diff --git a/vars/loadToKind.groovy b/vars/loadToKind.groovy
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+// loads all the images tagged as citest on a Kind cluster
+
+def call(Map config) {
+  def defaultConfig = [
+    name: "kind-ci"
+  ]
+
+  if (!config) {
+      config = [:]
+  }
+
+  def cfg = defaultConfig + config
+
+  def images = sh (
+    script: 'docker images -f "reference=**/*citest" --format "{{.Repository}}"',
+    returnStdout: true
+  ).trim()
+
+  def list = images.split("\n")
+
+  for(int i = 0;i<list.size();i++) {
+    def image = list[i]
+    println "Loading image ${image} on Kind cluster ${cfg.name}"
+
+    sh """
+      kind load docker-image ${image}:citest --name ${cfg.name} --nodes ${cfg.name}-worker,${cfg.name}-worker2
+    """
+  }
+}