diff --git a/tests/TestHelpers/GraphHelper.php b/tests/TestHelpers/GraphHelper.php
index 64ca26fc6f..684ad2c932 100644
--- a/tests/TestHelpers/GraphHelper.php
+++ b/tests/TestHelpers/GraphHelper.php
@@ -1618,4 +1618,36 @@ class GraphHelper {
 			\json_encode($body)
 		);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $baseUrl
+	 * @param string $xRequestId
+	 * @param string $user
+	 * @param string $password
+	 * @param string $spaceId
+	 * @param string $itemId
+	 * @param mixed $body
+	 *
+	 * @return ResponseInterface
+	 * @throws GuzzleException
+	 */
+	public static function createLinkShare(
+		string $baseUrl,
+		string $xRequestId,
+		string $user,
+		string $password,
+		string $spaceId,
+		string $itemId,
+		$body
+	): ResponseInterface {
+		$url = self::getBetaFullUrl($baseUrl, "drives/$spaceId/items/$itemId/createLink");
+		return HttpRequestHelper::post(
+			$url,
+			$xRequestId,
+			$user,
+			$password,
+			self::getRequestHeaders(),
+			$body
+		);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/expected-failures-localAPI-on-OCIS-storage.md b/tests/acceptance/expected-failures-localAPI-on-OCIS-storage.md
index a8a56f05ef..ae74e32324 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/expected-failures-localAPI-on-OCIS-storage.md
+++ b/tests/acceptance/expected-failures-localAPI-on-OCIS-storage.md
@@ -255,6 +255,9 @@ The expected failures in this file are from features in the owncloud/ocis repo.
 - [apiLocks/lockFiles.feature:456](https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/blob/master/tests/acceptance/features/apiLocks/lockFiles.feature#L456)
 - [apiLocks/lockFiles.feature:457](https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/blob/master/tests/acceptance/features/apiLocks/lockFiles.feature#L457)
 
+### [blocksDownload link type is not implemented yet (sharing-ng)](https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/issues/7879)
+- [apiSharingNg/createLink.feature:78](https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/blob/master/tests/acceptance/features/apiSharingNg/createLink.feature#L78)
+- [apiSharingNg/createLink.feature:147](https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/blob/master/tests/acceptance/features/apiSharingNg/createLink.feature#L147)
 
 - Note: always have an empty line at the end of this file.
 The bash script that processes this file requires that the last line has a newline on the end.
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/features/apiSharingNg/createLink.feature b/tests/acceptance/features/apiSharingNg/createLink.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5eeadb4bdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/acceptance/features/apiSharingNg/createLink.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+Feature: Create a share link for a resource
+  https://owncloud.dev/libre-graph-api/#/drives.permissions/CreateLink
+
+  Background:
+    Given these users have been created with default attributes and without skeleton files:
+      | username |
+      | Alice    |
+
+
+  Scenario Outline: create a link share of a folder
+    Given user "Alice" has created folder "folder"
+    When user "Alice" creates the following link share using the Graph API:
+      | resourceType | folder   |
+      | resource     | folder   |
+      | space        | Personal |
+      | role         | <role>   |
+      | password     | %public% |
+    Then the HTTP status code should be "200"
+    And the JSON data of the response should match
+      """
+      {
+        "type": "object",
+        "required": [
+          "hasPassword",
+          "id",
+          "link"
+        ],
+        "properties": {
+          "hasPassword": {
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "enum": [true]
+          },
+          "id": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z]{15}$"
+          },
+          "link": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "required": [
+              "@libre.graph.displayName",
+              "@libre.graph.quickLink",
+              "preventsDownload",
+              "type",
+              "webUrl"
+            ],
+            "properties": {
+              "@libre.graph.displayName": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "enum": [""]
+              },
+              "@libre.graph.quickLink": {
+                "type": "boolean",
+                "enum": [false]
+              },
+              "preventsDownload": {
+                "type": "boolean",
+                "enum": [false]
+              },
+              "type": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "enum": ["<role>"]
+              },
+              "webUrl": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "pattern": "^%base_url%\/s\/[a-zA-Z]{15}$"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      """
+    Examples:
+      | role           |
+      | view           |
+      | edit           |
+      | upload         |
+      | createOnly     |
+      | blocksDownload |
+
+
+  Scenario Outline: create a link share of a file
+    Given user "Alice" has uploaded file with content "other data" to "textfile1.txt"
+    When user "Alice" creates the following link share using the Graph API:
+      | resourceType | file          |
+      | resource     | textfile1.txt |
+      | space        | Personal      |
+      | role         | <role>        |
+      | password     | %public%      |
+    Then the HTTP status code should be "200"
+    And the JSON data of the response should match
+      """
+      {
+        "type": "object",
+        "required": [
+          "hasPassword",
+          "id",
+          "link"
+        ],
+        "properties": {
+          "hasPassword": {
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "enum": [true]
+          },
+          "id": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z]{15}$"
+          },
+          "link": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "required": [
+              "@libre.graph.displayName",
+              "@libre.graph.quickLink",
+              "preventsDownload",
+              "type",
+              "webUrl"
+            ],
+            "properties": {
+              "@libre.graph.displayName": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "enum": [""]
+              },
+              "@libre.graph.quickLink": {
+                "type": "boolean",
+                "enum": [false]
+              },
+              "preventsDownload": {
+                "type": "boolean",
+                "enum": [false]
+              },
+              "type": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "enum": ["<role>"]
+              },
+              "webUrl": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "pattern": "^%base_url%\/s\/[a-zA-Z]{15}$"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      """
+    Examples:
+      | role           |
+      | view           |
+      | edit           |
+      | blocksDownload |
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/SharingNgContext.php b/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/SharingNgContext.php
index eb92be9a44..4116b6da04 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/SharingNgContext.php
+++ b/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/SharingNgContext.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 use Behat\Behat\Context\Context;
 use Behat\Behat\Hook\Scope\BeforeScenarioScope;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Assert;
 use TestHelpers\GraphHelper;
 use Behat\Gherkin\Node\TableNode;
 
@@ -117,4 +118,48 @@ class SharingNgContext implements Context {
 			)
 		);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @When /^user "([^"]*)" creates the following link share using the Graph API:$/
+	 *
+	 * @param string $user
+	 * @param TableNode|null $body
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws Exception
+	 */
+	public function userCreatesAPublicLinkShareWithSettings(string $user, TableNode  $body):void {
+		$bodyRows = $body->getRowsHash();
+		$space = $bodyRows['space'];
+		$resourceType = $bodyRows['resourceType'];
+		$resource = $bodyRows['resource'];
+
+		$spaceId = ($this->spacesContext->getSpaceByName($user, $space))["id"];
+		if ($resourceType === 'folder') {
+			$itemId = $this->spacesContext->getResourceId($user, $space, $resource);
+		} else {
+			$itemId = $this->spacesContext->getFileId($user, $space, $resource);
+		}
+
+		$bodyRows['displayName'] = \array_key_exists('displayName', $bodyRows) ? $bodyRows['displayName'] : null;
+		$bodyRows['expirationDateTime'] = \array_key_exists('expirationDateTime', $bodyRows) ? $bodyRows['expirationDateTime'] : null;
+		$body = [
+			'type' => $bodyRows['role'],
+			'displayName' => $bodyRows['displayName'],
+			'expirationDateTime' => $bodyRows['expirationDateTime'],
+			'password' => $this->featureContext->getActualPassword($bodyRows['password'])
+		];
+
+		$this->featureContext->setResponse(
+			GraphHelper::createLinkShare(
+				$this->featureContext->getBaseUrl(),
+				$this->featureContext->getStepLineRef(),
+				$user,
+				$this->featureContext->getPasswordForUser($user),
+				$spaceId,
+				$itemId,
+				\json_encode($body)
+			)
+		);
+	}
 }