diff --git a/it/resources/static-responses.json b/it/resources/static-responses.json
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/it/resources/static-responses.json
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+[
+  {
+    "path": "*/_bulk",
+    "body": {
+      "errors": false,
+      "took": 1
+    },
+    "body-encoding": "raw"
+  },
+  {
+    "path": "/_cluster/health*",
+    "body": {
+      "status": "green",
+      "relocating_shards": 0
+    },
+    "body-encoding": "json"
+  },
+  {
+    "path": "/_cluster/settings",
+    "body": {
+      "persistent": {},
+      "transient": {}
+    },
+    "body-encoding": "json"
+  },
+  {
+    "path": "/_all/_stats/_all",
+    "body": {
+      "_all": {
+        "total": {
+          "merges": {
+            "current": 0
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "body-encoding": "json"
+  },
+  {
+    "path": "*",
+    "body": {},
+    "body-encoding": "json"
+  }
+]
diff --git a/it/static_responses_test.py b/it/static_responses_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d03e1cb7
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+++ b/it/static_responses_test.py
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+# Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+# license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright
+# ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+# the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# 	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+import os
+
+import it
+
+
+@it.random_rally_config
+def test_static_responses(cfg):
+    port = 19200
+    it.wait_until_port_is_free(port_number=port)
+    dist_version = it.DISTRIBUTIONS[-1]
+    cwd = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+    responses = os.path.join(cwd, "resources", "static-responses.json")
+
+    assert (
+        it.race(
+            cfg,
+            f'--pipeline=benchmark-only --distribution-version="{dist_version}" '
+            f"--client-options=\"static_responses:'{responses}'\" "
+            "--track=geonames --challenge=append-no-conflicts-index-only",
+        )
+        == 0
+    )