2e/src/flows/addPanel.ts
@@ -45,11 +45,7 @@ export const addPanel = (config?: Partial<AddPanelConfig>): any =>
       .scrollIntoView()
       .click();
 
-    isOptionsOpen().then((isOpen: any) => {
-      if (!isOpen) {
-        toggleOptions();
-      }
-    });
+    openOptions();
 
     openOptionsGroup('settings');
     getOptionsGroup('settings')
@@ -75,11 +71,7 @@ export const addPanel = (config?: Partial<AddPanelConfig>): any =>
     //e2e.components.Panels.Panel.containerByTitle(panelTitle).find('.panel-content').contains('No data');
     //e2e.components.QueryEditorRow.actionButton('Disable/enable query').click();
 
-    isOptionsOpen().then((isOpen: any) => {
-      if (isOpen) {
-        toggleOptions();
-      }
-    });
+    closeOptions();
 
     e2e()
       .get('button[title="Apply changes and go back to dashboard"]')
@@ -89,6 +81,14 @@ export const addPanel = (config?: Partial<AddPanelConfig>): any =>
     return e2e().wrap({ config: fullConfig });
   });
 
+// @todo this actually returns type `Cypress.Chainable`
+const closeOptions = (): any =>
+  isOptionsOpen().then((isOpen: any) => {
+    if (isOpen) {
+      e2e.components.PanelEditor.OptionsPane.close().click();
+    }
+  });
+
 // @todo this actually returns type `Cypress.Chainable`
 const closeOptionsGroup = (name: string): any =>
   isOptionsGroupOpen(name).then((isOpen: any) => {
@@ -118,6 +118,14 @@ const isOptionsOpen = (): any =>
     }
   });
 
+// @todo this actually returns type `Cypress.Chainable`
+const openOptions = (): any =>
+  isOptionsOpen().then((isOpen: any) => {
+    if (!isOpen) {
+      e2e.components.PanelEditor.OptionsPane.open().click();
+    }
+  });
+
 // @todo this actually returns type `Cypress.Chainable`
 const openOptionsGroup = (name: string): any =>
   isOptionsGroupOpen(name).then((isOpen: any) => {
@@ -126,8 +134,6 @@ const openOptionsGroup = (name: string): any =>
     }
   });
 
-const toggleOptions = () => e2e.components.PanelEditor.OptionsPane.close().click();
-
 const toggleOptionsGroup = (name: string) =>
   getOptionsGroup(name)
     .find('.editor-options-group-toggle')
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b3a87efe0e5..2b94b81bab7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -10627,6 +10627,14 @@ cyclist@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cyclist/-/cyclist-1.0.1.tgz#596e9698fd0c80e12038c2b82d6eb1b35b6224d9"
   integrity sha1-WW6WmP0MgOEgOMK4LW6xs1tiJNk=
+
+cypress-file-upload@^4.0.7:
+  version "4.0.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cypress-file-upload/-/cypress-file-upload-4.0.7.tgz#1136139bb3c660b9c39a69f231ac1da7785acaae"
+  integrity sha512-rFFmnoZ2bWyWFpSV09AhkSUgYEiVy70pcQ6nf/mGTMTrVHvKCCCIfRu3TbgVYHbgBq+0hqjfjQrtz4IbgH7qZA==
+  dependencies:
+    mime "^2.4.4"
+
 cypress@^4.7.0:
   version "4.7.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cypress/-/cypress-4.7.0.tgz#3ea29bddaf9a1faeaa5b8d54b60a84ed1cafa83d"