diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 854f4d3b1..60b8ec886 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Changelog
  * Added support for Django 2.1 (Ryan Verner, Matt Westcott)
  * Added 'scale' image filter (Oliver Wilkerson)
  * Added meta tag to prevent search engines from indexing admin pages (Karl Hobley)
+ * Fix: Respect next param on login (Loic Teixeira)
 
 
 2.2 (10.08.2018)
diff --git a/docs/releases/2.3.rst b/docs/releases/2.3.rst
index 8fb10bbbb..5da9afcc6 100644
--- a/docs/releases/2.3.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/2.3.rst
@@ -29,5 +29,7 @@ Other features
 Bug fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
+ * Respect next param on login (Loic Teixeira)
+
 Upgrade considerations
 ======================
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/tests/test_views.py b/wagtail/admin/tests/test_views.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d983c60b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wagtail/admin/tests/test_views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+from django.urls import reverse
+
+from wagtail.core.models import Page
+from wagtail.tests.utils import WagtailTestUtils
+
+
+class TestLoginView(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
+    fixtures = ['test.json']
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.user = self.create_test_user()
+        self.homepage = Page.objects.get(url_path='/home/')
+
+    def test_success_redirect(self):
+        response = self.client.post(reverse('wagtailadmin_login'), {
+            'username': 'test@email.com',
+            'password': 'password',
+        })
+        self.assertRedirects(response, reverse('wagtailadmin_home'))
+
+    def test_success_redirect_honour_redirect_get_parameter(self):
+        homepage_admin_url = reverse('wagtailadmin_pages:edit', args=[self.homepage.pk])
+        login_url = reverse('wagtailadmin_login') + '?next={}'.format(homepage_admin_url)
+        response = self.client.post(login_url, {
+            'username': 'test@email.com',
+            'password': 'password',
+        })
+        self.assertRedirects(response, homepage_admin_url)
+
+    def test_success_redirect_honour_redirect_post_parameter(self):
+        homepage_admin_url = reverse('wagtailadmin_pages:edit', args=[self.homepage.pk])
+        response = self.client.post(reverse('wagtailadmin_login'), {
+            'username': 'test@email.com',
+            'password': 'password',
+            'next': homepage_admin_url,
+        })
+        self.assertRedirects(response, homepage_admin_url)
+
+    def test_already_authenticated_redirect(self):
+        self.client.login(username='test@email.com', password='password')
+
+        response = self.client.get(reverse('wagtailadmin_login'))
+        self.assertRedirects(response, reverse('wagtailadmin_home'))
+
+    def test_already_authenticated_redirect_honour_redirect_get_parameter(self):
+        self.client.login(username='test@email.com', password='password')
+
+        homepage_admin_url = reverse('wagtailadmin_pages:edit', args=[self.homepage.pk])
+        login_url = reverse('wagtailadmin_login') + '?next={}'.format(homepage_admin_url)
+        response = self.client.get(login_url)
+        self.assertRedirects(response, homepage_admin_url)
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/views/account.py b/wagtail/admin/views/account.py
index 34fa86ace..2a385b324 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/views/account.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/views/account.py
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class LoginView(auth_views.LoginView):
     template_name = 'wagtailadmin/login.html'
 
     def get_success_url(self):
-        return reverse('wagtailadmin_home')
+        return self.get_redirect_url() or reverse('wagtailadmin_home')
 
     def get(self, *args, **kwargs):
         # If user is already logged in, redirect them to the dashboard