diff --git a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopBar/SignInLink.tsx b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopBar/SignInLink.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..adfdefe4f36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopBar/SignInLink.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+import React from 'react';
+import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
+
+import { locationUtil } from '@grafana/data';
+import { useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+
+export function SignInLink() {
+  const location = useLocation();
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+  const loginUrl = locationUtil.getUrlForPartial(location, { forceLogin: 'true' });
+
+  return (
+    <a className={styles.link} href={loginUrl} target="_self">
+      Sign in
+    </a>
+  );
+}
+
+const getStyles = () => {
+  return {
+    link: css({
+      whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
+      '&:hover': {
+        textDecoration: 'underline',
+      },
+    }),
+  };
+};
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopSearchBar.tsx b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopSearchBar.tsx
index 042b4ee3153..820ad4f6eee 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopSearchBar.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopSearchBar.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/core';
 import { useSelector } from 'app/types';
 
 import { NewsContainer } from './News/NewsContainer';
+import { SignInLink } from './TopBar/SignInLink';
 import { TopNavBarMenu } from './TopBar/TopNavBarMenu';
 import { TopSearchBarInput } from './TopSearchBarInput';
 import { TOP_BAR_LEVEL_HEIGHT } from './types';
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ export function TopSearchBar() {
           </Dropdown>
         )}
         <NewsContainer />
+        {!contextSrv.user.isSignedIn && <SignInLink />}
         {profileNode && (
           <Dropdown overlay={<TopNavBarMenu node={profileNode} />}>
             <ToolbarButton
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
       display: 'flex',
       gap: theme.spacing(0.5),
       justifyContent: 'flex-end',
+      alignItems: 'center',
     }),
     profileButton: css({
       img: {
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/utils.test.ts b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/utils.test.ts
index 02b1fde248f..833c65ae3a4 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/utils.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/utils.test.ts
@@ -3,37 +3,12 @@ import { Location } from 'history';
 import { GrafanaConfig, locationUtil, NavModelItem } from '@grafana/data';
 import { ContextSrv, setContextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
 
-import { updateConfig } from '../../config';
-
-import { enrichConfigItems, getActiveItem, getForcedLoginUrl, isMatchOrChildMatch, isSearchActive } from './utils';
+import { enrichConfigItems, getActiveItem, isMatchOrChildMatch, isSearchActive } from './utils';
 
 jest.mock('../../app_events', () => ({
   publish: jest.fn(),
 }));
 
-describe('getForcedLoginUrl', () => {
-  it.each`
-    appSubUrl          | url                    | expected
-    ${''}              | ${'/whatever?a=1&b=2'} | ${'/whatever?a=1&b=2&forceLogin=true'}
-    ${'/grafana'}      | ${'/whatever?a=1&b=2'} | ${'/grafana/whatever?a=1&b=2&forceLogin=true'}
-    ${'/grafana/test'} | ${'/whatever?a=1&b=2'} | ${'/grafana/test/whatever?a=1&b=2&forceLogin=true'}
-    ${'/grafana'}      | ${''}                  | ${'/grafana?forceLogin=true'}
-    ${'/grafana'}      | ${'/whatever'}         | ${'/grafana/whatever?forceLogin=true'}
-    ${'/grafana'}      | ${'/whatever/'}        | ${'/grafana/whatever/?forceLogin=true'}
-  `(
-    "when appUrl set to '$appUrl' and appSubUrl set to '$appSubUrl' then result should be '$expected'",
-    ({ appSubUrl, url, expected }) => {
-      updateConfig({
-        appSubUrl,
-      });
-
-      const result = getForcedLoginUrl(url);
-
-      expect(result).toBe(expected);
-    }
-  );
-});
-
 describe('enrichConfigItems', () => {
   let mockItems: NavModelItem[];
   const mockLocation: Location<unknown> = {
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/utils.ts b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/utils.ts
index 24eeaa5212f..60160e40f6a 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/utils.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { Location } from 'history';
 
 import { locationUtil, NavModelItem, NavSection } from '@grafana/data';
-import { reportInteraction } from '@grafana/runtime';
-import { getConfig } from 'app/core/config';
+import { config, reportInteraction } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
 
 import { ShowModalReactEvent } from '../../../types/events';
@@ -16,13 +15,6 @@ export const NAV_MENU_PORTAL_CONTAINER_ID = 'navbar-menu-portal-container';
 
 export const getNavMenuPortalContainer = () => document.getElementById(NAV_MENU_PORTAL_CONTAINER_ID) ?? document.body;
 
-export const getForcedLoginUrl = (url: string) => {
-  const queryParams = new URLSearchParams(url.split('?')[1]);
-  queryParams.append('forceLogin', 'true');
-
-  return `${getConfig().appSubUrl}${url.split('?')[0]}?${queryParams.toString()}`;
-};
-
 export const enrichConfigItems = (items: NavModelItem[], location: Location<unknown>) => {
   const { isSignedIn, user } = contextSrv;
   const onOpenShortcuts = () => {
@@ -41,8 +33,8 @@ export const enrichConfigItems = (items: NavModelItem[], location: Location<unkn
     }
   }
 
-  if (!isSignedIn) {
-    const forcedLoginUrl = getForcedLoginUrl(location.pathname + location.search);
+  if (!isSignedIn && !config.featureToggles.topnav) {
+    const loginUrl = locationUtil.getUrlForPartial(location, { forceLogin: 'true' });
 
     items.unshift({
       icon: 'signout',
@@ -50,7 +42,7 @@ export const enrichConfigItems = (items: NavModelItem[], location: Location<unkn
       section: NavSection.Config,
       target: '_self',
       text: 'Sign in',
-      url: forcedLoginUrl,
+      url: loginUrl,
     });
   }