diff --git a/src/Codeception/Module/DrupalUser.php b/src/Codeception/Module/DrupalUser.php
index e81e384..a54c234 100644
--- a/src/Codeception/Module/DrupalUser.php
+++ b/src/Codeception/Module/DrupalUser.php
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 namespace Codeception\Module;
 
 use Codeception\Module;
+use Drupal\Core\Config\StorageInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface;
 use Drupal\user\Entity\User;
+use Codeception\Util\Drush;
 use Faker\Factory;
 
 /**
@@ -42,12 +44,22 @@ class DrupalUser extends Module {
    */
   protected $users;
 
+  /**
+   * Flag to note whether the CLI should be used for user actions.
+   *
+   * @var bool
+   */
+  protected $useCli = FALSE;
+
   /**
    * Default module configuration.
    *
    * @var array
    */
   protected $config = [
+    'alias' => '',
+    'driver' => NULL,
+    'drush' => 'drush',
     'default_role' => 'authenticated',
     'cleanup_entities' => [],
     'cleanup_test' => TRUE,
@@ -55,6 +67,19 @@ class DrupalUser extends Module {
     'cleanup_suite' => TRUE,
   ];
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function _beforeSuite($settings = []) { // @codingStandardsIgnoreLine
+    $this->driver = null;
+    if (!$this->hasModule($this->_getConfig('driver'))) {
+      $this->useCli = TRUE;
+    }
+    else {
+      $this->driver = $this->getModule($this->_getConfig('driver'));
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
@@ -109,7 +134,8 @@ public function createUserWithRoles(array $roles = [], $password = FALSE) {
       $this->users[] = $user->id();
     }
     catch (\Exception $e) {
-      $this->fail('Could not create user with roles' . implode(', ', $roles));
+      $message = sprintf('Could not create user with roles: %s. Error: %s', implode(', ', $roles), $e->getMessage());
+      $this->fail($message);
     }
 
     return $user;
@@ -124,15 +150,24 @@ public function createUserWithRoles(array $roles = [], $password = FALSE) {
   public function logInAs($username) {
     /** @var \Drupal\user\Entity\User $user */
     try {
-      // Load the user.
-      $account = user_load_by_name($username);
+      if ($this->useCli) {
+        // Load the user.
+        $account = user_load_by_name($username);
 
-      if (FALSE === $account ) {
-        throw new \Exception();
-      }
+        if (FALSE === $account ) {
+          throw new \Exception();
+        }
 
-      // Login with the user.
-      user_login_finalize($account);
+        // Login with the user.
+        user_login_finalize($account);
+      }
+      else {
+        $alias = $this->_getConfig('alias') ? $this->_getConfig('alias') . ' ' : '';
+        $output = Drush::runDrush($alias. 'uli --name=' . $username, $this->_getConfig('drush'), $this->_getConfig('working_directory'));
+        $gen_url = str_replace(PHP_EOL, '', $output);
+        $url = substr($gen_url, strpos($gen_url, '/user/reset'));
+        $this->driver->amOnPage($url);
+      }
     }
     catch (\Exception $e) {
       $this->fail('Coud not login with username ' . $username);